- Communication recurrently goes wrong
- Sex has ended
- Arguments continue without resolution
- Violence erupts
- Depression or other health problems recur
- The bond of trust is eroded or broken
- Considering divorce
- Financial problems
- Child-related problems (i.e., children are doing poorly at school and you think it has to do with problems at home)
- Avoidance
- An affair or a suspicion of an affair
- Family issues
- Expectations unfulfilled in marriage
- No order at home or family management issues (you have never heard of the word family management before)
- Personality clashes and conflicts
- Lack of feeling for your partner
- Healthy family characteristics are not present
- Growing apart
- If someone asks you to give your life or your relationship a grade on a scale from 1 to 10 and you give them less than a 5
- A feeling that something is not right and you desire a professional opinion or assessment
