

Premarital counseling is a form of couples therapy which helps the couple to assess the strengths of their relationship while finding opportunities for the couple to maintain the joy which has driven their decision to marry. With strong relationship skills we keep love alive and provide the couple with the relationship wellness skill-set to embody the hopeful tenants of the upcoming vows. Also, take a few moments to use our premarital counseling questionnaire which is a great tool for you and your partner to use. Here are some fun and relevant statistics from the Health Research and Statistic Fund to keep in mind as you prepare for your upcoming marriage.
By working with a marriage counselor who is an expert in assessing relationships, you will be able to identify what parts of your connection are especially strong and also to look at the potential pitfalls in combining the unique styles of personality that each partner brings into the relationship. This provides an opportunity to enhance the relationship and prevent the potential that things could go wrong before they actually do.
Remember that according to the National U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, as many as 43% of marriages end in divorce. There are so many things that we can do before a relationship takes a wrong turn to intervene and keep marriages and families happy, healthy, and intact. Couples who participate in premarriage or premarital counseling are psychologically healthy with a positive outlook on their relationship.
The average couple seeks marriage counseling after many years of hardship and conflict, just like in all forms of medicine, prevention and early detection are the keys to remaining well. For relationships, we know that therapy has much better outcomes when couples decide to act early. The relationship experts at The Counseling and Wellness Center of Pittsburgh are glad to help you enhance your relationship, to create a well-informed, well-prepared, more harmonious and well-balanced marriage that is immunized to the potential risks that could cause it to fail or be challenged in all of the many years of future to come.
We are also proud to be a center that specializes in serving all diverse members of our western Pennsylvania community, offering specialized and inclusive care for all including LGBTQIA communities.
Premarital counseling does not need to be a part of a religious process and most of our therapists practice counseling methods which are grounded in compassionate human science. For the service of our individuals and clients, we do have one therapist who offers Christian counseling.
Alison Aughinbaugh, Omar Robles, and Hugette Sun, “Marriage and divorce: patterns by gender, race, and educational attainment,” Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 2013, https://doi.org/10.21916/mlr.2013.32.
https://healthresearchfunding.org/20-significant-premarital-counseling-statistics/
If you are interested in premarital counseling, call us at 412-322-2129 or fill out the form below.