Kristen Bell has told how she and husband Dax Shepard’s relationship has been improved by therapy.
Frozen star Kristen, 34, and actor Dax, 40, wed in 2013 and have two young children together.
Kristen told Good Housekeeping magazine: “You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don’t figure out how to cook without reading a recipe. Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about.”
She added: “I used to have a temper. I loved slamming doors – I wanted a dramatic exit! But he, having worked through a variety of emotional issues to get sober, said, ‘This isn’t going to work. This isn’t how I’m going to communicate for the rest of my life…’
“The way Dax and I argue now – and we argue a lot; we disagree on almost everything! – is so healthy.”
Dax told the mag: “There were hurdles, things she didn’t trust about me, things I didn’t trust about her… So we started [seeing a therapist together] right away.”
He added: “In my previous relationship, we went to couples therapy at the end, and that’s often too late. You can’t go after nine years and start figuring out what patterns you’re in.”
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