Premarital Counseling

Couples who underwent counseling before marriage had a 30% higher marital success rate than those who didn’t.

Right now you might be more worried about making wedding plans or deciding on the perfect honeymoon. But what are you doing to make sure your marriage is a success? Even if things seem perfect now, times of trouble are unavoidable, and Christian premarital counseling might be one of the best early decisions you make.

Goals of Christian Premarital Counseling Include:

• Forming better communication skills.
• Discovering how to resolve conflict in a healthy, productive way.
• Identifying strengths and growth areas that each partner will bring into the marriage.
• Help couples anticipate future problems they might encounter and how they might handle those issues.
• Setting realistic goals and expectations for your marriage.

Don’t get cold feet. Start your marriage off on the right foot with Christian Premarital Counseling. Call us today at 206-388-3929.

Be completely humble and gentle; Be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace. – Ephesians 4:2-3

The primary focus of Christian premarital counseling is to help you start important conversations about your new life together, so your marriage is strongly bound by the peace of Christ. Maybe you already have some concerns. Maybe there are underlying issues that you don’t even know about. Or maybe you just want to do the wise thing and use every tool available for building a strong, Christ-filled marriage. Whatever brings you to Christian premarital counseling, our highly-trained counselors are here to offer the support and guidance you need.

Premarital Christian counseling focuses on issues related to:

• Money and finances
• Sexual expectations
• Decision making
• Dealing with anger
• Issues involving extended family
• Children and parenting
• Relationship roles and dynamics
• Faith and spiritual development as a couple

Given all the many things that lead to divorce – conflict, infidelity, money troubles, child raising differences – it’s a good idea to do all you can to bolster your relationship early on. At Seattle Christian Counseling, our desire is to help couples form healthy, lasting relationships. We strongly believe that Christian premarital counseling is one of the best ways to do this.

Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. – 1 Peter 4:8

Marriage in Christ forms a perfect bond of two imperfect people. Because of this, there will be times when you fail each other. There will be pain, hardships, and even heartbreak. But, a solid foundation, the love you share (along with the power of Christ’s love for you) will see you through any obstacle that comes your way. Christian premarital counseling is designed to help you build a concrete foundation using solid, proven counseling techniques made strong with faith and biblical teachings for what happy, Christian marriages should look like.

How Does Christian Premarital Counseling Work?

A happy marriage is one of the most important life goals for 93% of Americans.

No doubt you want a happy, successful marriage. Shouldn’t you do everything you can to make this happen? We definitely think so. We approach Christian premarital counseling as a tool for helping engaged couples learn skills for maintaining a Christ-filled marriage. The way this is done might vary from counselor to counselor, but in general, the goals are the same and the methodology tailored to what will be most beneficial to you.

Some of the basics you can expect from premarital Christian counseling include:

• Guidance from a highly-trained marriage and family counselor.
• Faith-based tools for dealing with marital struggles.
• Important and accurate information about marriage.
• A judgement-free space for each partner to be heard.
• Evaluation of the strengths and possible problem areas of your relationship.
• Help working through and establishing marital expectations.

Premarital counseling works a lot like marriage counseling, but with a slightly different angle. What can an ounce of prevention do for your marriage?

From our experience, couples who underwent premarital counseling are:

• More confident in their relationship and their future.
• Better equipped for dealing with difficulties and conflict.
• Less likely to become trapped in negative, damaging relationship patterns.
• More likely to succeed in marriage counseling should the need arise.

What makes a successful marriage? We can help answer that question.

Give us a call at 206-388-3929 or contact us online to schedule with one of our skilled Christian premarital counselors!