Marriage counseling Session 4 – Resolving the inevitable conflicts

After review our individual goals and then being given the task of combining our lists into 1 single list we moved onto the next session, resolving the inevitable conflicts. During this session we discussed some common problem areas in Marriages, ways to avoid some of the problems and most importantly ways to solve conflicts when we have them. After finishing that session we discussed our “Fight Rules” and were given the task of combining them into a single list in preparation for Session # 5.

We discussed the following four principles of conflict resolution
1. Listen!
2. Think “Solution”
3. Speak the truth
4. Use the best powers of your tongue; remember your mate is not the enemy

We were given the task of coming up with a list of “Fight rules” that we would like to follow as homework. We did accomplish this task but for now I am not going to post these items here .