When you are wedding planning, you have a million things to be thinking about. Like what venue you want your wedding to be at, what kind of cake, who you will invite, what kind of invitations you want and the list goes on and on. One thing to remember is that all of this work you are putting in to craft the most special day of your lives is leading to a marriage, and hopefully a forever one at that! This is where premarital therapy can be an invaluable asset during your wedding planning journey and beyond. So why is premarital therapy SO valuable to your relationship?
Relationship Foundation
Premarital therapy allows you and your partner to learn how to create a firm foundation for your relationship. Many people come from homes where love was demonstrated in toxic ways and without taking a deeper look at that, and learning how to craft a new blueprint for your marriage, you might just fall right into the same toxic pattern without even realizing it. Premarital therapy allows you recognize that, learn what you really want in a relationship, and build that foundation based on what both of you need.
Communication
Miscommunication are one of the biggest reasons for disagreements in a relationship, and not feeling heard or understood is one of the biggest reasons why disconnection happens in relationships. Premarital therapy allows both partners to learn how to come to their partner in a way that will not illicit defensiveness, and how to regulate themselves and learn how to receive communication and feedback without jumping straight to defensiveness. This skill alone can save a couple from countless fights stemming from a simple miscommunication.
A judgement free zone
Have you ever wished you had a referee and the ability to throw a flag or run a play back during an argument? Premarital therapy essentially gives you someone from the outside looking in to see what negative pattern you might be stuck in in your relationship, but from the perspective of a neutral party.
Preparation
There are a million things that will come up during your marriage that you might not have any idea about yet. Premarital therapy covers several of those topics and prepares you for what those things will look like in the future, or just how you will communication about those things in a healthy way in the future. A lot of this is done with an in depth assessment called SYMBIS.
There are so many more ways that premarital therapy can solve your problems before they even happen, and studies show that couples who invest in premarital therapy before the big day report and increase in marital satisfaction, better communication throughout the whole relationship, less instances of divorce, and reduction in conflict. If you are ready to set your marriage up for success, please reach out to set up a FREE consultation. Or you can find me on WeddingWire or TheKnot .