▲Will Smith admitted that counseling saved his marriage, but that it's a tremendously difficult thing to sit across from your partner and tell them the darkest parts of your truth, and then to hear theirs.

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Bell explained, "You do better in the gym with a trainer; you don't figure out how to cook without reading a recipe. Therapy is not something to be embarrassed about."

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"It creates a dark moment," he said. "But for me it's the dark before the dawn. When the truth comes out and people have to say who they are and what they think, you get to know who they are."

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Pink and Carey Hart have been married since 2006, but the singer recently admitted that if they had not gone to couples counseling they probably would not have made it this long. They did spend a year separated, after all.

▲"Our agreement is, if either of us feels like we want to go, the other can't object," he explained. That way the problems don't fester in the time it takes for the other partner to catch on that there even is a problem.

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The stars have been very open about their use of therapy in their relationship. "We have a very healthy marriage and we got there by doing therapy when we needed it, and constantly doing fierce moral inventories," Bell explained.

▲She said it’s about getting someone to translate what might not be getting across. “We are not taught as kids how to have relationships, how to get along with people,” she added.

▲Bryan Cranston and Robin Dearden have been married for about 30 years, and in 2013, the 'Breaking Bad' star told Rolling Stone that they see a couples therapist, under a specific agreement.

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Following Spelling's discovery that McDermott had cheated on her a year prior, the pair started going to couples therapy, some sessions of which were aired on Spelling's reality TV show 'True Tori.'

▲Spelling later reflected on how she used to say in interviews that her relationship was so effortless, and said, "The truth is, no relationship just works," adding that she resolved issues that she had brought into their relationship from the start and really found her voice.

▲"We wanted to be role models for our kids like, okay, if you have differences, you can work them out," he said. "You've got to keep at it. You've got to communicate, and stay open and not get lazy. And not give up. And lots of sex!"

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In January 2015, the 'Grey's Anatomy' star and his wife, makeup artist Jillian Dempsey (née Fink), split after nearly 16 years of marriage. One year later, they were back together. The trick? Couples counseling.

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Although they were married in 2014, this adorable couple, who share two kids, have known each other since 2004. That amount of time comes with great challenges, but they were helped along by visits to couples counseling.

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As two of contemporary culture's biggest figures, balancing a family, their separate careers, and their joint initiatives, these two had enough reason to go to couples therapy without the cheating scandal.

▲"We go to couples therapy," Burtka told Life and Style. "Not that there's anything wrong, but it's nice to sort of just talk to someone who is a mediator. That's helped our relationship."

▲On David Letterman's 'My Next Guest Needs No Introduction,' the rapper admitted that they had gone to therapy and come out with an even stronger marriage. "But we're still working and communicating and growing," he said. "And I'm proud of the father and the husband that I am today because of all the work that was done."

▲Actress Meagan Good and film producer DeVon Franklin started couples counseling four months before tying the knot in 2012. Good told Essence that their relationship counselor advised them to treat marriage like buying a house: do your research and examine every part before deciding.

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In truth, they've had a lot of ups and downs, and Union maintains, "There's a process to happy."

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"Counseling was a tremendous blessing to our marriage," Good said. "It made us think and see each other's baggage. What can you live with?"

Unfortunately, the couple announced their split in the beginning of 2022: “After much prayer and consideration we have decided to go into our futures separately but forever connected,” said the post on their Instagram profile.

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The actress and host told her director husband in 2016 that she wanted a divorce, after nearly 10 years of marriage. She wrote in her 2018 memoir 'This Will Only Hurt a Little' that she'd been emotionally cheating with another man.

▲The actress and the former NBA star's marriage seems untouchable, but in 2017 Union told Complex that when people call them "goals," they're both a little confused. "We've kind of figured it out now, but I guess maybe we should tweet live from couples' therapy."

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"People are worried about other people thinking something's wrong in your relationship," she said. "And it's like, something is wrong in every relationship. So if you're not willing to admit that something is wrong, then something is wrong with you."

▲The comedian and her ex-husband had been going to couples therapy since 2014, she told Vanity Fair, with the main goal of dealing with transitions in their lives (largely her stardom, which makes her the breadwinner of the family).

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She said that they went to therapy separately and together, and they were able to talk about how Philipps felt alone for so long, and how Silverstein wanted to rebuild himself as a partner and a father. They ended up not divorcing in 2016. In 2021, after 15 years of marriage, the couple decided to go their separate ways.

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Jennifer Lopez previously revealed that she and former fiancé Alex Rodriguez got some professional help during quarantine. "It has been actually really good. We got to work on ourselves. We did therapy,” she told Allure. “I think it was really helpful for us in our relationship,” she said, though they split in 2021.

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Many people enter the world of romance under the misconception that relationships are easy. Sure the first couple years might fly by, but as humans naturally evolve alongside one another, there's bound to be some growing pains. There's also the misconception that we all innately know how to be a good partner, even though we usually only learn by trial and error.

Amber Tamblyn and David Cross are very candid about the key to their long-lasting romance, and it's all about putting in work. In a conversation surrounding their new film 'You Hurt My Feelings,' which follows a couple in therapy, the off-screen couple spoke about how they keep their 15-year relationship healthy.

"David and I have been in couples therapy before," Tamblyn said, explaining how she relates to the characters. "I don't know any relationship that has lasted past 10 years that hasn't [been in couples therapy]," she added. "And if it has, then something's wrong with those people if they haven't done couples therapy at some point."

Cross shared the advice he'd give to their characters: "You've got to work on it. ... I think [our characters were like,] 'Somebody else will fix it.' And they don't seem like they really wanted to do the real work that has to be done. And that's just being honest. And I mean, literally, the only piece of advice I would give is just be honest with yourself and with each other."

In recent years, the idea of therapy has become less taboo, as many realize there's no shame in working through your problems with the help of a qualified professional. For some celebrity couples, it has made a world of difference.

Click through to see which stars swear by relationship counseling.