It's not counseling. They do the talking. You and he will do writing to each other, and then talk only to each other about what you wrote. It is a lot of fun. The fact that he is does not like to talk is probably one of the reasons you have a communication problem. That was our problem. Once they taught us how to talk to each other, we solved our problems. My husband went because it was a choice -- go to Retrouvaille or get an expensive divorce. I guess we can say he wanted to go to Retrouvaille. That is, he did not want to face an expensive divorce.