Family Marriage Counseling Alternative can be helpful and is necessary for certain situations, but it has it shortcomings. First of all, a licensed therapist or counselor must first determine the problems and issues in a relationship. With the usual one-hour session per week, this could take several months. After that time new issues may have entered the picture that will harm the relationship even as the counselor attempts to address the issues he or she has discovered. Marriage Counseling Alternative |