Premarital Counseling

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

Many engaged or newlywed couples are confused by the idea of premarital counseling. If you’re like many, you might think, why premarital counseling? We are so happy!

Even couples that start out very happy can run into times of trouble, so taking some time to learn skills for handling common marital issues can save a lot of heartache and frustration in the future. Don’t think of Christian premarital counseling as something that will dampen the fun stuff like making wedding and honeymoon plans, but instead as a first, very important step of your new, exciting journey together – one that can lead to marital success.

Christian Premarital Counseling Can Help You:

• Form better communication skills.
• Discover how to resolve conflict in a healthy, productive way.
• Identify strengths and growth areas that each partner will bring into the marriage.
• Anticipate future problems you might encounter and how you might handle those issues.
• Establish realistic goals and expectations for your marriage

Start your marriage off on the right foot with Christian Premarital Counseling. Call us today at 425-939-6856.

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 main purpose of Christian premarital counseling is to help you start important conversations about your future together in Christ. Many come to premarital counseling with serious concerns. Others discover underlying issues they didn’t know where there and dealt with them before it became a real problem. Others see the wisdom in using every tool available for building a strong, lasting marriage. Whatever brings you to Christian premarital counseling, we will help you realize your vision for marital success.

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

Considering the many things that lead to divorce–conflict, infidelity, money troubles, child raising differences – it’s a good idea to do everything possible to fortify your relationship early on. At Bellevue Christian Counseling, our desire is to help couples form healthy, rock-solid 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

When two imperfect people join together for life, it’s natural that there will be times of trouble. But, when you bond your love with one another with the perfect love of Christ and bible-based principles for marriage, you have a strong foundation or overcoming times of trouble. Christian premarital counseling can help you pour that strong foundation using solid, proven counseling methods for premarital couples along with faith-based teachings for what a Christian marriage should be.

How Does Christian Premarital Counseling Work?

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

You want a happy, successful marriage. Why not do everything in your power to make that happen? We believe in Christian premarital counseling as a great tool for helping engaged couples learn skills for creating and maintaining a fulfilling, Christ-centered marriages. The approach might vary from counselor to counselor, but for most the goals are very similar. Your counselor will conduct sessions according to what is most beneficial for 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 judgment-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 can be very similar to marriage counseling, especially if there are problem areas to work through. In any case, the idea is to take full precaution before getting married, so you don’t find yourself in counseling for serious matters years down the road. If you do need counseling in the future, you will have a better understanding of the process, increasing its effectiveness.

From our experience, couples who undergo 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 have answers to that question and more.

Call a Bellevue Christian Counseling representative at 425-939-6856 or contact us online to schedule with one of our skilled Christian premarital counselors!