Counselling

Conflict is natural and inevitable in marriage, and Muslim couples are not immune. The primary reason for all conflicts is the dysfunction of “normal development” in childhood with reference to social relationships.

A Muslim family often focuses on education and academic persistence; however, children do not always learn life skills. This is where the problem comes in – the individual is unsure of how to build a functional relationship with others, leading to couple conflict.

As a counselor and working with Muslim couples, I would say that the most common sources of conflict are communication, work, money, intimacy, parenting, extended family, culture and religion.

We offer Muslim marriage counseling and pre-marital counseling that has helped many Muslim couples, some of the relationship issues we work with are:

On the verge of divorceMisunderstanding
Tensions arising from differences

Feelings of resentment, anger and anxiety
Distrust
Lack of intimacy
Infidelity
Repeating/constant arguments
Difficulties with other members of the in-laws’ family
Abuse
Religiosity
Mental health

Many Muslim couples come to us as a last resort to get their relationship back on track, and part of the role of a couples counselor is to help the couple communicate in meaningful ways by providing techniques to help this happen.

Our therapists have special training and skill sets to help them manage and understand relationship dynamics so that each person can feel heard and understood. They are skilled at being impartial and not taking sides.

In couples counseling, there are complex influences from the past that influence the way people act in a couple relationship. Our couples counselors are aware of these influences and can help people understand them.