Relationships may encounter stressful situations and challenges and many couples find profound benefits through couples therapy or marriage counseling, as the situation may be. Through evidence-based treatment approaches, counseling can help couples better understand each other and change ineffective or harmful behavior patterns. Difficult problems such as violence, anger, and infidelity can all be very challenging to a relationship and through therapy, these challenges can be dealt with in a way that allows the relationship to stop being hurtful.