Who needs premarital counseling in San Diego?
Someone asked the question and someone said Yes! Congratulations! By now you might be wondering why you are both feeling so impacted by stress when this should be a purely joyful moment in your lives. Are you finding yourselves having more arguments than before? You might even be wondering if this is what marriage is going to be like? I want to you to know that is very common to have answered yes to any of these questions. A wedding is a very important ceremony, it signals a new stage in life. I want to help you both manage the stress that comes along with wedding planning but more than that, I want to help you learn how to untangle and manage your emotional ups and downs. My goal is to give you tools that will help lay the foundation of a successful marriage.
How I can help you as a premarital couples therapist in San Diego:
One of the tools that I use is an online questionnaire called Prepare-Enrich that will give us a more detailed view of both your strengths and areas of growth individually and as a couple.
Other areas that we often work on during premarital couples counseling in San Diego are:
- Learning effective communication
- Manage expectations
- Making decisions together
- Becoming We without loosing Me
- Setting boundaries between partners and as couple with the respective families
- Blending families
- Healing past wounds
- Learning to understand the couples patterns (Positive and negative)
- Working as a team to set common goals
- Financial issues
- Sexual Issues
- Cultural Issues
- Religious identity
- Role expectations
- Creating bonding rituals.
If you are interested in starting your life together with a solid foundation, premarital therapy in San Diego is a great gift to give to yourselves. Contact me, as a premarital therapist in San Diego, I typically meet with the couple between 3 to 10 sessions depending on each situation. You can text me or reach out to discuss your case.
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