The McFadden's hire transsexual marriage counsellor

Kerry McFadden has hired a transsexual counsellor to help save her two-year marriage to pop hunk Brian.

Kerry allegedly left the ex-Westlife singer because his punishing solo schedule has left him no time to see Kerry or the couple's daughters Molly, three and Lily Sue, one.

But Kerry's mother Sue Katona is desperate for the couple to heal the rift, and believes the Irish counsellor, dubbed Aunty Graham, will encourage Brian to put his family before his career and help Kerry come to terms with his affair with a lapdancer on his stag night, shortly before the couple wed in January 2002, reports Britain's The Sun newspaper.

The couple's spokesperson, Max Clifford says: "I'm told he's got a good reputation. There is still a chance of reconciliation - everyone's optimistic. There is no animosity between them."