Is couples therapy bullshit?

8675309c · 2015-01-18T19:11:26+00:00

been through it

it's complete bullshit

it's marketing geared towards women who thrive on drama, love to talk about feelings, and seek social validation

think about all the shit you read in the TRP sidebar and compare it to the process of relationship therapy. in a nutshell attraction is #1, and talking through problems destroys all of that

this is assuming that you are not having issues about how overly alpha you are--because if that's the case, the domestication would probably work just fine

MrEiffel · 2015-01-18T19:09:10+00:00

Yes, it is 100% bullshit.

frequentlywrong · 2015-01-18T19:52:18+00:00

To me it seems its a way of brainwashing the guy to accept whatever bullshit his wife is doing

Yep.

M3_Drifter · 2015-01-18T20:20:38+00:00

Surely there are therapists out there who aren't completely worthless, but the rest (99.9%) are full of blue pill crap that is not going to fix your relationship in any meaningful way.

throwitallaway_trp · 2015-01-19T01:27:05+00:00

As with most things, it depends. Mostly, it will depend on the reason for counseling.

A good buddy of mine and his wife currently attend couples therapy. Their infant child passed almost six months ago, and their relationship changed a lot because of it. Couples therapy, combined with individual therapy, has done them each a lot of good and has, in some respect, probably saved their relationship.

Couples therapy because one party isn't 'happy'? Because your wife cheats? Horse shit. That therapy isn't there to help you, it's to tell you that you are a bad person who should worship your woman like the goddess she is(n't).

TheReason13 · 2015-01-19T13:14:25+00:00

Couples therapy is a joke. The outcome does depend on the therapist, but the difference in outcome is insignificant. All therapists have been indoctrinated in the same manner regardless of gender, and the modus operandi of couples therapy is the same as the majority of social conditioning methods. To handicap the male and empower the female in an attempt to "level the playing field."

Do some reading up, and remember that 90 percent of all "official" articles and blogs on social matters are complete nonsense.

When couples go for counseling, its usually as a last ditch effort on the females part. This is exactly why the counseling environment is one which considers the female and ignores the male. Many males have complained that they were overwhelmed and "ganged up on" by the therapist and female SO. Its got a lot to do with money.

Do not recommend couples therapy to anyone, and by extension cut anyone who recommends it from your life.

speed3_freak · 2015-01-18T22:02:19+00:00

It depends. Couple's therapy saved my friend's marriage. He was a big time beta and it drove his wife to cheat. They went to therapy as a last ditch effort to save their marriage, and the guy basically blamed my friend for his wife cheating. He told him AWALT and that if he wanted to fix it then he needed to stop being a pussy and be a man. He guided him towards becoming the leader in the relationship, and now they are doing better than ever. I would say for the most part it is, but it depends more on the therapist.

Title	Is couples therapy bullshit?
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Date	January 18, 2015 6:52 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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