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Is divorce looming in your future? Would you rather save marriage and keep your family intact? Where can you go for qualified advice on how to save marriage?

Finding someone who can guide you and help you through the morass of jumbled emotions when a divorce may be imminent is paramount for anyone wanting to save marriage. But just whom should you seek out? Your friends or family members? No. You’ll only make them uncomfortable.

The person you need to speak with would be a certified, licensed professional counselor. There are several types of those qualified to counsel you. Let’s look at their qualifications so you know with whom you should speak.

First and easiest to reach are ministerial or pastoral counselors. These are the folks in your church, usually the pastor or minister, hem/herself, who have taken special classes above and beyond their theological courses to be able to help families in their congregations. While they are trained, they may not have taken much more than a course or two and/or some seminars on couples therapy. On the other hand, their service are usually free or donation-based to church members.

Next on the ladder of professionals is the licensed clinical social worker, with the appellation, LCSW after their name. They are practitioners who have taken fully accredited courses in couples therapy and have a Master’s degree with 2 years of supervised clinical work. Licensing must be renewed periodically with ongoing educational credits included. Their fees are moderate and often covered by insurance under the mental health category.

The MSW degree is a Master’s degree in social work and has a 900 hour field work requirement. This is a two year graduate study program. Their hourly rates are higher and are covered by insurance.

The doctorate level, or PhD, psychologist is a five year graduate who wrote a dissertation and has the ability to prescribe medication. This is the psychologist level, whose fees are moderately high and who was required to fulfill a 3000 hour clinical field work program under close supervision.

Because the former categories are less expensive, any insurance recommendations will likely be for the former over the latter. Family and Marriage counselors are specialists in this type of counseling and work with couples on a daily basis.

Find a counselor of whatever level of educational training for whom you find rapport. Their credentials are less important than finding someone to whom you can relate. Your goal is save marriage and avoid divorce, so finding someone you can truly open up to is vital.