Why Pre-Marital Counseling is Important?
So, you have decided to get married? Congratulations! Have you given thought to life after the wedding? Happily ever-after, eh? Nice. But do you know how much effort goes into making a marriage happy? Pre-marital counseling can work as a great step towards a happily married life. Let me tell you why I think it is a good idea.
It helps set expectations at the beginning. You need to figure out what your and your fiancé’s expectations are from the marriage.
It helps you communicate better in your marriage. Communication is extremely important for a good relationship. The counseling will help you start the communication in the right way.
It helps you understand each other’s interests and beliefs. You have got to learn each other’s interests and beliefs ranging from hobbies to charities, from political views to religious stands.
It helps you understand each other’s views on marriage and family. You need to understand how the two of you look at your impending marriage and its future.
Now, pre-marital counseling brings to you topics that you don’t discuss in your courtship days. There is a lot to life than romance, and this counseling helps you understand each other more and how your future will be together.
By talking to each other and the counselor about your likes and dislikes, plans and goals, you minimize the chances of conflict in future. In fact, the counseling sessions will help you figure out ways to resolve conflicts if they arise.
Pre-marital counseling is recommended to prevent marital discord and divorce in future.
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As a Christian counselor, we use an excellent tool (the Arno Profile System) to teach each partner about the other’s temperaments. Understanding each other’s unique needs is important and then the issue becomes will we choose to meet those needs. Other tools, such as the “Five Love Languages”, approach this issue using different terminology and is not a clinical tool but still helpful. We administer the Arno Profile System to each person, put the results up on PowerPoint and see how the differences can lead to potential problems in the areas of communications, finances and intimacy.
Understanding the needs of your spouse is important and relevant in today’s time. With marriages fighting the battle of being at a constant failure, couples owe it to each other to learn about their expectations.