Sadly not all relationships are able to be maintained. Sometimes one or both partners come to therapy to decide if they can remain together. Some relationships have been based on such extreme deceptions, hostility, abuse or inauthenticity the partners decide the healthiest alternative is to separate and end the marriage. Sometimes therapy focuses on helping one or both partners grieve the loss of the relationship and move through the ending. Learning to positively co parent after a separation or divorce is sometimes the next focus.