The couple have agreed to set aside an hour each day or a three-way conference call with a relationship advisor after the `Teenage Dream` singer became concerned their hectic work schedules meant they were spending too much time apart

A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "They`ve been spending more time apart than ever before. Russell`s doing 14-hour days on the `Arthur` set in New York, while Katy`s been in Europe and Australia working all sorts of hours.

"Combine this with the time differences and, as you can imagine, it`s been tough.

"Relationship counselling was Katy?s idea because she was adamant they should make their relationship rock solid.

"As a result they both clear an hour in their schedules every day to have a conference call with a therapist, talking things over and making their bond as watertight as possible."

It was recently claimed that 25-year-old Katy asked Russell - who proposed to her in India on New Year`s Eve (31.12.09) after a whirlwind romance - to sell his £2.5 million London home because she was uneasy about his womanising past.

A friend of the couple revealed: "Now they are getting married, Katy didn`t feel comfortable with the amount of girls who knew where Russell lived - and of course the history it carries."
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