Bill Doherty and colleagues have been raising some interesting questions about whether we should be providing reconciliation services to couples thinking about divorce.  Here is some of their work:

Doherty, W. J., Harris, S. M., & Wilde, J. L. (2016). Discernment counseling for “mixed-agenda” couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Doherty, W. J., Harris, S. M., & Didericksen, K. W. (2016). A typology of attitudes toward proceeding with divorce among parents in the divorce process. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 56, 1–11.

Doherty, W. (2015). Reflections on the divorce revolution: Assessing our impact. Psychotherapy Networker, 39 (July/August), 19-25, 42-44.

Doherty, W. J., Willoughby, B. J., & Peterson, B. (2011). Interest in reconciliation among divorcing parents.Family Court Review, 49, 313-321.

Doherty, W. J., Willoughby, B. J., & Peterson, B. (2011). Marital Reconsideration Interest of Divorcing Parents: Research and Implications for Practice. Family Law Forum, 19, 48-52.

Hawkins, A. J., Willoughby, B. J., & Doherty, W. J. (2012). Reasons for divorce and openness to marital reconciliation. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 53, 453–463.

For more of their work and some of the services they have created go to:  The Doherty Relationship Institute