Does marriage counseling just ask you to talk or do they give advice too?

My husband and I would like to go to marriage counseling to get some advice on how to improve our marriage and fix some of the problems that we are having. Does marriage counseling just involve talking about your issues with a non-partial third party or do they auctually help by giving advice on how to fix things?Does marriage counseling just ask you to talk or do they give advice too?
They should be able to help with ideas and plans depending on the topic.





Counseling that focuses on communication has dismal failure rates.


You just learn to articulate what you hate more clearly.Does marriage counseling just ask you to talk or do they give advice too?
They often do a little of both. They can also be mediator between the couple and act as a voice of reason when an issue becomes too emotional to work out rationally. If you get a good marriage counselor that you both click with, you'd be surprised how well you might work out your problems with little advice at all.





But keep in mind that for any counseling to work, both couples have to be absolutely committed to it. That goes for marriage as well. :)
A good counselor should offer alternatives, not just advice. The decisions are, and should be, yours as a couple. If a counselor is telling you what to do, they are not doing thier job, as far as I can see.


They should be saying ';These are some of the things that have worked for others, which would you feel comfortable trying?'; and ';Have you looked at things from the other's point of view?';
Different marriage counselors do things differently, but for the most part, they usually just give advice on how to communicate better in attempts to see if you're able to work things out.





They will first ask you what your goal is and then go from there. Do you want to work things out?
They give advice, and teach you how to talk/work through issues constructively.
Both, talk and advice. Go!