If breaking up is really what a person has decided, this will come out in counseling and I won’t try and talk them out of it, but rather I will help them figure out next steps.  However, if instead, there is a part of them that had given up hope because they weren’t sure it was possible to have the relationship they really wanted, it is likely that the process will help them to find that hope and to help them build the relationship that they really want.