Your relationship doesn’t have to be nearing divorce for you to consider couples counseling. In fact, seeking counseling early on can prevent problems from becoming increasingly intractable and painful.

Whether you’ve been together for a year or for decades, at some point you may find yourself wondering if you need to seek couples counseling. Even though the term sometimes carries a negative connotation, it doesn’t have to mean that your relationship is doomed to fail.

Roommates are fine. Roommates are polite. And admittedly, they are a nice, basic way to secure a bit of companionship and split the household chores. But roommates don’t really miss each other when they don’t connect. In fact, they may only…