The six questions every midlife couple MUST ask themselves this year if they want to stay married: On national 'divorce day', read this advice by top therapist Natasha Silverman

Welcome to the first Monday of January, AKA 'Divorce Day', when law firms see a spike in enquiries from fed-up folks driven to the brink by festive disharmony. If you're keen to 'futureproof' your relationship, these are the six questions couples therapist Natasha Silverman says you must discuss with your partner. 'Men say their wives have zero sex drive, while women tell me the pressure to meet their partners' sexual needs – the strops, the badgering – chips away at sexual desire. Men say their wives have zero sex drive, while women tell me the pressure to meet their partners' sexual needs, writes Louise Atkinson Silverman advises a sex ban for two weeks and experimenting with non-sexual intimacy three times a week. Silverman says about 10 per cent of her clients seek counselling because they're not sure they even like their partner any more.