A family court judge approached Professor and Marriage and Family Therapist Bill Doherty with an interesting observation: some of the divorcing couples the judge worked with were approaching the process with such high levels of cooperation, he wondered if their marriages were still, in fact, salvageable. This led to research and then the creation of the Couples on the Brink Project in Minnesota. The project trains therapists, collaborative lawyers and clergy to help couples on the brink of divorce who want to take a second look at their options for their marriage.