Depending on the type of therapy they prefer, couples therapists play different roles with their clients. Throughout the course of the treatment, they may serve in a variety of positions, including those of advisors, specialists, coaches, educators, facilitators, provocateurs, observers, and diagnosers. Counselors for couples are not arbitrators.In this aspect of their work, therapists may be considered as somewhat instructing or advising in order to promote the creation of a secure enough environment for metabolizing to take place.However, only in the most restricted sense of this position as a supporter of treatment safety.They act as fellow explorers with their clients to completely grasp and comprehend the sensations that are motivating the behaviors the couple wants to modify.They are there as facilitators of the metabolizing process.