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By: kernow

kernow — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:36:12 +0000

This souns like a good resource, different things will work for different people, but it is good to know about this

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:52:25 +0000

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.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:41:51 +0000

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.

By: Green-Moo

Green-Moo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:19:02 +0000

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.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:58:36 +0000

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.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:54:15 +0000

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!

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:39:51 +0000

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.

By: SageMother

SageMother — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:16:07 +0000

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.

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:46:12 +0000

Trick-r-treat, it just doesn’t seem right does it?

By: Imaginary Diva

Imaginary Diva — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:21:37 +0000

Liza, I personally wouldn’t give him a chance to cheat on me twice! Once and I am gone.