Pre-Marital coaching
Premarital Coaching with Dr. Melanie Bryan aims to help couples lay a foundation of appreciation, effective communication, rapport and responsiveness that will enhance and enrich your relationship for years to come, especially when inevitable challenges arise.
Whether you’ve been happily single prior to a whirlwind romance, living together for years or remarrying, marriage deserves the same considerations and preparations you’ve given to your career, and any other pursuits that require skill-building and practice. Otherwise, marriage can be a minefield of disconnected beliefs, behaviors and expectations when they arise unexpectedly
In each premarital session, couples are helped to identify areas of potential agreement and disagreement. For example, a couple’s styles of communication, especially how they make decisions and resolve conflict, particularly when angry, can enhance their relationship or fracture it.
Couples come to appreciate, understand and work with differences in their temperaments and communication styles. They learn how to effectively resolve areas of conflict along a range of issues, including balancing individual needs while nurturing closeness.
Other important explorations include expectations regarding how finances, budgeting and debt are handled; views on sexuality and sexual needs; role expectations; the timing of a pregnancy and child-rearing assumptions; the extent of involvement with their respective in-laws; location or relocation hopes, as well as religious and spiritual beliefs and practices all deserve serious discussion- the more proactively the better
Within the comfortable space of focused premarital coaching sessions, a couple can address any apprehensions in managing their individual interests, social engagements as well as maintaining separate career ambitions, and other pursuits. How they handle work stress, their involvement with, or tolerance for, the intrusions of technology may also differ markedly.
Findings of a USA National Marriage Project noted that “Couples who do Premarital Counseling fare better”. No wonder.
The realities of this significant lifestyle change is worthy of the time, energy and reflection
that premarital coaching with Dr. Melanie can offer. Investing in your marriage before marriage really can pay off handsomely. Do consider it.
Have questions or wish to make an appointment ? Contact Dr Melanie
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