Premarital Counseling
Premarital counseling is a type of therapy that helps couples identify and resolve issues in their relationship before they commit to marriage, set relationship goals, and take the next step in their relationship. Dating each other extensively is no guarantee you are familiar or comfortable with the life experience and emotional baggage each of you will bring into your marriage. Personal aspects like previous relationships, finances, health, family and friends, children, professional life, and work-life balance are critical dimensions of any marriage.
Many couples seek premarital counseling as a preventive measure. Instead of waiting until there is a conflict, couples engage in premarital counseling to get ahead of issues that may be brewing below the surface or outside of their awareness. Carefully created questions from an experienced counselor can help you better understand some of your partner’s personal history as elements of that will emerge later in your relationship.
Topics that may be explored during premarital counseling include but are not limited to the following:
It’s easy to get emotionally overwhelmed when discussing such serious topics. As a therapist with many years of experience working with couples and families, I can guide you through a series of thoughtful questions and conversations in a clear and impartial manner. This may ultimately help you identify options for initiating and sustaining a healthy marriage.
I have received advanced training in a number of couples and family therapy approaches and have extensive experience teaching the couples and family therapy course for a clinical mental health counseling graduate level program. I currently offer training and consultation for couples and family therapy to professionals across multiple industries and am a professional member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). I personalize your premarital counseling experience keeping in mind your unique strengths, challenges, and needs as a couple. My integrative approach honors your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, physical experience, social-relational experience, and spirituality.
Cost of Service
Premarital Counseling 80-minute session: $400 (16 to 20 sessions)
Additional Services
Please visit my Presenting Concerns page to learn more about how I can support you with your current therapeutic needs.
In addition to premarital counseling, I offer individual therapy, couples therapy, couples therapy intensives, family therapy, and self-care immersions. Please visit the following pages to learn more about these therapeutic services:
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Couples Therapy Intensive
Family Therapy
Self-Care Immersions
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about how I provide premarital counseling or other therapy services, or if you feel ready for a 15-minute complimentary phone consultation.
Many couples seek premarital counseling as a preventive measure. Instead of waiting until there is a conflict, couples engage in premarital counseling to get ahead of issues that may be brewing below the surface or outside of their awareness. Carefully created questions from an experienced counselor can help you better understand some of your partner’s personal history as elements of that will emerge later in your relationship.
Topics that may be explored during premarital counseling include but are not limited to the following:
- Marriage resolutions and goals
- Conflict transformation skills
- Marriage expectations and short- and long-term plans
- Resentment due to unfinished business
- Fears surrounding commitment
- Core values and beliefs
- Finances
- Religion and spirituality (especially for interfaith relationships)
- Plans regarding children
- Gender and other socially- and culturally-informed experiences
- Cultural differences
- Family history, family of origin, and attachment and relational patterns
- Infidelity and other sex- and intimacy-related issues
- Career plans
- Boundaries and parameters
- Ground rules for the marriage
It’s easy to get emotionally overwhelmed when discussing such serious topics. As a therapist with many years of experience working with couples and families, I can guide you through a series of thoughtful questions and conversations in a clear and impartial manner. This may ultimately help you identify options for initiating and sustaining a healthy marriage.
I have received advanced training in a number of couples and family therapy approaches and have extensive experience teaching the couples and family therapy course for a clinical mental health counseling graduate level program. I currently offer training and consultation for couples and family therapy to professionals across multiple industries and am a professional member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). I personalize your premarital counseling experience keeping in mind your unique strengths, challenges, and needs as a couple. My integrative approach honors your thoughts, feelings, perceptions, physical experience, social-relational experience, and spirituality.
Cost of Service
Premarital Counseling 80-minute session: $400 (16 to 20 sessions)
Additional Services
Please visit my Presenting Concerns page to learn more about how I can support you with your current therapeutic needs.
In addition to premarital counseling, I offer individual therapy, couples therapy, couples therapy intensives, family therapy, and self-care immersions. Please visit the following pages to learn more about these therapeutic services:
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Couples Therapy Intensive
Family Therapy
Self-Care Immersions
Please feel free to contact me if you have questions about how I provide premarital counseling or other therapy services, or if you feel ready for a 15-minute complimentary phone consultation.
