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How long will it take to "repair" our relationship?
"How many times will we have to come to therapy?" This is an important and a reasonable question for any considering counseling to ask.
Both the effectiveness and the duration of therapy depends on an enormous number of factors--severity of the problems, origins of the problems, and certainly the motivations of the individuals are but a few of the most significant considerations. Research regarding the amount of therapy that is most effective has offered a variety of conclusions.
In an article about couples therapy...
The does-effect relationship in psychotherapy, in American Psychologist(volume 41, 9186)by Drs. Howard, Kopta, Drause, & Orlinsky the authors maintain that "...by 8 sessions approximately 50% of clients are measurably improved, and approximately 75% improved by 26 sessions."
These results represent a wide variety of couples who underwent many different types of therapy by practitioners of various theoretical persuasions. These findings do not necessarily correspond to the needs nor predict the outcome of your therapy.
The 3 session introduction to therapy is designed to help the three of us evaluate the nature of the problems that you see present in your relationship. They provide an opportunity for the two of you and me to decide if we are a good "theraputic fit" for each other. Perhaps most importantly, these first three sessions are an opportunity for each of you to decide how deeply committed you both are to repairing and preserving your relationship and to making the changes in yourselves that will be required to bring healing.