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Divorce Psychotherapy/ Counseling
The trauma of divorce can exacerbate preexisting emotional disorders or can create them,necessitating the need for psychotherapeutic intervention. Broadly speaking, psychotherapy examines the past and its impact on present functioning. In the spirit of behavioral change, it aims to make unconscious motives conscience the goal of psychotherapy is symptom relief (depression, anxiety, psychosomatic symptoms, etc.) Progress is measured by internal change and personal growth.
Divorce counseling seeks to help the client develop an understanding of the causes of the marital breakdown. Without such insight, psychotherapists believe that individuals are likely to repeat their self-defeating behaviors during their next intimate relationship. Equally important is the notion that an awareness of one’s own contribution to the failed relationship will reduce hostility during the divorce process and increase the client’s ability to resolve the legal issues.
Consider the following scenario: A woman in her 40’s walks into a 4 person Collaborative meeting which includes her husband and the couples’ respective attorneys. “Why me?” she sobs uncontrollably. The fear and anger in her voice are palpable. “We loved each other for twenty-two years. I supported him through his graduate training. Our children are grown and living away from home. I have never lived alone and I am terrified. I cannot imagine making it on my own. I could just kill him for doing this to me.”
The above example highlights some of the basic emotions that may overwhelm almost anyone who has made the decision to separate and divorce. (For many noninitiators, the unresolved reasons for the divorce can slowdown the process of acceptance, slowing down the divorce. ) While many divorcing people will experience these feelings, some will experience them at a more intense level, as a true personal identity crisis. For those individuals, what one may call a divorce crisis may, indeed, be a psychological crisis.In order to successfully navigate her divorce terrain, the woman described above will likely need psychological help to manage her anxiety, depression and fears.
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