Mediator went on to say a few interesting things: 1. In his experience, most M councelling doesn't work for the same reasons I gave and that it's hard to find someone good, 2. He's had clients begin the path to D and decide to reconcile, literally on the courthouse steps in one instance, and 3. That in a study that he say that most couples who stayed married after a rough patch rather than divorcing were happier than couples who had divorced. I about fainted with delight.
That just made me cry (not really a hard thing to do these days). I wish all of our spouses could see that.