The end of a relationship's honeymoon period typically comes with a realization that your partner can in fact do some wrong. It may start to bother you that he's not as social as you'd like, tunes out when you're venting about friends, or has irresponsible spending habits. And as time goes on, and you start to take each other for granted, it might take more effort to make time for date nights, Read more

Even if you'd rather talk to a friend than a therapist for your own problems, it's good to have an uninterested third party when navigating your trickier relationship differences. Yet some couples go to counseling before the problems even start. My friend and her boyfriend know they want to married, but they're seeing a psychologist once a week for couples counseling before they do anything Read more