Premarital Counseling
Massachusetts & New Jersey
Services
How do I know premarital counseling through It's aPARENTly Time LLC is right for me?
Premarital counseling with It's aPARENTly Time LLC is a specialized 8-week program that provides you with the skills needed to build a strong foundation for your marriage. Each week, the focus is on a specific topic related to life as a married couple. We start off with discussing your expectations around what it means to be a wife or a good husband. You work together to create a vision statement which serves as a guide for your relationship. We focus on communication skills and utilize week 4 to practice the tools learned in session. This helps to guide the conversations you will have in the following weeks on intimacy, family planning, money management, and navigating extended family.
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The goal is to ensure that you are given the tools needed so that you are able to grow together as a couple! Marriage is a beautiful experience and it requires a lot of work. Premarital counseling through It's aPARENTly Time LLC is committed to helping you build your happily ever after together!
When is a good time for us to start premarital counseling?
You can never be too prepared for marriage! If you are in a committed relationship and you're working towards marriage, now is a good time to start! If you're recently engaged and planning your wedding, you want to be sure that premarital counseling is apart of your consideration. Here's why:
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It helps you to work towards building your shared vision for your future (Murray & Murray, 2004)
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The risk of divorce is higher in the earlier stages of marriage so having preventative support like premarital counseling is helpful to the success of your relationship (Kreider & Fields, 2001)
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You can learn effective tools to help improve and/or maintain healthy communication skills
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You learn how to work as a TEAM: find out more about what this acronym means in our work together
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It provides you the opportunity to start having the hard conversations like finances, family planning, and managing expectations of extended family
Set your partnership up for success!
What can I expect from the premarital program offered by It's aPARENTly Time LLC?
The 8 week program provided focuses on important topics such as defining expectations of yourself as a spouse, creating a vision statement as the foundation for your marriage, discussions about how to improve communication and so much more. The outline below provides a preview of the focus for each week:
Payment Options Available
Option 1
One Time Payment
$1,880
Option 2
Bi-weekly Payments
4 payments of $470
Option 3
Weekly Payments
8 payments of $235