COLlive.com is proud to present “Marriage Matters,” a weekly webcast by Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, LMFT (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist), brought to you in cooperation with TorahCafe.com.
Rabbi Schonbuch is a noted marriage counselor in Crown Heights. His articles, videos, and counseling sessions have helped many frum couples grow together, resolve issues and improve their marriages.
This new weekly series will give viewers the opportunity to ask Rabbi Schonbuch questions on marriage, dating, relationships and family issues.
It also will provide an anonymous way to address personal issues giving hope and strength to many couples and individuals who feel isolated or ashamed to approach a rabbi or therapist.
Rabbi Schonbuch believes that Torah observant couples are confronted many new challenges placing pressure on their relationships.
“Due to modern-day pressures including busy work schedules, educational costs, Western values, the Internet and more, couples both young and old, are finding it harder to stay together and make their marriages work,” he says.
“This is complicated by the fact that there are very few Orthodox and Chassidish therapists who can address these issues with knowledge and sensitivity,” he adds.
Each week the series will provide answers to listeners’ questions and offer practical exercises that couples can use immediately to improve their marriage. Questions can be sent to [email protected] (confidential and answered only by Rabbi Schonbuch). For more information and weekly hand-out downloads, visit JewishMarriageSupport.com.
Abuse within a relationship is very complicated, specifically emotional abuse. There is manipulation, distortion and confusion. It is a very dark place to be. A part of me knew from the beginning that I was being abused, but couldn’t believe it, it was like a state of shock, it was disconnected from my being able to process and fit it into normal life, it didn’t fit. Then there was such a big part of me that wasn’t sure if it was really “abuse”, probably because I couldn’t make sense of it and so I kept trying to make things better… Read more »
Listen to the letter he reads. the woman was hit by her husband. Nothing more needs be said. Thats abuse and completely unacceptable, from either husband or wife. Once theres abuse, the line has been crossed and warrants separation and maybe divorce. Its time we get out of the primitive ghetto mentality and start demanding mentchlich behaviour. signed, (a once abused husband whos wife grew up in a house where hitting, scratching and screaming was the norm from both parents. I stood up to it and she knows if she loses control again I will be gone for a few… Read more »
Hyping divorce? Did you hear even his preface that one should go for counseling and try to work out things. It’s also important not to make things worse than they are instead of calming it down and seeing how bad but not dangerous behaviors can be changed and worked on. Every marriage has had its problems. Unless there’s danger, I think it’s a disservice to use the word “abuse” as loosely as it was.
This was a very good and thorough explanation of abuse. I was in an abusive relationship and thank G-d got divorced after 9 years. Now i’m happily divorced. Its not easy but its much better than the abuse i endured
Where are the handouts on the site? I only see the first three weeks.