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The following list is a brief summary of the skills and knowledge that you and your spouse can acquire in a well-designed pre-marital counseling program:

1. Expectations of marriage and your future spouse
2. Personalities and the influence of your family-of-origin
3. Compatibility issues
4. Communication
5. Conflict Resolution
6. Intimacy and Sexuality
7. Family planning
8. Long term goals and marital enrichment

A good PreMarital counseling program involves activities and homework assignments that help the PreMarital couple practice new skills and engage in an ongoing dialog to deepen their communication and understanding of one another. It assists couples in developing a roadmap that will help them tackle the future challenges of a committed relationship.
Is “Living Happily Ever After” a myth or a reality?

You are busy preparing for your dream wedding. Are you preparing for your dream marriage?

Couples in the 21st century face more demands than ever before. The typical young couple manages two careers and multiple responsibilities without much support or training. Somehow we are just expected to know how. A successful marriage today requires that couples have strong communication skills and know how to resolve issues in the midst of stress, time pressures and expectations. Couples often underestimate how different problems and challenges can intrude into and erode their relationships. Unfortunately many couples only seek therapy when the problems and the hurts in their relationships have become overwhelming. When they do, it takes a lot of work on their part to bring harmony, peace and joy back to the relationship.

PreMarital counseling aims to lay a strong foundation for your marriage by strengthening your relationship and to help you prepare for the inevitable challenges and conflicts that are in all marital lives. The advantage of PreMarital counseling is that PreMarital couples have a lot of good will towards each other. This helps them tremendously in being more open to learning new skills and making favorable adjustment towards one another.

Marriage research shows that good skill-based PreMarital counseling can help reduce the risk of divorce by up to thirty percent and can lead to a significantly happier marriage. In my own experience working with PreMarital couples, the most valuable lesson that they reported is that they have learned not to avoid problems and conflicts. They are much more proactive in applying the tools they learned to resolve their issues and, when needed, find help in a timely manner. As a result, there is a continuing deepening of their relationships.
Having a long-lasting passionate marriage is by no means a simple task.

PreMarital counseling can help!
PreMarital Counseling:

Building a Strong Foundation for Your Marriage