PREMARITAL COUNSELING

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One of the best decisions a couple can make before getting married is to engage in premarital counseling. It’s an opportunity to work through important topics before they become major sources of conflict, at a time when therapy doesn’t feel intimidating or crisis-driven. It’s also a chance to strengthen communication around difficult issues that will inevitably come up over the course of a lifetime together.

Premarital counseling allows you to understand each other more deeply, set realistic expectations, and establish healthy patterns that can carry your relationship through the years ahead. While there’s always the possibility that you may uncover a difference or issue you hadn’t yet confronted, I believe it’s far better to discover and work through that now, before marriage, than to feel blindsided by it later.

Some of the topics we’ll explore together include:

• Finances and financial values
• Intimacy and sexual expectations
• Monogamy or non-monogamy
• Career goals and ambitions
• Values and lifestyle alignment
• Children, parenting styles, and family planning
• In-laws, boundaries, and extended family dynamics
• Conflict resolution and communication
• Spirituality and meaning
• Trust, infidelity, and rebuilding
• Marriage roles, gender roles, and decision-making
• Cultural values and norms

This is truly some of my favorite work. I wish more couples took this step, because it can help prevent long term problems that, left unaddressed, can grow into something irreparable. While premarital counseling used to be more common in religious settings, many couples today are seeking a more neutral, supportive, and grounded space to prepare for marriage. If that sounds like you, I’d love to help.

My goal is not only to support you now, but to serve as a future touchstone, a safe, familiar place to return to if things ever get tough. Because even the healthiest marriages face challenges, and seeking help early can make all the difference.