July 11, 2021
If everyone knows what a healthy relationship looks like in theory, why do a large number of people still struggle to have one? Skills that assist in the establishment and maintenance of a healthy relationship are insight, mutuality and emotional regulation. Most people, including researchers, believe that the key to a healthy relationship lies in intimacy, security, respect and the sense of being valued. On the other hand, things like fighting, not being able to find comfort and solace in your partner, contempt and violence lead to an unhealthy relationship and can cause the end of a relationship or divorce and in some cases physical and emotional sickness. The problem lies in the fact that not many people have an idea on how to get into a healthy relationship since they’re not taught about it at a young age. Counseling is usually done either when it’s too late in the cases of couples’ therapy or when they are about to get married, which is still too late. It’s because people have already selected the person they're going to commit their whole life to.