Understanding the root cause of repeated conflicts, difficulties, suffering, that the couple is facing can be essential in finding a solution to the ongoing suffering.
After a first phase of idealization, misunderstandings, disagreements, and difficulties can often modify the original image of the couple that we ordinary refer to as the "honeymoon". Whatever the age and the duration of the relationship, the root of these difficulties must be understood in order to allow the couple to reinforce itself and build on more solid grounds.
Being in a couple is often synonymous to becoming parents. Children affect each parent in every sections of his/her own history. External contingencies can often weigh heavily on the health of the couple. Couple therapy may be of great use in these cases.
The couple or one of the spouses may decide to engage in a process of understanding the conscious and unconscious processes at work that hinder the life of the couple.