Marriage
What about issues that go beyond everyday stresses? Financial pressures, addictions, troubled children, infidelity, health issues - the list is long and the frustrations are real. Maybe you want your marriage to work but your spouse seems apathetic or even opposed to making it work. Whatever the situation, without the help of an objective third party divorce is too often the result. Consider the current trends on divorce: 50% of first marriages, 65% of second marriages, and 73% of third marriages. 
Anyone who has been married for any length of time can attest to the fact that it it takes work. Just the daily stresses and routines of life can give even the best marriage a beating! Communication and conflict resolution can suffer. The demands of the day can crowd out the intimacy you used to share as a couple. How do you get out of this relational rut? Counseling can help you hear each other again and can give you communication tools to break out of dysfunctional patterns. 
Don't accept this as "just the way things are". Marriage counseling is an effective way to instigate the change you are looking for. Research shows that those who are open to changing and learning new ways to resolve their issues are effective in doing so. However, the longer you wait the more resentments build and the likelihood of working things out diminishes. You owe it to yourself and to your relationship to make every effort to have the marriage you hoped for when you made this serious commitment.
