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Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor is a 2013 American romantic drama film produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry.

An ambitious married woman's temptation by a handsome billionaire leads to betrayal, recklessness, and forever alters the course of her life.

There are four main characters: a married couple, Judith and Brice (played by Jurnee Smollett-Bell and Lance Gross); a woman who works at a pharmacy with Brice named Melinda (Brandy Norwood); and the third-most-successful social-media entrepreneur in the world, Harley (Robbie Jones).

Judith (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) has known her husband, Brice (Lance Gross), since they were in high school, but now their marriage is growing stale. Having just completed her graduate work in psychotherapy, she's eager to begin a career as a marriage counselor. She takes an internship at a matchmaking firm for millionaires and meets Harley (Robbie Jones), a charismatic client who makes no effort to hide his attraction to Judith. Judith succumbs to his charms, placing her marriage in jeopardy.

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor / Film synopsis

A group of struggling married couples enlists the help of counselors Ilze and Paul to rekindle the flame that once fueled their relationships. Watch all you want.

The film deals with themes such as greed, mortality, love, and trust in the context of the Mexican drug trade. The extremely violent and bloodthirsty activities of drug cartels are depicted as the Counselor, a high-level lawyer, gets involved in a drug deal around the troubled Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Texas border area.

Studies show that roughly 70% of couples stay together after counseling, and many have a better relationship because of the time they took to understand themselves and each other.

At its core, marriage counseling is meant to help couples understand and resolve conflicts to improve their relationship. It's intended to give couples the tools to communicate with more compassion and less fear while learning how to problem-solve and deal with conflict in a healthy manner.

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Was Judith the marriage counselor? ›

The marriage counselor is next seen walking into Chapman's pharmacy, now run by Brice. It is revealed that she is Judith. Brice tells her he spoke to her doctor about her new meds, and he hopes she's doing okay.

Judith is the daughter of Lori Grimes and the adopted daughter of Rick Grimes, and the younger half-sister of Carl Grimes. Judith's biological father is Shane, but Rick told Lori that he did not care if she was Shane's daughter because he will still love her as his daughter.

The fourth couple is overly-perfect Patricia (Janet Jackson) and depressed Gavin (Malik Yoba) who arrive by limo cab. Their journey is not documented.

After marrying an archaeologist (George Brent), a woman (Merle Oberon) with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.

Temptation / Film synopsis

Therapist Jean Holloway develops dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives in this simmering psychological thriller. Watch all you want.

The film was released in the United States on October 3, 2014. The film, when announced, caused controversy when King said that he took influence from serial killer Dennis Rader. Kerri Rawson, Rader's daughter, said that King was exploiting her father's victims by taking inspiration from his life.

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage coming apart and a family staying together. Watch all you want.

TV series 'Couples Therapy' gives viewers a rare look into real life therapy sessions. Orna Gurlanik is the therapist at the center of the documentary series Couples Therapy.