PATRICK DEMPSEY - DEMPSEY ADMITS MARRIAGE COUNSELLING

GREY'S ANATOMY heart-throb PATRICK DEMPSEY regularly visits a marriage guidance counsellor to keep his relationship with wife JILLIAN steady. The actor, 41, admits his priorities have shifted from career success to maintaining a happy family life in recent years, and he credits therapy sessions with helping him achieve domestic bliss. He tells Life magazine, "We go in for checkups and go 'Hey, here's what we need to work on.' We've had a very good relationship from the beginning, but you run into things you have to work through. "Being a father makes you look at yourself. You look at your marriage and go 'How do I improve this? How do I keep growing and create a stable environment for my children?'" The couple have a four-year-old daughter, TALULA. They are also expecting twin sons this year (07).