This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.

Getting into couples counseling is one of the best things you can do to make your relationship stronger, happier, and healthier.

But it is really easy to make unintentional, unknowing mistakes about the way you approach couples

counseling that can make a huge difference in outcomes and lead to a unsuccessful experience.

And many couples do this. So today on the show, we're talking about the most common mistakes

that couples make that can and will sabotage couples counseling so that you can avoid them and get real and effective help for your relationship.

Hello. We are listening to the late great Mark Almond with a song Tears Run Rings.

This version is a remix by Justin Strauss, and I chose it because remember I hear the song

kind of reminds me of, I don't know, the theme of like two people kind of unintentionally torturing

each other, but also coming into it, like with the best of intentions and wanting to get better

results. So I thought it was appropriate for our topic today, and it's also a fun

song. So there you go. But I'm really glad that you're here for this conversation today, particularly

if you have been thinking about getting help for your relationship. Because, you know, we talk about

love, happiness, and success on this show. And because of my,

my background, you know, I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist. I'm a licensed psychologist.

And I really specialize in couples counseling. And that's one of the specialties of my practice,

growing self-counseling and coaching. And so, you know, we talk a lot about communication

strategies and relationship advice. And, you know, I always make these podcasts with the intention

of helping you get a benefit from them, like, you know, trying to sprinkle things in that you

can use, you know, today to get better results in your relationship or your career. But it's also true.

I mean, there's really a time and a place for getting professional help. I mean, there are,

there are things that are just difficult, if not impossible for individuals, our couples,

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