Divorce is a legal way to end a marriage. Are there other solutions, besides divorce, to work through the issues in a marriage? During marriage counselling, spouses work together to gain an understanding of the root cause of their problem. Both parties work with their counsellor to seek a rational and peaceful solution. If both have decided to proceed with divorce, divorce counselling will then focus on helping clients to address issues such as child custody, distribution of shared assets, future living expenditures, ways to inform families of both parties about the divorce and managing future interactions etc.