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Couple therapy: they tell what saved their union … or signed the end of it

2023-01-27T08:51:26.318Z


Go or not? This is the question, the one asked by couples on hold or on the verge of breaking up. What to expect or not from couples therapy? What can it save or permanently extinguish? When to consult?


One weeknight, in the living room, after putting the kids to bed.

Sitting on an armchair opposite his wife Jeanne*, Bastien insists on it: he wants to start a discussion to burst the abscess, to understand why she has become so distant, so cold.

"I don't love you anymore", Jeanne summarizes.

The man is stunned, but gets up.

"You think you don't love me anymore, but you're going to love me again and marry me."

He issues this as a challenge to himself.

At 43, Jeanne is less sure.

After 14 years of living together and a broken communication, she is worn out, sad, disillusioned.

Bastien shows his last card and offers to start couples therapy.

“I didn't have the idea that it was going to save us, remembers Jeanne, but I told myself that it wouldn't cost us anything to try.

As it does

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A year of consultations later, Jeanne…

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Source: lefigaro

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