Pre-Marital Counseling
Pre-marital counseling is for couples who want to walk into marriage clear-eyed, usually while things are going well. Learning each other’s values, how you each handle conflict, and where your expectations quietly differ is a gift to the two people you’ll be in ten years.
Why Pre-Marital Counseling?
Pre-marital counseling is one of the better investments a couple can make. A couple of months of sessions now can save you some very hard years later.
Communication stylesHow you each express needs, handle conflict, and listen when you're activated, and what to do when those styles collide
Financial valuesMoney is one of the most common sources of marital tension, so we work through the differences before they become conflicts
Family of originThe patterns you each absorbed growing up shape your expectations of partnership in ways that often go unexamined until they're a problem
Parenting and family planningGetting honest about what you each picture, and what you're actually aligned on versus assuming you are
The Prepare-Enrich Assessment
We offer pre-marital counseling using the Prepare-Enrich assessment, a research-validated tool that's been used with over 4 million couples worldwide. It generates a customized profile of your relationship's specific strengths and growth areas across more than 20 dimensions.
The assessment takes about an hour to complete online, and your therapist uses the results to focus your sessions on the two of you instead of a generic curriculum.
The couples who thrive aren't the ones without conflict. They're the ones who learned how to handle it before it handled them.
Common Questions
Our Prepare-Enrich program typically runs 8–10 sessions. We'll give you a clearer picture after reviewing your assessment results, which help us focus the work on what's most relevant for your relationship.
Ideally six to twelve months before the wedding, which gives you time to work through what comes up without the pressure of an imminent date. That said, we've worked with couples at all stages, including some just a few weeks out.
Yes. Cohabitation reveals some patterns, but pre-marital counseling addresses things living together doesn't: how you'll navigate finances as a married couple, your individual family-of-origin patterns, and what you're each actually expecting from the institution of marriage.
Not at all. Our pre-marital program is secular and data-driven, focused on relationship science. Couples of all backgrounds, beliefs, and configurations are welcome.
Start Your Marriage Knowing Each Other Better
Let’s talk about whether Prepare-Enrich is the right fit for the two of you.
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