Marital and Premarital Counseling Workshops

Marital workshop is offered bi-monthly for couples who want to take their marriage from good to great. You can really create a marriage of substance that is based on deep friendship, fondness and admiration, and effective communication and conflict management.

 

Do you want to deepen intimacy in your marriage?

Are you concerned about getting through to your spouse?

Do you feel that your relationship is not growing?

Do you want to create a mutually fulfilling Christian marriage?

 

The above are some of the issues we cover in the marital workshop. Over the years, we have learned from some of the foremost marital experts. We have synthesized the ideas that work and we make them available through our marital workshop. The marital workshop is offered bi-monthly for couples, who desire to take their marriage from good to great. You can really create a marriage of substance that is based on deep friendship, fondness and admiration, effective communication, and conflict management.

Like so much of life, loving someone is an art. When all goes well, it can be beautiful and life transforming. On the other hand, it can be very painful and hurtful, and lonely, especially when things are not going well. When we open our hearts to love someone, we risk the feelings of disappointment, hurt and loss. To love someone is to seek the best interest of the beloved. Period. This is precisely what we are signing up for when we open our hearts and our lives and decide to get married. I don’t know what your impression of marriage is, but let me tell you after working with hundreds of couples, in many secular and religious settings, making marriage work well is not for the weaklings, it is for emotionally grown-ups. Moreover, a successful marital house, designed to last a lifetime, requires a solid foundation. A foundation that is built on deep friendship, fondness and admiration, effective communication, conflict resolution skills, honoring each other dreams, and creating shared meaning.

Some people view premarital counseling as a preparation for a wedding. But we view premarital counseling as a preparation for a lifetime of togetherness. A wedding is for a day. A marriage well prepared for can last a lifetime. The decision to get married is one of the most significant decisions you would make in your life. Almost fifty percent of marriages end up in divorce. Studies have shown that those who undertake pre-marital counseling before marriage do far better than those who did not.

Our pre-marital workshop covers the following areas:

Examining the couples’ strengths and growth areas

Resolve conflicts using the six skills develop by John Gottman, PhD

Discuss core conflicts and how to deal with unsolvable problems

Discuss family of origin issues using a genogram

Explore siblings constellation

Discuss unresolved family issues

Develop a realistic budget and financial plan

Develop individual and mutual goals

Develop emotional and spiritual growth plan

Discuss the value of laughter and play, and rituals of connection