Assuming that marriage therapy does indeed hasten divorce as claimed, what is the alternative? Some posters suggest that it’s specifically the court-mandated marriage therapy that is counter-productive, as opposed to voluntary therapy, but I haven’t seen supporting statistics.
Marriage, though practiced throughout history by every sociological, cultural, economic and geographic group, is actually an astonishingly complex relationship. How can one ever determine with certainty whether this or that combination of experience, preferences, beliefs, ideals, intentions and strength of one person will mesh favorably over time with those of the other?
It’s rather mind-boggling!