by focusing on these 10 essential areas, you’ll have a much better picture of yourself, your potential spouse and where you need to focus. my wife and i spend a session with couples about the families they grew up in, looking for strengths but also unexamined assumptions that could affect their marriages. good premarital counseling unearths these things by talking about your families of origin and how that’s likely to affect your marriage. in fact, this is still the hardest …

so, the higher the postnuptial disappointment and divorce numbers climb, the more therapy and solid communication prior to “i do” seem to make sense. express what you believe about marriage and how you think it will benefit your lives. discuss how you are willing to protect and honor your commitment. clearly lay out your strategies for the short and long-term. consider what you both think will be necessary in the way of planning and sacrifice to achieve them. talk about …

these are the 10 best premarital counseling topics to discuss in therapy to ensure you have a happy and healthy marriage. remember to address marriage finances, before you walk down the aisle, as it is one of the best pre-marital counseling questions to discuss with your partner. one of the best premarital counseling topics to discuss with your counselor is what your plan of attack is should a betrayal arise in your marriage.

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premarital counseling is a form of therapy designed to help couples enhance their readiness for marriage. the experience of premarital counseling helps to foster a more favorable attitude toward therapy in general. before walking down the aisle, it is a good idea for couples to agree on what types of decisions need to be made together and how they will go about making such decisions. is it expected that one or both partners will change jobs in the future, perhaps …

as a marriage therapist for two decades, i’ve seen what happens to marriages when one spouse has little or no desire for sex and the other yearns for it desperately. if you’re the spouse whose libido is lacking, remember that your most powerful sexual organ is your brain; in order to feel more sexual, you first have to decide that a loving, satisfying sex life and marriage are important. am i saying you should have sex any time your spouse …