Why Go to Couples Counseling? - Part 3 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 Marriage/Couples Counseling. For many people, after being together or married for some time, things start to fall into habits and patterns. And we don't always notice right away because, let's face it, life gets busy. There's work, kids, activities and everything in between, and then suddenly you realize that you and your spouse/partner aren't really spending time together or aren't really talking. Maybe your intimacy has decreased.