This is a piece written by Jane Gilmore with some commentary from me.

Just over 100,000 couples in Australia get married each year. And just under 50,000 couples get divorced each year. Marriage, it seems, is not something we are very good at.

Marriage counselling can help. Around one in five couples will seek out couples counselling, and 70 per cent of them will find it helpful. But what happens to the 30 per cent who don’t?

You can read the rest of Jane’s excellent piece here