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Monday, February 21, 2011

Free Marriage Counseling Is Available

By Areelitaha Joahlanski


If money problems aren't the cause of your marital discord, marriage counseling can change that for you. Marriage counseling can be a very expensive solution to your marital woes. And for some marriages, those where one of the partners is determined to end the union, it can be money wasted. On the other hand, there are couples that know they need help resolving relationship problems and are desperate for that help but simply don't have the money for it. Of these two types of couples, this short article is for the latter. Here we will list sources of free marriage counseling.

The primary source of free marriage counseling is churches. If the couple was married in a religious service, the best place to start looking for free marriage counseling is by contacting the church in which they were married. Most of these services are delivered on a pay what you can basis. Here are some of the largest groups:

Catholic Family Service is the one of the largest non-governmental family service organizations in the world. In North America Catholic Family Services delivers over twenty thousand hours of free marriage counseling every year. If you were married in the Roman Catholic Church and you are in need of marriage counseling, contact your parish office or simply look in the White Pages.

For Jewish couples, or couples in which one of the partners is Jewish, talk to your rabbi about marriage counseling through Jewish Family Services. These organizations are less centralized than there Catholic counterpart, but then again Catholicism is kind of anal about centralization, isn't it? Jewish Family Services groups tend to offer counseling on a wide variety of topics.

The Islamic Circle of North America is a social service group dedicated to establishing Islam, "in all spheres of life." The ICNA, though its ICNA Relief USA arm, offers marriage counseling and other counseling services through Muslim Family Services.

Other faiths also offer marriage and relationship counseling. This is not an exhaustive list by any means. Baptist congregations, Episcopalians, United and just about any other religious organization recognized by the US government offers pay what you can marriage counseling for members. The notable exception is the Church of Scientology, which charges set donations for its counseling services, frequently as high as $500 per hour.

For non-religious couples, governments also have a vested interest in stable families, or at least a vested interest in avoiding unstable families. However, social services varying wildly by jurisdiction. Obtaining free marriage counseling may be as close as the phone. Call your local department of family or social services and ask what help they might have for you. And good luck.




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