Couples and or Marriage counseling is a related and different process. It may differ from relationship counseling in duration. I will spend more time understanding all aspects of the relationship so I can properly help those in need. An exception is brief or solution focused couples therapy. In addition, counseling tends to be more ‘here and now’ and new coping strategies the outcome. Couples therapy is more about seemingly intractable problems with a relationship history, where emotions are the target and the agent of change.