Hollywood actor Will Smith has confessed he and wife Jada Pinkett Smith have marriage counselling to keep their relationship on track.

The "Men in Black" star says one of their first dates was an appointment with a psychoanalyst after being inspired by the self-help book "Women Who Run With Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Internet portal femalefirst reported.

He said: "We wanted to start this off right, with someone to tell us what we were doing.

"Jada read the book and said: 'Oh my God, this is me.' So I read the book too and we called and set up a meeting with the author to get more in-depth ideas."

Despite having a happy relationship now, Will says he knows what it's like to be unlucky in love.