Premarital Counseling

Are you engaged or considering marriage?

If you and your significant other are considering marriage, premarital counseling is always a wise investment into your future as a married couple before the wedding ever takes place.

Premarital counseling can help you and your partner know ahead of time that you are moving in the direction that will ensure a strong, healthy, and enduring relationship. Taking steps to do this type of counseling before marriage can also help the two of you identify potential problems you may face that could become a hindrance later on.

I am a Certified Premarital Counselor

I am a Certified Symbis Pre-marriage Counselor and use their excellent materials in working with couples and help prepare for marriage. During our sessions, we will discuss important topics such as:

  • Roles in marriage
  • Communication
  • Values, attitudes, and beliefs
  • Finances
  • Affection and sex
  • Desire to have children
  • Family relationships
  • Decision-making
  • And countless other details – including who takes out the trash!

Such little details all too often reveal how well you know each other and can be incredibly helpful to talk through ahead of time. Best of all, learning to communicate about such things, set realistic expectations, and developing conflict resolution skills ahead of the game can save you both so much frustration later on.

Helping you smooth the path to a healthier marriage

Remember that all couples bring into their relationships a set of individual experiences, values, opinions, and expectations into the relationship that may or may not match their partner’s. For example, what is “normal” in one family’s system may be nowhere near that of your partner’s. Couples typically experience very different upbringings, have had different role models when it comes to partnering and parenting, or have differing ideas about religion and other key issues. These and other issues can take couples by surprise; premarital couples therapy can help with that.

While marriage certainly can be wonderful and fulfilling experience in so many ways, there will certainly be bumps along the way. It would be my honor to help smooth the path to a successful and prosperous married life for you both in any way I can.