The Value of Pre-Marital Counseling:
Nationally, 51% of the couples who marry end up divorced. Going back about 12 years, about 95% of the couples with whom I’ve done premarital counseling are not only still married—they’re happily married! That’s a HUGE difference!
Pre-marital counseling is not something to be endured—I make it fun!
The takeaways of Pre-Marital Counseling
It’s a way to find out all the things you’re doing right so that you can keep doing them! If I see any pink flags (I doubt there’ll be any red ones), & discover any unhelpful habits you may have fallen into, I’ll teach you hands-on ways to correct them—in other words, if you don’t like to read, I won’t hand you a book; I’ll suggest something else that will work for you. If there are areas of your relationship that are, or could become, a problem for you, I’ll provide you with highly practical actions you can take to make the changes that will help. Your counseling will be as tailored to you as your ceremony!
I believe one reason “my couples” are so happy with my services, & stay in touch with me for so many years afterward, is because I‘ve been happily married since the earth was a molten mass, & thus I’ve been through a lot of these experiences myself. In addition, my Counseling Ph.D means I’ve met with close to a thousand couples & I’ve very likely seen whatever issues you’re dealing with about a hundred times!
I don’t insist on it, but I strongly encourage every couple to have premarital counseling. Don’t just stay married—stay happily married. You can always call or visit me about your marriage—but I’ll also give you the tools to solve most problems yourself. It’s up to you to use them—but you’ll have them to use. There’s an old saying: “Marriage is grand, but divorce is a hundred grand”! Counseling is a mighty wise & inexpensive investment in making sure you have the greatest possible understanding of what it takes to make a lifelong marriage a lifelong success. And you can call or email me for the rest of your lives to ask questions, or get reminders about, “what should I do now?”