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[quote=Anonymous]Add to the list of terrible marriage counselors -- a middle-aged couple who have dual home-offices in their basement in Bethesda.  My ex and I went to them when I discovered he had cheated on me.  At the time I thought it was just one woman, we already had a child together and I thought couples counseling might help us stay together for the sake of the child.

The male doctor missed a mood disorder diagnosis, instead labeling hypersexuality of mania as sex addiction. In retrospect, I feel kind of sad for my ex, because there was no hope that going to SA meetings (as suggested by the psychologist) was going to cure his hypomania.  He needed appropriate medication.

In my sessions with the female doctor, she focused on why we didn't wear rings (long but reasonable story why) and suggested that maybe my ex would be more faithful if we wore rings.

During the counseling, I found something that was fairly solid evidence of a 2nd, current affair, and the female counselor tried to get me to come up with alternative non-affair related reasons for my  evidence (there was really no plausible alternative explanation).  The self-delusion she seemed to want to stoke was stunning!

Obviously counseling didn't work.  Better counselors would have identified the bipolar depression, encouraged my ex to get on medication, and only after being stabilized on medication worked on couples issues.[/quote]

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