{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"61 | Forward Five | The Value of Receiving Relationship Counseling and How to Know if You Need It","description":"Counseling while you're dating. Premarital Counseling. Marriage Counseling. Nick and I are PRO-counseling no matter what season your relationship is in! Marriage counseling is a weapon that protects your marriage from the temptation of divorce - but it\u2019s also a safety-net that maintains the quality of your marriage before divorce is ever a real consideration. How to tell if you need counseling?  You\u2019re not making progress on a specific issue or are struggling to forgive You are holding offenses from years pasts You\u2019re not seeing eye-to-eye on an essential issue. The same issues repeatedly come up. Your communication isn\u2019t good. Your fighting isn\u2019t safe (you yell, cuss, throw accusations, always end up in tears, or don\u2019t fight fair) You\u2019re not having sex - one partner isn\u2019t happy with the sex. You\u2019re not agreeing on how to parent. You\u2019re experiencing a major life change.  Where to go to receive counseling:Your church pastors (we highly recommend going to both the husband and wife pastoral team).A Christian counselor or therapist.A professional Christian marriage coach. More from Forward Conversations:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Sign up for our Email List and receive updates on new episodes, freebies, and other fun content!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  Email List sign up HERE! Follow us on Instagram! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Forward Conversations","author_url":"http:\/\/forwardconversations.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/17891534\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/000000\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/17891534"}