In just this manner, I have used brief psychotherapy for myself and for my family. When I married for the second time, my husband Michael and I, concerned about blending our families, entered brief therapy to work out our different parenting styles. Sex and communication tend to decline with hostility or indifference filling the gap. With a divorce rate of over 50 percent, couples are constantly seeking help, turning to professionals to help them salvage their relationships. Also as people are marrying and starting families later in life the increasing infertility rate has become an issue.
Statistics indicate that one out of four couples have difficulty conceiving a child.
The stress of various infertility treatments can cause couples to blame themselves or each other. Some of the most successful short-term therapy programs are most useful for those relationships where issues are not too deeply rooted. Participants are encouraged to accept their partners for who they are, not for who they thought they were during the initial attraction phase. They also learn specific techniques to help them live with their significant other. When you think of how difficult it can be to live with your own moods, imagine the skills you may need to live successfully with another individual.