It’s common for one partner to refuse to go to couples therapy. But it often leaves the other partner feeling frustrated and desperate to fix the relationship. If your partner isn’t willing to go to couples therapy, is there any hope for improving your relationship?

The good news is, you have the power to change your relationship even if your partner isn’t invested in therapy. I've seen it happen firsthand many times. In every chapter of my book, 13 Things Mentally Strong Couples Don’t Do, I share stories about my therapy clients who changed their relationships. In many of those stories, I never met the person’s partner. The individual who came to therapy created positive change in their relationship without ever getting their partner to set foot in couples therapy.

It may be tempting to conclude your partner’s disinterest in couples therapy means they don’t care about your relationship. But that may not be the case. There are many valid reasons why people refuse therapy and it rarely means they........

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