Premarital and Couples Counseling
Our approach to premarital and couples counseling is solution-focused, biblically-based and Christ-centered.
Pre-Marital Counseling
Save your marriage before it starts.
Preparing for a strong and lasting marriage is one of the most important things you can do as an engaged couple. We can help.
Living Hope’s licensed couples counselors are trained in a methodology called SYMBIS (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) to help you improve your communication skills for a stronger, healthier marriage. Its supporters include Dave Ramsey, founder of Financial Peace University, and Gary Chapman, author of the Five Love Languages.
Using this proven Christian-based method, we’ll help you explore these important areas of marriage to strengthen your bond as a couple and equip you with the tools you need for the future:
Money
Personalities
Fight Types (Dealing with Conflict)
Communication Styles
Connection
Marriage and Couples Counseling
Support and strengthen your marriage, family, and relationships.
Whether you are newlyweds, empty nesters, considering divorce or just looking for ideas to strengthen your relationship with your partner, Living Hope can help.
Our licensed Marriage and Family Therapy counselors are trained in using a variety of proven methodologies, including:
John Gottman’s Evidence Based Marital Therapy - The goals of of this method are to improve your communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers from your relationship that create a feeling of stagnancy; and help you develop more empathy and understanding for your spouse.
Emerson Eggerich’s Love and Respect & Parenting
Dr. Kathy’s “Love Champion” infidelity work
Anger Management / SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)
Grief Share Programs - we can connect you to an off-site group to help you cope with loss
“Our counselor lovingly helped us learn about ourselves and discover the meanings behind our actions. We are now healthier as individuals, have a solid marriage, and have the tools we need to communicate. I can’t imagine where we’d be today without Living Hope.”
— Megan D., Living Hope client