Planning for a wedding is often a time of excitement and hope. There are so many plans to make and details to work out. The wedding day, however, is just the beginning of your life together. Premarital counseling can help you start your marriage with the right tools for getting through the rough times and for getting even closer during the good times. Premarital counseling can give you insight into the strengths of your relationship, as well as the areas that may cause the most problems in your marriage down the road. At Trust Builders Counseling, I offer premarital counseling for couples who:
want to start their marriage with an advantage
need to meet the premarital counseling requirement of an officiant or religious institution
and/or want to avoid the pitfalls that most often lead to divorce
My premarital counseling is based on the extensive research on marriage of Dr. John Gottman at the Relationship Research Institute. I also utilize the RELATE premarital assessment
questionnaire created by the Marriage Study Consortium at Brigham Young University.