7 Clear Signs It’s Time to Consider Couples Counselling Before It’s Too Late

 Do you feel disconnected from your partner but don’t know where to start? Delaying support often makes conflicts more entrenched and painful. Recognizing when to seek couples counselling can change the future of your relationship. Discover the signs that matter most and take action toward a healthier partnership today read more here

New Study Shows Phone Addicts More Dangerous Than Drunk Drivers

April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. As the number of mobile phone users continues to grow, phone addiction is becoming a real problem. Each year, Zendrive conducts a study to determine smartphone usage and the risks that phone addiction contributes towards distracted driving.

According to the study data 6,227 pedestriansin 2018 were killed by people driving while using to their phones. Furthermore, there was an increase in distracted driving from smartphone usage by 10% over the previous year.

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“Life Is like a Ten-Speed Bicycle” By: Maria Serrano

We currently live in a culture that revolves around instant gratification. People want things now, even when realistically speaking some of those things take some time to achieve. Whether it is a happy marriage, a promotion, or a successful carrier, there’s a process involved. Life is becoming more and more about immediate results. People focus on what it is that others do to achieve “X” with the hope of achieving the same results but faster. Consequently, the web is saturated with articles on “how to achieve or get to  X faster”. It is this constant focus on speed that not only minimizes the importance of the results achieved but can even become an obstacle to real sustainable progress.

As I was reflecting on our culture’s infatuation with immediate results, I remembered a quote from my favourite comic strip, “Life is like a ten-speed bicycle, most of us have gears that we never use” (Peanuts – May 29, 1981). I found this metaphor quite interesting when I related it to a specific personal experience. A couple of years ago, I decided to attend a spinning class as I was very curious about why people got into it so much, even though they were not going anywhere. Every time I went to the gym, the class was full and people looked like they were in the race of their life. The first few sessions were challenging for a variety of reasons, beginning with the fact that I not only had to adjust the bike to my height but I had to get used to the bike itself.  Secondly, I was trying to go at the group speed, so I switched the gears up and down as per the instructor’s directions. This not only left me exhausted but was taking away from the exhilarating experience that others were having and that had attracted me to the class in the first place.

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Skills of the counselors at the professional counselling centers

There is an increase in the number of professional counseling centers in big cities. This is especially when youth have started giving importance to work more than the relationships. It is good to involve in the work that you are interested but you should even give equal time to family and friends. There are many issues that arise as the partners do not have time to understand each other. The problems increase so much that the need to visit the counselling centres Muskoka arises. It is effective when you are explained the issues by an expert who deals with the counseling work for a good number of years.

In order to establish a strong conversation with the clients, there are certain communicative skills required by the counsellors. Have a look at the list of the most necessary skills of the counsellors.

• Attending clients:

This is an important skill that the expert at the Counselling centers should develop. It is to attend to the clients and make them feel at ease. The clients should feel that the counsellor is with them physically as well as psychologically. This is possible with an effective hearing that the professional provides due to which the clients begin sharing their details. It would be easy for the counsellor to explain what is right and wrong on the basis of the information provided by the client. Especially, when the couple enters the center for counseling, attending both of them and knowing their share of the story is important. Attending thus becomes very important to exactly judge the situation and show the right path.

•  Evaluating the situation:

The task of evaluation of the client’s situation becomes easy when the counsellor is able to capture the interest with careful consideration. The clients visit any Counselling clinics when they are not able to take up stress and want help from the experts. It can be the stress at work or with any family member or the stress in married life. The expert has to put efforts in knowing the whole story and analyzing the same. There are certain ways to interpret the messages provided by the clients and to react on the same. Understanding the behavior and the mix feelings is not an easy task but the counsellors can do it with proper training in this field.

•       Asking questions:

The experts who take up the charge of couples counseling have to develop the art of probing during the session with the couples. The questions should specifically be related to the topic so that the client’s views are explored and the issue is easily understood. Initially, the clients will be reluctant in sharing their stories but with careful statements from the counsellor, things can be easy for sure. The focus on the main topic should not deviate at any time. It should prove like a helping process and not an interview type of scene. The open-ended questions prove to be the right way to encourage them to share their problem and try to inculcate the ideas of the counsellor.

The whole process revolves around the communicative skills of the counsellors working at the professional counseling centers. They are experienced and skilled in the field and can be trusted for their solutions. 

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