6 Reasons You Need Premarital Counseling
Lisa Kift says, “Most couples spend more time planning their weddings than their marriages!”
That sounds like a true statement. Marriage is more than a ceremony in your backyard or at a church somewhere in the city. It’s a lifelong commitment with many hurdles. It used to be that whenever a couple were planning to get married they talked to their priest or religious leader beforehand. Of course, since they were active in their religious communities, there was a solid relationship between each of the married couples and their religious leader, who would be the one to perform the wedding ceremony. People are much less involved these days in that type of community, but premarital counseling is no less important.
It’s important because young married couples need to understand what they are getting into before they get into it – and how to handle the crisis situations with love and care. Lisa Kift offers 6 reasons you need to think about premarital counseling:
- It strengthens your communication skills
- You can discuss role expectations in a safe environment with an arbitrator and coach
- You’ll learn important conflict resolution skills
- Explore spiritual beliefs and work out how your differences will play a role in your marriage
- Identify any problems associated with your families of origin
- Develop personal, couple and family goals
Premarital counseling doesn’t need to be a long drawn out process, but it should happen. Make time for it and your marriage will be the better for it.
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