Don’t Just Prepare for the Wedding. Prepare for the Marriage.

Getting married is exciting—but building a life together involves more than planning a wedding. Premarital counseling gives you space to slow down, understand each other more deeply, and talk openly about the things that will shape your life together.

I help engaged couples explore communication, conflict, expectations, intimacy, finances, family dynamics, trust, boundaries, and the transition into married life. We’ll look at both the strengths you already have and the patterns that may create challenges down the road.

My goal isn’t to tell you whether you’re “ready” to get married. It’s to help you build the skills, understanding, and secure connection you need to navigate marriage as a team.

The Difference Premarital Counseling Can Make

Lowers a couple’s risk for divorce by 31%

Predicts future outcomes with 80-85% accuracy

Increases Marital Satisfaction Long-term

What We’ll Work On

Premarital counseling gives you the space to have the conversations that matter before they become sources of conflict. We’ll explore the strengths of your relationship, identify potential challenges, and build practical tools for communicating, navigating conflict, and creating a strong foundation for marriage.

Communication

Learn how to navigate disagreements without getting stuck in the same cycle, and find healthier ways to communicate.

Intimacy & Connection

Create space for honest conversations about sex, affection, emotional closeness, and changing needs.

Money & Finances

Explore your different financial values, spending habits, and approaches to making decisions together.

What To Expect

  • Your first session is an opportunity to slow down and understand your relationship as a whole. We’ll walk through your relationship history, how you met, important milestones, strengths, challenges, and what brings you to counseling so I can understand where you’ve been and where you want to go from here.

  • Next, you and your partner will complete a comprehensive assessment called PREPARE/ENRICH, a research-based relationship assessment that explores the areas that matter most to a strong marriage—from communication and conflict to finances, intimacy, family, and shared expectations. As a PREPARE/ENRICH-certified facilitator, I’ll use your results to help us identify your strengths, uncover potential areas of growth, and create a premarital counseling experience tailored to your relationship.

  • Your assessment gives us a starting point; now we put it into practice. We’ll review your results together, celebrate the strengths you already bring to your relationship, and identify areas that deserve more attention. From there, we’ll build practical skills for communicating clearly, navigating conflict, understanding each other’s needs, and staying connected when life gets difficult….so you leave counseling with tools you can actually use in your marriage.

  • The goal isn’t a perfect relationship—it’s a relationship you know how to care for. As we wrap up, we’ll reflect on the progress you’ve made, revisit the areas you identified at the beginning, and create a plan for carrying what you’ve learned into your marriage. You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of each other, practical tools for navigating challenges, and a stronger foundation for what comes next.

A great marriage doesn’t happen by accident.

Prepare for the conversations, transitions, and challenges that come with building a life together.

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