Hope this appointment goes well for you, Bridgestone. Have you looked into the Retrouvaille programs, http://www.helpourmarriage.org? The way that you described him listening to you on occasion is exactly how we are taught to communicate at Retrouvaille. Talking about your feelings, asking questions, showing understanding, eye contact. It is great. The weekend is two days of soul searching to uncover your own feelings about the good times and the bad times and discussing them in depth through the dialogue method. And then you get homework. Which is great, because the homework is to keep doing dialogues at home, choosing your questions together. It really does work.
Maybe this counselor will do it for you. I hope he will. But if he doesn't, keep Retrouvaille in mind.
