Marriage is hard under the best and easiest of circumstances and let’s be honest - if you’re in a military marriage, it’s not the easiest of circumstances! Military Marriage Counseling can help you navigate the unique difficulties of military life.
Falling in love with a proud member of our military is the easy part! (I love the way my husband looks in a uniform!) You probably knew this wouldn’t always be easy, but you knew you’d find a way to get through it, right?
You thought you knew everything about military lifestyle, or at least thought you could handle what life threw at you because you loved your proud soldier / sailor / airman / marine. The travel, the security, and the military community support were all factors that were exciting for your future. If there were going to be challenges, you thought “We will get through this together!”
But it sure doesn’t feel like you’re getting through it all together when your “'til death do us part” partner is gone for months at a time without even a phone call. And when your partner is there, sometimes it feels like the military is the leading third wheel in your relationship - right when you get established in a new location and get comfortable in a routine, the military has new orders. The military always comes first. There’s no discussing it - no evaluating pros and cons of a new opportunity together - orders and orders and away you all go.
If you're feeling at the end of your rope, contact us now for Military Marriage Counseling.
You find yourself struggling to find the energy to support your soldier, your kids, your career, or even performing daily tasks of life. You find yourself alone more than as a couple. You wonder if it will ever get better.
You’re not hoping for miracles and you’re not seeking an exit to military life. You just wish it could be just a little bit… easier. You wish you had someone you could trust to confide in when it’s hard and if they had advice on how to better navigate the hard parts, even better!
You want to feel connected to others again and to be happy! You want to be able to manage your feelings instead of just ignoring them and pushing through. You want to be able to feel true joy in the life you are living again and know you can if you can find an emotionally healthy path.
And you wish your military marriage felt more like a partnership. You wish your spouse was more engaged - that they had a better understanding and appreciation for all of the sacrifices you make as well!
We can help.
Each therapist offering Military Marriage Counseling at Mission Ready Counseling is passionate about working with military marriages. Most of us have the lived experience of being in one. We know it’s not easy… but we know it can be so rewarding and especially so with a little bit of extra help and support.
Together we can find honest, straight-forward ways to change these relentless obstacles into more compassionate moments.
