PREMARITAL COUNSELING
How can I make sure my marriage will be a great one?
You've been dating a while and have decided that you're ready to spend your lives together. Congratulations!
Committing yourself to another person is a fantastic, bold, and life-changing move.
But you've seen plenty of relationships start out with promise and run into trouble. It may have even happened before in your own life. But you want a marriage that lasts a lifetime. You want to be intentional and prepared, to do whatever it takes to make your marriage strong.
Counseling can set you up for success, facilitating difficult conversations and helping you work through spots of tension so that your marriage will be smoother sailing. Counseling will give you important insights into you as individuals and into your relationship. You’ll be able to identify potential problem areas ahead of time and learn strategies to address them in healthy ways.
Premarital counseling will help you understand each other better, give you helpful tools to overcome tension in the future, and enable you to feel fully confident in your commitment to your new spouse.
Through counseling, you will learn how to:
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feel more connected to your partner
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have a deeper understanding of yourself and your loved one
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have a plan to work through sensitive areas of your relationship
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know what to do when you and your loved one are misunderstanding each other
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understand and appreciate the differences and similarities you have with your partner
You will benefit most from premarital counseling if:
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you’re open to strengthening your relationship
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you're aware that you “don’t know what you don’t know” about your partner
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you’re willing to be open and honest about your experiences and are willing to hear your partner’s perspective in session too
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you’re willing to learn new strategies to help your relationship
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you are willing to practice the tools your therapist gives you on a daily basis