Do I Need Marriage Counseling? [Quiz] – 50 Signs of a Deteriorating Relationship

Do you need marriage counseling? There is no simple rule, but if you are seriously wondering about it, there is probably something in your relationship that deserves attention. Even good relationships can sometimes benefit from professional guidance, and counseling may be especially helpful when persistent problems are becoming difficult to resolve on your own.

Some particularly important reasons to consider getting help include:

• Negative interactions consistently outnumber positive ones;
• Your partner is having an affair or may be considering one, or vice versa;
• You frequently wish you were single;
• Your partner is physically abusive.

Physical abuse is different from ordinary relationship problems and requires particular care. In that situation, your safety comes first, and seeking individual professional support may be more appropriate than attending couples counseling together.

There are also plenty of less obvious signs, and you can find many of them in the quiz below. However, keep in mind that you can’t really create a perfect quiz for something like this.

Quizzes are based on scores. Imagine, for example, that a quiz says 1-30 is bad, 31-60 is okay, and 61-100 is perfect. If you score 31, you are told your relationship is okay, but if you score 30, you are told you are in serious trouble. That’s only a one-point difference, and relationships obviously don’t work that way.

So while we are going to calculate your score, please use common sense when deciding whether you might benefit from couples counseling or individual therapy. This quiz is designed more to stimulate your thinking and organize your thoughts than to give you a definite answer.

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