Partnership Not Pressure: Why Indian Men Must Invest in Their Marriages

Marriage: what does it mean today?

Marriage is that to be a union between not just two individuals, but two families as well. The importance of marriage has gone through a lot of changes throughout history. Every culture has its own meaning for the institution of marriage and the roles and responsibilities that they assumed to be divided between the couple.

In modern times, although many such rituals and preset notions about the responsibilities of a partner have been retained, a wave of change has gone through the world redefining the characteristics of marriage as an institution as well as the shared responsibilities of each partner. While gender differences were experienced at a significantly higher rate in the olden era, the current times see a difference based on the working/earning member of the family as well as the family type - nuclear/joint. 

Nonetheless, due to the fast-moving world through its technological advancements and social changes, couples in this era are facing a lot of challenges in maintaining commitment towards each other in marriage. Men especially need to understand their changing roles in a marriage that goes far beyond the stereotypical assigned roles for ‘husbands’ and ‘wives’. 

In the country, there is also wide-spread awareness regarding the abuses that the partner goes through in a toxic marriage that may leave the victim partner deeply wounded with traumatic experiences. In such cases, the crimes must be reported to the authorities and the victims should be provided with trauma counselling. 

Changes after Marriage

It is important to understand that marriage entails compromise. Marriage is primarily a union between two individuals that needs love respect and care. Even when one of these founding stones of a marital relationship is lacking, the union has chaos and negativity. 

After marriage, an independent individual experiences many changes in life as they now have to share their journey with someone else. Particularly, when there is a/are child(ren), the mother goes through tremendous amounts of changes - biologically, mentally, physically, as well as emotionally. During this time especially, the involvement of the father needs to be understood with care and clarity so that the pressure on both the new parents is shared; so that the child grows with love and not conflict. 

Be it a love marriage or an arranged marriage, two individuals will have to change their lives significantly to lead a happy life together with their partners. No matter the kind of marriage challenges are bound to come. And this is where couples therapy in India served as a guiding light.

Roles, Responsibilities, and Connection

Relationship therapists in India provide inside to the individuals of their new change to roll the responsibilities as well as teach them how to be more empathetic towards their partners while maintaining their own personal boundaries and self-respect. The major problem arises when partners are unable to manage between their independent cell and the cell that they have to share with their partner. Counselors providing the best online marriage counseling also tackle the same issues where the partners are taught how to work as a team and not as individuals. The main goal of couples therapy in India is to promote harmony, connection, and love among the couple while helping them overcome their difficulties and learn to express their desires, needs, and expectations in an empathic manner to their partners. 

 

Relationship therapists in India also encourage couples to work through their own problems and support each other through theirs. Couples are taught the importance of going beyond social norms and understand that they now have ‘shared responsibilities’. 

 

Couple’s Therapy: Need, Importance, and Giveaways

Due to the need for a happy married life through stability and compromise, couples therapy in India has gained popularity. 

Relationship therapists in India are promoting tips and skills that every partner should have to lead a happy married life. Along with this to overcome the challenges of proximity and unwarranted social norms, Indian psychologists are providing the best online marriage counseling in the country as well - so that the people who need couples therapy in India but can't go for in-person sessions, can still attend therapy with their partners from their own homes. 

There are countless techniques used by relationship therapists in India as per the requirements of the couples. However, listed below are the key skills that couples learn in couples therapy in India that help them promote love and maintain harmony with each other - 

• Active listening 
• Empathetic dialogue 
• Improving mental flexibility 
• Fostering patience 
• Importance of mutual trust, respect, and open communication 
• Need for personal space and how to respect that
• Improving commitment towards one another 
• Supporting each other through challenges and celebrations 
• Acknowledging each other through compliments, expressing love, and showing love through actions. 

 

At the end of the day, be it the best online marriage counseling session or in-person couples therapy in India, any relationship therapist in India or throughout the globe would help you understand the value of your partner. Remember, even when all is gone, your partner will be the closest to you in old age and through your challenges in life. Respect them, love them!

Why CoachForMind?

• Experienced Psychologists: We are a team of licensed RCI-registered clinical psychologists. Our team is well-experienced in various forms of couples therapy such as AMT, CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy, both - offline and online.
• Personalized Approach: We are dedicated to treating our clients in the best-suited way, carefully curated as per the client's needs, and adhering to one-on-one, client-centered therapy. 
• Scientific Techniques: Our treatment plans and therapeutic methods are based on highly researched scientific findings such as AMT, CBT, DBT, and Narrative Therapy among many other therapeutic techniques used in couples counseling.
• Quality service: We at CoachForMind ensure quality services in our treatment regime and therapeutic approaches. Our clients hold most value to us, so we ground our techniques in empathy while maintaining professionalism.

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