Relationship/Marriage Preparation Course

Sadly, over 50% of marriages end in divorce, often with devastating effects, especially on children. Our course is designed to help you build lasting relationship success by teaching you essential skills that you may not have learned growing up or in school.

Your Relationship is an Investment:

Wouldn't it be wonderful to future-proof your relationship by knowing where things are likely to go wrong before they happen? Whether you're considering moving in together, planning a wedding, or navigating the early years of marriage, this personalized course helps you reflect on your relationship and identify patterns and habits to prevent future issues.

Course Overview:

In this relationship/marriage preparation course, you will discover how to build a lasting relationship and create the future you want for yourselves and/or your family. You will learn skills to stay true to yourself and your relationship, redirect negative patterns, and prevent them from becoming entrenched and destructive.

The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. -- Esther Perel

To register or for more information, schedule a 15-minute consultation with Madisen Brown, our Intake & Client Care Coordinator.

Course Details:

This 3-hour course provides a practical roadmap of relationship skills, tools, and insights to lay a solid foundation for your marriage. Each course is private and customized to your unique relationship, helping you understand the underlying causes of distress and how to avoid these pitfalls.

The Course Covers:

Communication skills and guidance through difficult discussions
Conflict resolution techniques
Navigating and celebrating unique differences in your relationship
Discussing individual and shared goals
Incorporating positive characteristics from your families of origin and leaving behind negative aspects

Taking the time to discuss these topics can significantly strengthen your relationship and improve your chances of long-term success.

To register or for more information, schedule a 15-minute consultation with Madisen Brown, our Intake & Client Care Coordinator.

Why Choose this Course?

Private and Customized: Each course is tailored to your unique relationship.

Pre-Assessment Questionnaire: Reflect on your needs, and your therapist will prepare to support each of you and your relationship.

Experienced Therapist: Delivered by an experienced couples therapist, providing ongoing support as needed.

Long-Term Resource: Your takeaway toolkit will be an ongoing resource to keep your relationship on track.

This course is available to any couple in a primary intimate relationship, regardless of religion, race, culture, or sexual orientation.

Toolkit Preview:

Create a relationship that lasts
Balance intimacy and individuality
View yourselves as a team (Together Each AccomplishesMore)
Understand that love ebbs and flows based on how you treat each other
Communicate your desires clearly without expecting mind-reading

To register or for more information, schedule a 15-minute consultation with Madisen Brown, our Intake & Client Care Coordinator.

Participant Comments:

"This course helped us understand each other more and connect on a deeper level. I highly recommend it."

"It's a must, as we don't really have a healthy guide on how to develop ourselves and our relationships."

"This is the key to start working on your relationship early with the right tools."

"A great bargain as an investment in your future relationship. Have your eyes opened and learn what's needed to build a strong relationship."

"Whether you are getting married, thinking about it, or already married, this course will benefit you by bringing up essential conversations."

"Both our parents had issues that impacted us individually. It was good to discuss what we didn't want to bring into our relationship from our families of origin."

"This is a great marriage preparation course. It's practical, insightful, and relevant. If you want to lay the foundations for a happy marriage, I highly recommend it."

To register or for more information, schedule a 15-minute consultation with Madisen Brown, our Intake & Client Care Coordinator.

"The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives." — Esther Perel

Click here to schedule a 15 minute consultation with Madisen Brown, our Intake & Client Care Coordinator.

This 3-hour course is a practical road map of relationship skills, tools, and insights that lay a solid foundation to build your marriage upon.
Each course is private and customized to help your unique relationship.
It will help you to understand the underlying causes of relationship distress and how to avoid these pitfalls.
The course encourages you to discuss 13 key areas of your relationship, some that you may not have considered before.
You will learn important communication skills and be guided through any difficult discussions.
It teaches you ways to deal with conflict.
Differences are part and parcel of any healthy relationship. Learn the skills it takes to navigate, manage and celebrate your unique differences.
Discuss your individual goals and goals you have together. Explore ways to make room for both and how best to support each other’s personal development and desires.
The quality of childhood experiences affects couples’ relationships. Decide how you and your partner will incorporate the positive characteristics from your families of origin and leave behind the negative aspects.

Taking time to discuss some of these things, even for a few hours, can help strengthen your relationship or marriage and significantly improve your chances of long-term success.

Click here to schedule a 15 minute complimentary session with Crystal Carson, our Intake scheduler.

What sets this course apart from other group marriage prep programs:

Each course is private and customized to help your unique relationship.
The pre-assessment questionnaire allows you to reflect on what you most need from this opportunity and gives your therapist time to reflect on how best to support each of you personally and support your unique relationship.
An experienced couples therapist delivers this course, so you can usually go back to them for relationship support, e.g. counseling / periodic relationship check-ups/booster courses, whenever you need it.
You can return to the questionnaires as a baseline document for many years to come.
Your takeaway toolkit is an ongoing resource to keep your long- term relationship on track.
This course is available to any couple in a primary intimate relationship regardless of religion, race, culture or sexual orientation.

Here is a preview of what’s Included in the Toolkit.

4 Tips for Creating A Relationship That Is Built To Last

Good relationships are a balance
between the right amount of intimacy as a couple and the right amount of separateness as individuals. Both are important. Intimacy can only truly flourish in a relationship where each partner is self-defined as an individual with their own feelings, beliefs, and interests, and each can accept the other’s unique self-definition.

View yourselves as a team
This means you are two unique individuals contributing different strengths and perspectives. That is the value of a team. The acronym for TEAM – Together Each Achieves More.

Understand that love is not an absolute,
nor a limited commodity that you are in and out of. It is a feeling that ebbs and flows depending on how you treat each other. If you learn new ways to interact, good feelings can come flowing back, often stronger than before.

Know your desires and speak up for them clearly.
Don’t expect your partner to read your mind. This is a common mistake that leads to misery!

Click here to schedule a 15 minute complimentary session with Crystal Carson, our Intake scheduler.

Here’s what some people have said:

“This is a great course and helped us to understand each other more and connect on a deeper level- I highly recommend it.”

“This is a must as we don’t really have a healthy guide on how to develop ourselves and our relationships.”

“It is the key is to start working on your relationship early and with the right tools.”

“What a great bargain as an investment in your future relationship. Have your eyes opened and learn what’s needed to build a strong relationship”

“Whether you are getting married, thinking about getting married, or if you're married already, this course will benefit you. It helps bring up conversations that every couple needs to discuss.”

“Both our parents had issues that impacted on us as individuals. It was good to talk about this and to think about what we didn’t want to bring into our relationship from our families of origin.”

“This is a great marriage preparation course. It's practical, insightful, and most of all, relevant. If you are looking to lay the long-term foundations for a happy marriage, I would highly recommend doing this.