In today’s Science section of the New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope writes about the benefits of marital counseling and the general cultural resistance to it. In fact, the majority of divorcing couples never even try it. In our practice, we consistently notice that those who have had counseling prior to mediation bring a deeper understanding of their relationship and of one another to the negotiation process. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/seeking-to-pre-empt-marital-strife/?ref=science