{"id":9229,"date":"2025-07-07T07:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ritusingal.com\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2026-02-17T05:29:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T05:29:29","slug":"breaking-the-quiet-taboo-of-marriage-and-family-counselling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/blog\/breaking-the-quiet-taboo-of-marriage-and-family-counselling\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking the Quiet Taboo of Marriage and Family Counselling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have a fear of the phrase &#8220;family and marriage counselling&#8221;?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You may wonder, &#8220;Why is it necessary? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you picture a group of family members fighting in front of a therapist?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Do you feel the goosebumps of it? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I, Ritu Singal, am here to help you break free of your patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, marriage counselling is not what you imagine it to be.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/strengthening-bonds-online-marriage-therapy-india\">Marriage and family counselling<\/a><\/strong> is about addressing family problems directly.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is about finding solutions that tie the family together.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 You may wonder, &#8220;Why is it necessary? How will it benefit us?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; Let me, Ritu Singal, show you why and dive deeper into it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You visit the doctor when you are sick.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You go to the gym to build up the mental muscle of your body.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You eat right and healthy to keep your body clean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet you feel ashamed when you have to go and heal your mind with a therapist.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet you don&#8217;t challenge the negative aspects and thoughts in your relationships and build a muscle of resilience.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet you don&#8217;t practice and engage in the art of healthy relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Family Counselling: Not Just for Broken Families<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Healthy relationships is what keeps families together. <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what happens when there are cracks in this relationship?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Who saves whom?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an office context, the HR or sometimes the manager handles the issue.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who handles it in your case? Is the HR in your family biased?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every family faces challenges, but not all families have the answers<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you still a &#8220;what will people say person\u2019\u2019?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you ever think to go and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/blog\/family-conflicts-and-problems-a-family-counsellor-speaks\/\">find solutions for your family<\/a><\/strong>?<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What blinds you from actually taking decisions in your family?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People usually have this misconception that family counselling is for broken families.In actuality, however, family counselling is for actual families. Real families have disputes, occasional rifts, different stressors from different members, and of course, the occasional awkward talk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18766 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Big-Photo-Text-1024x576-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Big-Photo-Text-1024x576-1.webp 1024w, https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Big-Photo-Text-1024x576-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Big-Photo-Text-1024x576-1-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, dysfunctional patterns are on a scale of 1 to 10.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some families, there are more dysfunctional patterns, and others less.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What does dysfunction consist of?<br \/>\nPhysical abuse<br \/>\nVerbal abuse<br \/>\nSexual abuse<br \/>\nDrug problems<br \/>\nAlcohol or any sort of addiction problem<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what is family counselling? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it here to prove who is right and who is wrong? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are here to get into the root of your problems <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dysfunctional family patterns have several different types of people:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perpetrator \u2013 The one who creates the chaos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enabler \u2013 The one who enables the chaos<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peacemaker \u2013 The one who ensures peace in the family<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scapegoat \u2013 The child blamed for all of the dysfunction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lost child \u2013 The child who is the most unseen in the family<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golden child \u2013 The overly pampered child<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When one understands these patterns, one can figure out a way to break free from them.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it isn&#8217;t easy, as everybody wants to play a role in blaming others.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That&#8217;s when it gets confusing and harsher towards each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal of family counselling is not to tell who is at fault but rather how to nip the evil in the bud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MUST WATCH<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"Tips for happy married life by marriage counselor- Life Coach Ritu Singal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pOB0GHzj3xg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Why Choose Me, Ritu Singal?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I grew up with a dysfunctional mother who had a mental illness since I was born.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She would keep getting fits and throwing rage tantrums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My husband, the late Vikas, too had his own mental health issues.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was aggressive, defensive, and because of that, he committed suicide due to a business loss of 50\u201360 crores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My children, who were facing the aftermath of my late husband&#8217;s cheating and aggressiveness, suffered the brunt and I saw them having panic attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that time, I decided that I wouldn&#8217;t cry or bend over backwards.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I learnt business from scratch. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I turned the 50\u201360 crore loss into becoming an award-winning entrepreneur in 2011.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have mentioned this in my book <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/Decided-Not-Cry-Beyond-Entrepreneur\/dp\/B0CP4BRC88\">I Decided Not to Cry<\/a><\/strong>. I discovered life coaching too and i went on to become to a certified john mawell life coach<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family counselling and more <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I have noticed as a life coach is that<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you go to see, in every family, an apple doesn&#8217;t fall far from its tree.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children not only inherit the genetic DNA of their parents but also the mental DNA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Checkout:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/webdevelopmentpro.online\/ritusingal\/transform-your-life-transform-yourself\">Transform Your Life, Transform Yourself<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have learned behaviours\u2014even if you say you aren&#8217;t as rude or as cruel as your family, you still have some similar mannerisms.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The way you perceive and approach situations. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way you get panic attacks just like your mom does.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the time, you don&#8217;t realise the behaviours you have adopted from people around you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expected Outcomes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 90 %+ of my cases, families have come together!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During family therapy, we examine, teach problem-solving, validate each one\u2019s emotions, explore each one&#8217;s roles, pinpoint toxic behavioural patterns and ways to manage them, understand the roles in each dynamic,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> teach anger management, and encourage effective communication. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each session is tailored to give maximum benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need to be utterly shattered to go for counselling.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You just have to be real. To know more, visit my website<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a fear of the phrase &#8220;family and marriage counselling&#8221;? You may wonder, &#8220;Why is it necessary? 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