We get it… you want to improve your marriage and have though a lot about going to counseling as a couple, but there are a number of roadblocks to actually doing it.
- Many men have an aversion to counseling. For the most part, it goes against their grain to step across the threshold of their own home toward the office of a marriage counselor. Seeking help often feels like a weak thing to do rather than a strong move for most men.
- It takes time. Many people feel they don’t have time to get away and meet up with a counselor or coach. Drive time + appointment + more drive time = too much time lost from work, family and other important activities and obligations for many couples.
- Who will watch the kids? Childcare is often a reason couples don’t make an appointment. Setting a counseling appointment and getting childcare can feel like a “chicken or the egg” scenario. Do I set an appointment and hope we can get the childcare, or do I get childcare and then try and set an appointment? Also, who do I trust to do a good job with my kids? Can we afford both the childcare and the counseling costs?
- People will know and talk. Couples who seek counseling feel exposed when they go out for appointments, hire sitters or ask family members to watch their kids while they go to a counseling. Most couples like to work on their marriage without others knowing. They want to avoid the judgments of outsiders, as well as the unwanted opinions and advise they may try to offer.
- It costs too much! Coaching and counseling services are an investment that many are willing to make but there are other costs that come to play when it comes to getting away for an appointment like hiring a babysitter and gas and possibly a meal out because there is little time between work and the counseling appointment
We could list more barriers, but the real point of this post is to share that there are great benefits to video call counseling and coaching.
Video counseling and coaching saves you…
Time. No drive time to and from the appointment. No time spent searching for sitters.
Money. You don’t have to pay for childcare. You won’t need to eat out and you won’t pay for the miles driven.
Exposure. No one has to know you are seeking help. The only people who will know will be the ones you choose to tell.
You don’t have to leave home to find Hope, Help and Healing for your marriage. It’s just a click away.