Does any one suggest a good marraige counsler in Greenville SC?

Question

I really don't think there is much hope, but I'm willing to give it one last chance if there is someone who could help.

Answer 1

Jennifer, I am no where near South Carolina but I have been through marriage counseling. Let me give you my opinion on marriage counselors. As you can probably surmise I don't think much of the current graduates of counseling courses. When I got a divorce I got everything. Not a good counselor, a good lawyer. The counselor sucked though. I went through every counselor my wife hired. 3 to be exact. First was a brand new Baptist pastor. Ignorant would be an understatement. Not his fault, just not enough under his belt to handle an impending divorce. My wife dumped him when he started focusing on her. 2nd Was a psychologist right out of school, and like the first had us spinning in circles as to what to do. He would go one direction then without warning do a 180 and we would be sprinting off in the opposite direction. My wife quit that one too, right when he suggested she may have some problems. 3rd one was a 15 year veteran. He started by saying my wife had ridiculous and conflicting expectations. She walked out before he spoke another word. We just looked at each other for a moment and he said "you know what? I rarely recommend divorce, but, in your case you should just quit." That will be $150 thank you.
Counselors just cost you money that could have been spent on making the household more friendly. I know money doesn't by happiness, but either does poverty. Money is the biggest excuse for divorce period! If you can't work it out, if both parties don't want to stay married, it won't get fixed by a counselor.