“If you continue for just a few more sessions, however, you could have a great marriage”
What bothered Dov the most, however, were not the charges Chevy leveled against him, per se. Rather, he was shaken by the fact that his wife had harbored so many resentments for so long without giving him any indication that she was unhappy.
Dov took that episode as a very loud wakeup call that his marriage was not as stable and secure as he had thought. The next day he suggested to Chevy that they seek marital counseling. And to his surprise, Chevy readily agreed.
I met with Dov and Chevy weekly for a couple of months, after which they resolved many of the areas of conflict that had caused so much stress in their relationship. Then, at the start of the next session, I told them that I felt they were almost ready to end their sessions with me.
“What makes you say that?” Dov wanted to know.
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