Does it work? Im talking about couples counseling & individualized counseling. I’ve never been big on the whole Shrink idea because to me they’re people who get paid hundreds per hr to listen to me talk & then make their own opinions on my life. I can call my mother up for free for that!!! But my girlfriend thinks it may be a good idea for sum issues we r having & im willing to do anything for our relationship. Any thoughts & maybe referrals for any Counselors/Therapists in the Oakland/San Francisco area???

In a custody battle can a child be taken away for mental abuse if the child’s counselors and doctors are noticing it along with the other parent? Everyone is documenting that the child is being negatively impacted by the other parent. They are also saying that parent is unstable.

My little brother has the worst behavior issues. And he needs counseling before it is too late. Is there any counselors in the area of buffalo, ny?
Thanks.

Talking to someone about your problems isn’t going to help, unless they are going to make everything better they are not going to help. Actually, I wouldn’t mind an attractive female therapist, but anyway Therapist, counselors,psychiatrist and all these randoms who are supposed to make you feel better do not help. Why do people suggest I go see one of them, seriously, I don’t suffer from a any sort of mental retardation so why should I seek help if I don’t need it. Just because people are to narrow- minded and selfish to understand my logic doesn’t make me mentally impaired.

I had been dating this guy for 10 months, and I fell in love with him. Not that adult love, but you know… the well-known and frequently experienced teenager love. Yea, I know people say "You’re too young!" But, really? We have ALL experienced it, and him and I had something amazing. Our chemistry was PERFECT, and he became my best friend. After he broke up with me (2 months ago, Feb. 6 2009) I became insane. I lost my best friend and boyfriend. I can’t adjust. He still liked me after the break up, but I ruined that by not giving him space or letting him go. I still like him a lot, I got to different counselors, I try to talk to other guys, but I just like him so much. What do I do?! And what if I want him back..? Please help..?

my husband and i have been to 3 different counselors, we’ve tried alot, we don’t agree on anything from housework to free time, we don’t fight effectively but we fight everyday, sometimes i hate him, i don’t know what else to do. i love him but it’s like we never should have ended up together so what do i do?
let me add we’re having a baby

I’ve been having a rough time lately, and I am too ashamed to talk to my friends about it. Are there any legit, free online counselors I can talk to?

i have been crushed by my separation. 3 months now. due to alcoholism. i am now sober since may 19th. in the session today wife says "i don’t know what you’ve been told but i’m not taking him back" to the counselors. then she acknowledged during the communication exercises that we did that the 20 years that we’ve been together is worth fighting for. i’m so confused. does she or doesn’t she wanna keep this marriage together?

We as a couple have deep relationship problems that includes sex as well. We want to get help from a counselor. Now what exact is Couple counseling and sex counseling. Are these two different things? Also how do you differentiate between them. When I looked for couple counselors in my area on Google, I found quite a mixed results.
Please guide me to search what I need. Thanks in advance.

Thought our divorce was on the home stretch. the appointed family court officer that throughly investigated and visited our home recommended i have sole physical and legal custody of our 6 yr old son ruled in my favor. My stb-ex walked out us with no warning without support nothing no help it was almost a year that went by before I got to see him at our first mediation that totally sickened me when I saw through the fake tears of my stb-ex acting like he missed his son so much. It was almost a year before I filed for divorce year having no contact at all we were financially dependant on him and he left us to rot. Once I filed for divorce he responded with a counterclaim for custody and accused me of being a drug addict. I could not believe what a creep he had turned into so we were ordered to family court services for a through investigation and evaluation, they sent out questionaires to family friends counselors and teachers., they requested school records and came to our home for a supervised home evaluation and we had to submit to random drug tests. After all was complete the family court officer submitted to the court his recommendation that i be awarded sole physical and legal custody of our 6 yr old. After all that was completed we now had to attend the financial evaluation aspect. Her i am thinking we are almost done finally. Well not so fast! At that meeting the lady interviewed us asking various questions as well as asked if there were any concerns that each of us had? My stb-ex out of the blue says yes she is a drug addict and I am willing to pay for a hair follicle test! He also admitted that he would test positive for THC. Mind you he has not complied with any one of the court orders that were made by the court and at that meeting I had to bring to her attention that a default hearing was scheduled and a writ for his arrest was in process, and just recently I had to haul him back into court for contempt and he entered a plea of guilt with purgr conditions attached. And still he defies the court orders. Now this! He is prolonging this whole process and he admitted it to me. He told me he planned to fire his attorney at the very end and request a new trial with new lawyers. I’m broke barely get any help my lawyer is frustrated because he is pro bono. After he offered to pay for a hair follicle test but has defaulted on court orders I walked out and said I’m done with this meeting there are no visitation issues and the family court officer made their recommendations for custody with a schedule I went through all the requested pain in the ass hoops that I never should have had to. He walked out on us and left us to rot nearly a year ago I took my son and myself to counseling and have struggled financially to hold on to our home and my sanity. So no I am not agreeing to anymore of these ridiculous requests that he is offering to pay for. Tell him to use that money and apply it to the defaulted court orders he will soon be answering to. How can he be allowed to keep doing this? Needless to say I left and refused and we await another hearing with that company hopefully to resolve the financial aspects.

Was I within my right to refuse? How can he do this?