Build a Better Future
With Premarital Counseling
Your relationship can reap significant benefits long into the future by making a small committment now to Premarital Counseling
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Wondering if You are Prepared for Marriage?
Are you in your 20’s or 30’s, and your first serious relationship has turned to the exciting but scary next step of marriage? Do you want to make sure you both are prepared so that as you join together in marriage that it has the best chance of lasting forever? Would you like to avoid repeating past mistakes of other family and friends whose marriages ended too early? |
You might be thinking that you want to learn the skills to help communicate, resolve future conflict, navigate personality differences, and make parenting and other life decisions together that would give you the best chance at marital success. But you might be unsure how to get there.
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Premarital Counseling Benefits
Premarital counseling with an experienced marriage counselor can help you get your marriage off to a great start. The time you invest in counseling can help bring awareness of potential differences that may cause issues in your marriage and it can also help you build skills to help deal with and resolve those future differences. Premarital counseling can turn anxiety about your big day into one where you have a confidence that you both are equipped to handle whatever you may face together.
Making a committment toward marriage can be a scary step
You are definitely not alone in having some concern about wanting to make your marriage the best experience it can be. Lots of others just like you will sometimes lie awake at night feeling like they aren’t prepared. People just like you feel this way because this may be the biggest decision we will ever make. Through your time in premarital counseling you should find those fears and worries quickly dissolve and be replaced with a great hope and happiness as you look forward to a long life together in marriage.
Premarital Counseling is a Short Term Commitment
You might think that you don’t have the time to invest into therapy especially if your marriage day is coming soon. Premarital therapy isn’t a long term commitment. Six sessions that last about 1 hour each are about all you need to prepare you for a life time commitment together.
The cost of Premarital Counseling is small compared to a Wedding and Honeymoon
What about cost? The cost of premarital therapy is very small in comparison to the cost of the wedding, honeymoon, and purchasing a house together. Some couples even ask family if they would give premarital counseling as a gift rather than the fine china that might sit in a cabinet and only be brought out once every few years.
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The Benefits of Premarital Counseling Will Last With a Small Investment to Regular Tune-ups
Premarital therapy is great you ask but won’t we lose traction or momentum after we marry? The skills you build and things you learn in premarital therapy will last much longer than you might think. Just like your car though it is always advised to come back for regular tune-ups in your marriage which can be as little as a session or two every year. |
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What are other Professionals Saying about Brian Mayer?
Here is what have others said about Brian’s approach to premarital therapy and his care for his clients:
Look for a Premarital Counselor who has Experience and Cares about Your Relationship
Brian has been working with couples for about 10 years and in fact couples are his specialty. Most therapists are generalists meaning they will work with lot of different issues, but working with couples in premarital therapy take a different kind of approach. You want to make sure you choose someone like Brian who really cares about couples and has a specialized approach to work with their needs.
Brian is trained in several different types of couples therapy including Prepare Enrich, Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Brian is married and this coupled with his training can help teach you what works and what doesn’t in relationships. He is kind and compassionate and will gently guide you to the best marriage possible.
Here is what have others said about Brian’s approach to premarital therapy and his care for his clients:
- “Brian is a solid clinician. It has been a pleasure to work with him and I highly recommend.” - Tina Motley, Owner of Figtree Therapy
- “I've had the pleasure of working beside Brian with regards to marriages for over six years. He is very professional, polite, caring and always working to help other in need. He's very motivated to see people reach their recovery and works hard to get them there” Cliff Williamson, former Marriage Mentor Director at Cloverhill Church
- “Brian is a great colleague and he demonstrates great passion towards building strong marriages,” Marilyn Hembrick, MA
- “Brian is an excellent marriage counselor. I know Brian also a podcaster with a passion for helping those in remarriages let go of their past pain and have a loving relationship with their partners. With his experience both personally and professionally he will be able to help you have a relationship that has a true emotional connection,” Stuart Fensterheim aka The Couples Expert in Scottdale, Arizona
Look for a Premarital Counselor who has Experience and Cares about Your Relationship
Brian has been working with couples for about 10 years and in fact couples are his specialty. Most therapists are generalists meaning they will work with lot of different issues, but working with couples in premarital therapy take a different kind of approach. You want to make sure you choose someone like Brian who really cares about couples and has a specialized approach to work with their needs.
Brian is trained in several different types of couples therapy including Prepare Enrich, Gottman Method, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Brian is married and this coupled with his training can help teach you what works and what doesn’t in relationships. He is kind and compassionate and will gently guide you to the best marriage possible.
Prepare Enrich is one of the most respected methods to help couples start their marriage right
In premarital counseling, Brian uses Prepare Enrich as the focus. You will both take a comprehensive online assessment that will help show you areas of strength and growth in communication, conflict resolution, personality, finances, leisure and hobbies, the role of family and friends, roles in your relationship, spiritual beliefs, stress issues, and many other areas. In the sessions we will discuss all of these along with proven strategies to help strengthen these areas. You will each receive a workbook to do exercises at home to further your connection to each other.
In premarital counseling, Brian uses Prepare Enrich as the focus. You will both take a comprehensive online assessment that will help show you areas of strength and growth in communication, conflict resolution, personality, finances, leisure and hobbies, the role of family and friends, roles in your relationship, spiritual beliefs, stress issues, and many other areas. In the sessions we will discuss all of these along with proven strategies to help strengthen these areas. You will each receive a workbook to do exercises at home to further your connection to each other.
Contact Me Today and Let's Get Started Together
If you are anywhere near the Richmond VA area like Glen Allen, Short Pump, the West End, Tuckahoe, Bon Air, Midlothian, Chesterfield, Lakeside, or Mechanicsville then you are a short drive from my office.
So where do we go from here? Fill out the contact form below or click the Online Self Scheduler to schedule your first appointment.
If you are anywhere near the Richmond VA area like Glen Allen, Short Pump, the West End, Tuckahoe, Bon Air, Midlothian, Chesterfield, Lakeside, or Mechanicsville then you are a short drive from my office.
So where do we go from here? Fill out the contact form below or click the Online Self Scheduler to schedule your first appointment.