Marriage Therapy Research Paper

It would be difficult to do marriage counseling. How does a therapist not feel like it is their fault if the marriage fails? It takes skill to learn how to just be with people in their pain. I feel like it is my responsibility to ease their pain and help them figure out an alternative plan of action. I would want to continue to try to keep them together and work towards saving the marriage. Having gone through marriage counseling myself and feeling the pain of it not being effective, I still wonder if the therapist did everything she could do to try and save the marriage. Even though I know the marriage would have never lasted, I still question her therapeutic techniques and abilities at times. How do you not take that personally as a therapist? It is not that I blame her for the marriage …show more content…
Most of them from troubled homes, suffering depression and mental health issues. It is difficult to understand the reasons they cut and how they can continue to do that to themselves. Grief and loss is probably an area I will not be very good at working with others. Death is difficult to understand and explain. It is an area I would rather not explore. To me, death is ugly and it is painful and hard to accept. Grief and loss can be one of the most stressful areas to work. My best friend committed suicide by overdosing on heroin. I wish that I could have been there more for her in her time of pain. She had mental health problems that escalated due to the death of her father. She attempted suicide many times in her life, but she succeeded this time.
In my job I am able to consult with managers and doctors about difficult cases and I am able to obtain the recommendations of other skilled professionals in our division. It is extremely helpful and a great confidence builder to know that you are supported and given opportunities to understand and connect with the ideas of others on the