It feels to me that ultimately working things out is going to depend on him continuing to go to counseling for a period of time. Do you feel that way? I hope your therapist is successful at encouraging him to come again. But if he's not interested, that tells you something in itself, doesn't it?
You might be interested in this book, Anon. A dear friend of mine got a lot of help from it when she was in a similar situation with her passive-aggressive husband (and three young children). Her therapist introduced her to this book (and the workbook that goes with it) as a way of taking hold of their issues and trying to work through them step by step. (So often, we just go in circles when we are trying to figure things out for ourselves.) Here's the book:
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Alone,
It feels to me that ultimately working things out is going to depend on him continuing to go to counseling for a period of time. Do you feel that way? I hope your therapist is successful at encouraging him to come again. But if he's not interested, that tells you something in itself, doesn't it?
You might be interested in this book, Anon. A dear friend of mine got a lot of help from it when she was in a similar situation with her passive-aggressive husband (and three young children). Her therapist introduced her to this book (and the workbook that goes with it) as a way of taking hold of their issues and trying to work through them step by step. (So often, we just go in circles when we are trying to figure things out for ourselves.) Here's the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Boundaries-Marriage-Henry-Cloud/dp/0310243149/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
Take a look, see what you think. :)
March 30, 2010 - 9:46amThis Comment
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