To have a healthy, intimate marriage, one needs to be a ...

[Alainaaa8]

To have a healthy, intimate marriage, one needs to be a psychologically healthy person. Describe the characteristics of such a person.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain the feeling of family counselors that the problems surrounding divorce are often far worse than the problems within the marriage.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[LP]

Answer to Question 1

The person must be able to respect and genuinely like themselves, admit error and failure and start again, accept constructive criticism, and be self-supportive rather than self-destructive.

Answer to Question 2

Many feel that a divorce is a means to an end in their marriage problems. Seldom does the person contemplating divorce anticipate the pain and upheaval that divorce leaves in its wake. Seldom do they consider that divorce is usually not the end of the relationship and its problems, especially if children are involved.

[Alainaaa8]

YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

[amcvicar]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it