Why Go to Couples Counseling? - Part 4 While mental health awareness has improved, especially over the last few years through the pandemic. And some of the sitgma around therapy has decreased. But so many people still wonder why they should participate in couples counseling. In my mind, there are several "levels" of couples' counseling. 1) Dating Relationships 2) Pre-Marital Counseling 3) Marriage/Couples Counseling 4) Stage of Life Couples Counseling 5) When Things Aren't Working Today, I'll talk about Stage of Life Couples Counseling. As I was thinking about this blog post, my first thought was about the transition to Empty Nest. But the more I thought about it, I realized there are several possible transition points in a marriage or long term relationship. So, I'll break it down into sub-stages. Casual Dating to Living Together The first stage is the transition from casual dating to living together. This stage may happen at different times for