Dr. Jim Walkup Sheds Light on How to Save A Marriage, Celebrates Refreshing Website to Assist Struggling Couples
Dr-Jim.com offers an in-depth compilation of articles designed to help couples recover after an extramarital affair. For those seeking online marriage counseling, Dr-Jim.com’s articles cover subjects ranging from reasons to seek counseling, affair recovery, individual growth, and separation and divorce counseling.
“The website is designed to help couples build their relationship for a lifetime,” says website creator, Dr. Jim Walkup. For those interested in how to save a marriage that has been damaged by an extramarital affair, the exploration of issues at Dr-Jim.com include an extensive list of questionnaires and in-depth articles for both relationship and personal growth.
For those not looking for information on how to save a marriage, but suffering from personal issues instead, Dr-Jim.com has a variety of in-depth resources to meet their needs.
“In my work with individuals, I am committed to helping them become all they want to be,” says Walkup. Dr. Walkup believes that seeking individual psychotherapy is not a sign of weakness, but in fact, one of the most intelligent, productive things a person can do for him or herself. For these individuals, Dr-Jim.com has articles that explore individual psychotherapy, meditation, journaling and soul work, overcoming sexual abuse, dreams, career issues, stepfamily issues, individual online marriage counseling, depression, stress and anxiety, addiction, attention deficit disorder, even resources for clergy.
Unlike some resources found on the web, the resources located at Dr-Jim.com are very reputable. Dr. Walkup is a licensed New York State marriage and family therapist with a physical practice as well as a website. Dr. Walkup has been working with individuals and couples for 35 years, and directed the Counseling Center in Bronxville for 19. For individuals in the Mid-Manhattan area, Dr. Walkup encourages in-person sessions, and has made his specialized relationship advice available to the masses at Dr-Jim.com.
About Dr. Jim Walkup:
Dr. Jim Walkup is a state-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in the Mid-Manhattan area of New York. Dr. Walkup received his B.A. from Davidson College, and his M.Div. from Princeton Seminary. He spent three years at The Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute training in psychotherapy, and is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
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24 Responses to “Dr. Jim Walkup Sheds Light on How to Save A Marriage, Celebrates Refreshing Website to Assist Struggling Couples”
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:36 am
This sounds like a great resource. Two of my married friends stayed together after the wife had had an affair. At first I didn’t see any way it could last, but they’re still together ten years after the incident, so they must be doing something right!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
The idea of on-line marriage counseling is a new concept to me. Rather than the face-to-face counseling, I suppose it might be ideal for people who don’t want to go to an appointment because of shyness or other reasons. People with weird working hours that don’t leave any time for office visits could probably obtain great good with this manner of counseling.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:11 am
On-line counselling doesn’t strike me as being as effective as face to face counselling as it’s easier to lie on line, but it is a good option to have available if nothing else suits.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I don’t think people always intend to cheat. Sometimes they just encounter people that they are attracted to and give in to it. But I think that once that happens, if they intend to keep on seeing the other person, they should just end their first relationship. What is the point of trying to come up with ways to sneak and lie?
April 7th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Trick-r-Treat, that’s always been my feeling as well. I can see emotions getting carried away and something happening once, but beyond that…well, I think I’d have an awfully hard time forgiving my partner for an ongoing affair or a series of affairs.
April 9th, 2008 at 5:26 am
Once can be attributed to mistake, twice and more, that’s just a nasty habit that will not go away, so I would go. Online counselling is a new concept to me and I am not sure how effective it would be.
April 11th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I do agree with that. If you really don’t want to be with the person you are with, and you just want to play the field, then go on with your life and let the innocent person go on with theirs. Some people like to have the person at home for the stability part. But it’s just not right!
April 13th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I never really thought about online counseling before. Of course this is the first I have heard about it. I think that it would be a good option for someone that is shy or doesn’t like talking face to face with a stranger. Curious to know if it really works for people though?
April 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Calypso, good for them!
She probably has realized that nothing can replace what she has with her husband and both worked hard to keep their relationship going.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
mollyL, everyone has different ways of dealing with personal problems.
Consider those drive in chapels in Las Vegas…. well, it seems that counselling is also heading that way. For busy people and those who don’t like dealing with counselors face to face, online counseling might work better.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Green-Moo, now that you mention lying during counselling…..
One of my girlfriend’s is a super jealous girl and ever since I’ve known her she’s always accused her men of cheating on her even if they weren’t.
We’ve finally done an intervention and gotten her into counselling. I sat in one of them, and I just couldn’t believe the lies that were coming out of her mouth in order for the counsellor to give her the “you are healed” seal.
I think it can happen even if you are on a one-on-one basis. Sometimes these people actually believe they are living the lies that’s why they are so convincing.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Trick-r-treat, it’s the only honorable thing to do.
People change and that can affect their personal relationships. If you feel strongly about someone else, you should say your goodbyes first to the person you are currently with, and then go and explore the possibilities.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
That should be the action taken, but many a en, like the stability they get at home, a wife who is always there to take care of the children, ensure clothes are clean and ready to go, meals on the table etc. the poor wife is too tired doing all this to have much interest or energy for anything else.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
I think if you truly *want* to gain from counselling then you will do. If you *want* to do it then you won’t lie to yourself.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Calypso, me either.
I am known for my happy go lucky disposition, but there are just some lines that should not be crossed.
I have a low threshold for stupid people and sure we all make mistakes after all we are just human, but there are some boundaries where they should have known better.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Liza, I personally wouldn’t give him a chance to cheat on me twice! Once and I am gone.
April 21st, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Trick-r-treat, it just doesn’t seem right does it?
April 22nd, 2008 at 11:16 am
I think online counseling can work well, especially if there’s a need for discretion. Not everyone wants to be seen entering or leaving an office.
April 23rd, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Tater03, personally, I don’t think counselling works unless both parties involved want to give their 150% in making the relationship move forward.
I would think that counselling on online and telephone is probably not really for couples, but for individuals.
April 26th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Liza, I just had the same conversation with my husband. I don’t feel that I should be cleaning up after him every single day. When I was living alone or with a roommate, there was no way I was trying to keep a clean house as much as I do now. And this is even before we have children.
So, our together time is just spent cleaning the house and whining about it. Which is not always a good thing at all!
April 28th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Green-Moo, you can only be honest with ourselves and be true before anyone else can help us.
But in the case of some people, it is so sad that they actually start to believe a different reality to what is really happening. That is why counselling isn’t so effective.
April 29th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Imaginary Diva, I do agree that a person’s first responsibilty in counselling is to themselves. If you aren’t true to yourself then you won’t get a great deal from the experience.
But, it must be very tempting to hide from the truth when someone is asking you difficult questions, questions that would show you in a bad light perhaps. So you lie, perhaps not intentionally. Perhaps it’s would be better to say that you bury the truth, or twist it.
Anyway, that’s why i think face to face counselling would be more effective - because I think the counseller would be able to recognise that happening more easily if it were happening in a face to face situation. Your body language will give you away, even on a subconscious level.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:41 pm
SageMother, more and more online counselling will gain popularity because we are nowadays too busy to stop what we are doing to examine what we are doing wrong. Services like these are now available at demand, just like our tv at home.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Green-Moo, I personally would go for the face to face counselling instead of being over the telephone or on the internet. Not only do I think it’s quite impersonal, it probably will not give me the warm fuzzy feeling knowing that I’m heading in the right direction.
However with our current sandwich culture, times are changing to accomodate those who need help but just can’t find the time to see a counsellor.