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A better way to put it might be: "I've made an appointment with a couple's counselor and we are going together next Tuesday at 5:00 pm."



Ouch! I might need a lot of Dutch Courage to do it that way. but yes, it might be the only way to make it work. Make it an inevitable event, set, planned and booked. If she doesn't want to go, the only message I can read in that is that she doesn't have any intention on improving things or putting an effort in.
It's really putting her on the block. Drastic, but yes, I see how it might be the only way to make it work/happen.