Family counselling...does it work?

[bananalover]

I truly believe that my family has become so 'unworkable' that we ALL need coundelling.
Anyone had this, does it work, and is it very expensive?
Relly need help on this. After starting the week on a high, gradually all gone downhill .

My (now) ex-Husband and I went to Relate when our marriage was falling apart. To be honest it was a mixed blessing. Our kids were quite young so they couldn't have had counselling anyway.

It was great to be able to say things in a safe space but sometimes it was tough living with the effects of saying those things. I know both of us lied and held back on some things but I think this is normal.

It helped sort out that our marriage was well and truly over, and our divorce was easy because of it.

Overall I think counselling is worthwhile even though it didn't help my marriage as it made life a lot clearer, and helped us both sort stuff out in a mature way.

Good luck