The Field of Marriage Counseling: A Brief Overview

Abstract

No longer is it possible-if, indeed, it ever was-to say, counseling ist.. and proceed to describe the field of marriage counseling in simple, precise terms. Marriage counseling in the United States has never been an easily defined and described field of endeavor, and the picture is even more complex today than it was in the past. It is exceedingly difficult for consumers of services to ascertain what they can profitably use from among the array of practitioner services being offered. To whom can they go and for what kind of help?