Therapists’ encourage troubled couples to stay togetherA s America’s divorce rate soared~2 to one in every two new marriages dur-ing the 1970s and ’80s,most family therapists ran for neutral ground~3“Whether you stay together or split up is your decision.” ran the standardtherapy pitch.~4“My role is to help you look at your relationship and deter-mine how to deal with it.”But now the social pendulum~5 seems to be swing- Therapists ’encourage troubled couples to stay togetherA s America’s divorce rate soared ~ 2 to one in every two new marriages dur-ing the 1970s and’ 80s, most family therapists ran for neutral ground ~ 3 “Whether you stay together or split up is your your decision ”ran the standardtherapy pitch. ~ 4“ My role is to help you look at your relationship and deter-mine how to deal with it. ”But now the social pendulum ~ 5 seems to be swing-