Premarital and Marital Counseling

Dating, Dating, Dating – and then you find THE ONE!

Finally, after months or years of dating and kissing a lot of frogs (I mean, a LOT of frogs!), you found the person with whom you want to spend the rest of your life.

So much time is spent on the wedding – that we forget that marriage is the end goal.

What does each of you expect from marriage? What is your marriage “mindset?” How did your family of origin influence your views on marriage?

Who will take out the trash, make sure the cars get maintained, be responsible for keeping your social life active? Where will you worship – or will you? And a big one: who will oversee the money – and why?

How will you write your marriage story?

The story starts with bridal gowns, limos, prayers, flowers, tuxedos, cake, rings, and toasts. Soon, however, reality sets in, giving way to sweatpants, the other car that you pray will keep running, and eating toast because you each thought the other would cook – but you never discussed who was cooking.

SYMBIS or Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts is a research-based assessment I use in marriage counseling. Each partner’s assessment helps inform the sessions by answering some questions. Surprise, surprise – You knew you had the answers – but you were misinformed.

Premarital counseling is a beautiful way to honor your marriage before it begins. Think of it as planning to succeed. Discover yourself as your partner does the same.

More importantly, discover more about the depth and richness marriage can bring to your life. Then, you will have a stronger foundation upon which to build your marriage.

Married – Now what?

The wedding was a dream come true. The early connection is natural.

Then life happens! That unpredictable part of life suddenly throws you a curveball.

Curveballs come in many flavors – a move, job change, a pregnancy that came before scheduled, unexpected expenses, or other bizarre events.

These events can make you either drift apart or pull together.

Let’s pull together!

Marriage counseling with me will allow you to form a new perspective that will lead to a clearer understanding of what you want out of the marriage and how you can build it with your partner.

You are on this page because you want your marriage to stay – or become – viable and thriving.
It’s not enough to just be married.

You owe it to yourselves to honor your best case/worst case vows: “For better or worse; for richer or poorer; in sickness and in health.” And the essential vows are: “to love and to cherish, to have and to hold from this day forward.”

Let’s keep moving forward. Please take the next step and call me at (972) 325-8123 for a free 15-minute consultation.