In every marriage relationship, there are more or less difficult problems to talk about. In recent years, marriage counseling services have developed online, and you can receive free marriage counseling services with a simple phone call.
Hong Kong Caritas Family Service held a press conference today (26th), announcing the launch of version 2.0 of its "Marriage Checkup" app, which will add 4 functions to help mend marriages. According to the data collected by the app, it was found that under the epidemic in recent years, couples have Lack of shared life experience and little outing, and lack of discussion and sharing make marriages prone to problems.
In every marriage, there are more or less difficult questions to answer.
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In 2018, Caritas Hong Kong Family Service launched Hong Kong's first mobile application "Caritas Marital Health Checkup 1.0" with the theme of marriage health check, allowing citizens to check their own marital health and receive free marriage counseling services.
In the past 4 years, the Marriage Checkup App has recorded over 8,000 downloads, and 3,000 people have filled out the marriage check-up questionnaire. More than 400 people have received free marriage counseling services provided by senior social workers through the program. The questionnaire data of "Caritas Marriage Check-up 1.0" also found that , local couples scored low in common activities, reflecting the lack of common living experience for couples.
Before the epidemic, married people in Hong Kong generally lacked common interests and seldom participated in interest activities together. Under the epidemic, couples went out for activities even more rarely, and they seldom discussed, planned and shared.
Due to the huge popularity of the app, Caritas has launched an updated version 2.0.
"Caritas Marriage Checkup® 2.0" has inherited the functions of the previous version, with built-in marital relationship check, selection of couples experience activities, marriage nurturing information, etc. After completing the relationship check, if the score shows that you have marital troubles, you can register for a free telephone consultation Serve.
In the upgraded version, Caritas hopes to encourage couples to pay more attention to the "body" and "examination" of married life. The former means that the two should participate in various experience activities to actively explore common interests, such as participating in various events organized by Caritas. Marriage nurturing activities include couple adventures, yoga, meditation, escape room, etc. The latter means that two people should regularly check their marital relationship, and if necessary, they should seek professional advice as soon as possible, and receive marriage counseling to resolve the crisis.
In addition, Caritas launched more couples activities specially designed for parents to support parents with children to continue nourishing their marriage relationship.
Logo of "Caritas Marriage Checkup® 2.0".
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For the convenience of users, Caritas has added four new functions, including the addition of online registration and payment functions, allowing citizens to register at any time, and users can save points to exchange gifts; secondly, "Dating Map" and "Marriage Expectation" have been added. , the former allows users to upload unforgettable dating sites to share their joy, and the latter will give users tips and suggestions on important festivals, so that they won't miss the sweet time of the two.
Young couple's marriage hits the rocks, learns pair yoga, reflects on their relationship
Sam and Eunice have been married for more than 7 years, and there have been many frictions in their married life. For example, Sam found that the marital status was "unwork", and words such as "divorce" gradually appeared from the original small quarrel and the cold war. Sam recalled the sweet dating before. At the time, after getting married, he turned his back and tried to repair the relationship, but he couldn't start, so he decided to seek professional help.
Sam participated in a marriage counseling class hosted by Caritas. After counseling, he realized that he was not used to living alone and living with two, and he did not know how to be considerate and tolerant of his wife. Now he has learned to appreciate each other.
Sam said that it takes a lot of courage to participate in marriage counseling. "In the past, I felt that the relationship between the husband and wife would be too good to be known, but after taking the first step, I realized that it was worthwhile and needed."
After the counseling, Sam and Eunice also decided to continue to participate in some marriage nurturing activities to strengthen their relationship, so they participated in the couples yoga class held in June last year. After four nights, the relationship between the two experienced a "breakthrough" change.
The two did not know much about yoga themselves. At first, they only had the idea of "relaxing the muscles and bones". Later, the two found that yoga could greatly increase mutual satisfaction. Sam described that his wife needed his assistance to complete many movements, which made him Knowing that the relationship between the two needs to support each other, Eunice further pointed out, "We support and pull together to complete the action, which makes the two of them feel very strong together."
Eunice also reflected on marriage counseling. She described that her husband loves to express his love through actions, while she focuses on quality time together. Knowing that both of them love each other deeply, but they express their love in different ways, she truly appreciates it. other side.
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