COUPLES COUNSELLING
Premarital Counselling
Research based assessments to build a strong foundation for your marriage.
Premarital Counselling might be perfect for you if:
You’re serious about setting yourselves up for life long success.
You want clarity around issues like money, extended family, parenting, and how you’ll spend your leisure time.
You’re realistic about marriage and know it takes work and consistency over the long term.
You come from different backgrounds and want to better understand how to best build your new family together.
WHAT IS PREPARE/ENRICH?
Prepare/Enrich is a research based premarital assessment and intervention tool.
The Prepare/Enrich assessment is a series of questions based on a number of categories important for a successful marriage, like financial management, sexual expectations, parenting, spiritual beliefs, and communication. You and your partner will each complete the assessment to see where you stand and how you compare. Your therapist will work with you to develop the areas where you need growth, teaching you new skills and building new relational patterns as you head into your marriage.
What You Can Expect
A research based assessment and a report for you to keep so that you have a guide as to your strength and growth areas
A trained therapist facilitator who will help you to improve your growth areas
A deeper understanding of your partner and very clear expectations about what it is you’re signing up for in marriage
A marriage plan that both you and your partner agree on
New skills to improve communication and conflict resolution
Pricing & Details
How does it work?
Your premarital counselling will start with an intake. Your therapist will get to know you as individuals and as a couple. You will then complete the Prepare/Enrich assessment. Your therapist is provided with a detailed report that identifies areas for strength and areas for growth. You will also be given a report that will identify your areas for growth and give you a picture of how you align as a couple and how you can best support your partner. After the assessment you will make a plan for focus areas, and from there the work begins.
You can learn more about Prepare/Enrich here.
Premarital Counseling
$265
for a 75-minute session
Meet your Prepare/Enrich Premarital Therapist
Catherine Crea, MSW, RSW
Registered Social Worker/Psychotherapist
Specialties: Couples, relationships, workplace issues, life stressors, anxiety, depression, women 40+
“Therapy with me has a purpose. I take pride in moving people toward whatever is important to them. Clients who work best with me like that I give them things to think about or work on between sessions so they can integrate the new skills and tools they’ve learned into their daily lives.”
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