Thousands of couples around the world turn to relationship therapy to help them save their relationship and work on their problems.
Couples who have children, married couples and those who are still in love and want to work through their issues find this type of counselling effective and can help them in so many ways, working on their relationship well into the future.
Relationship therapy isn't only for married couples.
Those who are living together and have built a home and family without actually tying the knot can also benefit from this type of counselling.
One of the benefits that relationship therapy can provide is identifying patterns within the relationship that causes problems.
This can be that you are stuck in a rut and every day is the same, it can be that going out and having a few drinks after work causes arguments and anger towards each other or it could be that you both treat the children differently, causing unnecessary arguments that could be worked through effectively and calmly.
You will also learn how your reactions affect the other person.
Being in a neutral environment makes it easier to discuss how you feel and how your partner's reactions affect you on an emotional level.
Often getting your partner to understand how their shouting and verbal abuse affects you can help them change.
Without understanding how their reaction affects you, makes it very difficult to understand.
Reactions can also be how you react to the other when you do something the other doesn't like.
Through relationship therapy you can identify each other's intentions for the relationship.
If you are a couple who isn't married yet, the anger and frustration may be that you haven't tied the knot, one of you may fear commitment or not believe in marriage.
Making your intentions known can help you work through everything to identify the best path to help keep the relationship happy and healthy.
In many instances, your therapist will provide you with tools, techniques and ideas to help you work through your problems, usually things you haven't thought of.
Taking advantage of these tools and techniques can help you become open in your communication, take each other's feelings into consideration and think before you act.
In addition to this, relationship therapy helps you understand the consequences of your actions.
If you go out with your work friends every night after work and come home after drinking too much night after night, you need to understand how this affects the entire family.
You may become snappy or argumentative once you've had a few drinks, which can have a negative effect on the children and make you exceptionally difficult to live with for your partner.
The good thing about this type of therapy is that you identify if your expectations of the relationship and your partner are unrealistic.
Many partners have high expectations for the relationship and how they expect their partner to act.
During the therapy sessions you may find that your expectations are unrealistic and you can learn to work through that and decide if you are happy carrying on with the way things are.
It also helps your partner understand what you expect from them and they can also make an effort to help you realise some, or all, of your expectations moving forward.
The final benefit to relationship therapy is that you learn and can improve on all your relationship skills.
This can help you understand what is important in your relationship; areas you need to work on and help you think before you act, reducing the risk of unnecessary arguments and contempt within the relationship.