Marriage Counselling can seem like a daunting thing at first for some people. The potential for awkwardness looms. Then again, if the potential for divorce looms larger, then counselling is a much better alternative. From your first couple's therapy session, your marriage counsellor or therapist will encourage each of you - one at a time - to lay out the issues as you see them. You can expect to go through some stages of dialogue. And many marriage counsellors like to use exercises, both in session and at home, to work on positive communication and empathy. The marriage counselling or therapy could last five or ten sessions, or as long as you both find worthwhile to produce a better marriage relationship.