With changing times even the institution of marriage is showing a changing trend.

Indian marriages particularly face different challenges as arrange marriage and joint families are quite common in India, even today.

In an arranged marriage, two people who are complete strangers suddenly come together and are supposed to share most intimate relationship, which is very difficult, especially for the wife as she enters totally unknown family with different traditions, often different lifestyle and she is supposed to adjust to all that. In such scenario, Husband needs to understand that he is the bond between the daughter in law in the house and rest of the family. Wife needs great support and understanding from the husband to be able to cope with the new family.

In a love marriage, though it is the decision of the two people in a relationship to spend their entire lives together, it has its own challenges like coping with family resistance, different cultural patterns and changing roles of partners.

Thankfully, more and more people are aware that, one has to work proactively towards any relationship to be happy and strong

It is essential for couples to understand the innate differences between men and women, their different biological and social roles to be able to understand their partners and be happy and satisfied.

Now a days we advice more and more youngsters to get involved in pre marriage counseling to avoid future frictions and disappointments.

It is so good to see that more and more couples are approaching counselors to sort out their marital issues.

At Niramay we offer counseling for various stages in relationship-

Pre- marriage counseling - for couples who need insight into various facets of married life and sex education; and prepare for the challenges faced after marriage. For individuals who need guidance in selection of the right partner for them.

For marital disharmony and disturbed communication -Developing empathetic understanding between partners, helping them to communicate and understand each other better

Handling crisis in marriage; Going through separation and divorce.

Dr Meenal regularly arranges lectures / workshops on-
" You are not what I expected" - counseling for couples - strengthening the relationship through empathy and communication

"Handling singlehood and divorce" -counseling for people who spend their lives without partners due to death, divorce or other reasons.