Dr. John Gottman is a top-notch marital therapist and researcher.
A simple way to know if you want to seek therapy is when you feel stuck.
This article expands and highlights some very valuable insights.
The Benefits of Feeling Words in Couples Therapy Work
Learning to identify how we feel is often one of the first steps partners can take to make themselves understandable to one another. Many of us grew up in families where expressing our feelings was not welcomed or for some, we were punished for sharing our feelings. No wonder many of us in today’s society are not very skillful at this. It can feel vulnerable or scary. Unless it is one of the feelings that are considered acceptable by our family or society.
