Premarital Counselling

Premarital Counselling

Considerations

The following topics are suggested for consideration to include in your individual programme of pre-marriage counselling to optimize the success of your married life together:

  • Identify and understand the patterns in your relationship
  • Develop relationship consciousness
  • Identify and understand your family of origin influences and how these may impact on your relationship
  • Identify your defense mechanisms and how they lead to a disconnection from your partner
  • The role of chemistry
  • Learn how being open to vulnerability opens the door to intimacy
  • Self-Love - valuing, validating and accepting yourself no matter what
  • Learn how to keep passion alive in and out of the bedroom - sexuality and sensuality
  • The "business" side of marriage, the division of responsibilities, managing money
  • Learn about the major challenges to relationship
  • The Spiritual path of relationship
  • About equality
  • Effective communication skills - the art of listening and maintaining safe space to manage conflict
  • The art of negotiation for win-win outcomes
  • Developing a marriage "contract" - what are your goals, needs, wants, expectations?
  • Have you discussed children?
  • Develop awareness of your many different "Selves" - (they tend to show up in relationship unexpectedly otherwise)
  • Managing difficult emotions - learn how to defuse when emotions start to escalate
  • Learn how to recognize when you need time out to self reflect

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