
When Your Spouse Won’t Come to Marriage Counseling
Maybe you’re the ready one. You want to come in and work on things, and your spouse is a flat no. They don’t think there’s
Practical, faith-rooted articles on communication, boundaries, anxiety, intimacy, and rebuilding trust.

Maybe you’re the ready one. You want to come in and work on things, and your spouse is a flat no. They don’t think there’s

Your spouse walks up and says, “Hey, can we talk about something that happened earlier?” You say sure. Then they tell you that when you

If your spouse broke your trust and you’re still here, still trying, still wondering whether it’s safe to believe them again, I want you to

Nothing really prepared me for the reality that I won’t get one of her texts anymore. She wasn’t a big phone caller, but she would send these random messages, just “I love you, hope you have a good day,” sometimes a card in the mail with a little note inside. Simple things. When we’d go see her, she’d tell us how much she loved us in a way that made you feel it. That presence, that warmth, that specific kind of love she had for us. You can’t prepare for the absence of that. I couldn’t, anyway.

Are you struggling with something right now?
Maybe you’re anxious about something at work. Maybe you and your spouse have been fighting more than you used to. Maybe one of your kids is having a hard time, and it’s wearing you down. Maybe you’ve lost someone, or you just feel disconnected from people in a way you can’t shake.
Whatever it is, here’s what I notice in my office. When we struggle long enough, the struggle starts to feel like us.

Most days, somewhere in the middle of everything, I hit a moment of panic. Not the debilitating kind. It’s more of a “what am I going to do” panic, and when it shows up, part of me wants to check out and go find something fun instead. There’s a real pull to drive home and get back in bed, or just go for a drive and get away from all of it.
Have you ever felt that? Or maybe it runs the other direction for you. Maybe you feel an intense urge to fix the thing right now, so strong it makes you dive in hard and get aggressive about it.
Reach out today and let us help you take the first step toward the relationship you have been longing for.