Changes in family structures especially affect African Americans . Therapists are rethinking attitudes on divorce . Fourth of five articles. The walls are carpeted, the ceiling's low, the room is adorned with teddy bears and the students write in crayon.
Some couples are here because their marriages are dangling from a ledge.
Others are trying to avoid the mistakes of previous relationships. Some are just looking for more effective ways to communicate with each other. Sometimes it's a quiet panic. They've been together for a while and things are not the way they had hoped, but they don't want to get a divorce. As the roles of men and women in American society have changed in recent decades, couples are finding it harder than ever to stay together.