Why is Premarital Counseling Important?
I have over 12 years experience of working with couples, and the healthiest and longest lasting relationships have good communication and conflict resolution skills, trust, and a roadmap of shared understanding of each other’s values and where the relationship is headed. The best way to protect your partnership is to make sure you start early on with establishing and practicing the tools to set you up for success! It’s much easier to be proactive than reactive in your relationship. So even if there is nothing “wrong,” you can still benefit from couples counseling. It can save you time, money, and heartache in the future, as well as provide a good foundation to build upon.
Serving in person in Winston-Salem, NC and all of North Carolina, Colorado, and Florida Online
If you are local to Winston-Salem, NC we can meet in person for sessions, or through secure online video if that is your preference. I have been doing online therapy and coaching since 2016, and my clients have told me that they have found it to be just as helpful as meeting in person. I have not seen a difference in outcomes with working in person versus online, so it is just a personal preference.
Premarital Intensives
What is a premarital or couples therapy intensive?
An intensive therapy session is concentrated work in a shorter amount of time. It allows us to focus on your relationship over the course of 2 days, instead of in 1 hour increments over a series of months. It makes it easier to go deeper and make progress in a shorter amount of time.
Who could benefit from a couples therapy intensive?
- Engaged or newly married couples who want to be proactive and who want a secular approach to premarital counseling to prepare for their marriage
- Couples who feel like they are stuck in their communication with each other and needing to learn new skills and tools
- Couples who feel like they are in a rut and desire more emotional intimacy, understanding, closeness and connection
- Couples who would rather carve out time for counseling over a period of days versus sessions broken up for one hour over months or years
How does a couples therapy intensive work?
Before the Intensive:
- We start with a complimentary 30 minute call to meet to make sure that your goals align with what a couples therapy intensive can provide. I have a semi-structured way that I work with couples that can be modified to suit your unique relationship.
- Each partner will fill out a pre-intensive questionnaire to help me understand more about your relationship and what you would like to work on
- Then I meet with each partner for a one on one session to gather background information about their family and relationship history.
- Next we meet for a pre-intensive interview to clarify the goals of the intensive, and to prepare for the experience. This will help us tailor the intensive to the areas that are most important to you to work through.
During the Intensive:
- A full day experience (with built in breaks) to focus on your relationship
- 6 hours of couples therapy to learn more about each other, establish more open communication, build your connection and trust, and to practice new tools in real time
WHAT DOES A COUPLES INTENSIVE INCLUDE?
| PRE-INTENSIVE INTERVIEW AND QUESTIONNAIRE
After the free consultation, one on one sessions, and assessment that you will each complete, we will schedule a time to meet for an hour to clarify goals and tailor the intensive to your needs. |
CUSTOMIZED TREATMENT PLAN
The intensive is scheduled either online or in person, and is for 6 hours (in addition to breaks built in). It includes targeted assessments and activities customized for you. |
| ONE ON ONE SESSIONS
Two 1 hour individual sessions designed to strategically gather the most important information that will help us make the most of our time in the intensive. |
PERSONALIZED WORKBOOK
The workbook includes information and activities that we will work through in our intensive session. It will be helpful to take home with you, so that the work and progress can be continued. |
INVESTMENT
$2200
11 hour program
9.5 face to face hours
Resources, Assessments, Practice, and Personalized Workbook
Weekday and Weekend Availability
Ready to meet and find out if this would be the right fit for you? Schedule a free consultation to meet below, or you can send me an email at kristy@kristinvergocounseling.com. Congratulations on taking this step to nurture your relationship!