Premarital Counseling

Congratulations you are engaged!!!!!!

Premarital Counseling in Treasure Coast

It's time to start the planning!

How exciting it is to find the one in which you want to invest the rest of your life with. The one in which memories, dreams and adventures will be created with. I remember my dreaming phase of the future as it relates to marriage and I could barely hold back the excitement of being able to begin a new chapter of my life with my best friend. In all of my excitement however the thinking part of me knew and understood that the reality of marriage was far more than planning for a beautiful and memory filled ceremony. The reality of marriage required that I.........

make sure the person I was saying yes to was a forever yes in addition to laying down a strong foundation.

Marriage is a commitment. It's a lifetime investment with another flawed individual that has all of the potential of bringing us our greatest joys and heartaches in life. Marriage is something that shouldn't just be decided without intentional energy, time and effort. It's something that we should do our best to lay a strong foundation when beginning and that's where premarital counseling at Traveling Light Counseling comes in.

Premarital counseling is a time in which we we build a strong foundation for your relationship as you learn about:

The truth about happy marriages
Unpacking the myths of marriage with honesty
What does make marriage work?
How divorce is predicted.
How to enhance your love maps.
Identify your love style
Unpack what happiness is.
Keys to communication
How to nature your fondness and admiration
How to turn toward each other instead of away
The power of influence and how to allow your partner to influence you
The two kinds of marital conflict
How to solve your solvable problems
Coping with typical solvable problems
Overcoming gridlock
Creating shared meaning
Discovering your personality dynamics

Traveling Light offers different premarital packages as you will see below.

Love for a Lifetime Package

Investment: $1,440.00, payment plan available. This package will include:

9 premarital sessions - each one hour
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Book
The Seven Principles Interactive Companion Workbook allows you to privately record answers and journal thoughtfully about the concepts in the book and from sessions, as they apply to your relationship.
"Love Map/Open Ended Questions" card deck. This deck is a fun and effective way for couples to get to know one another's inner lives, thus increasing closeness and friendship.
An online assessment that details your strengths and areas of improvement
- Assessment results will be discussed in session
Primary Focus:
- The truth about happy marriages
- Unpacking the myths of marriage with honesty
- What make's marriage work?
- How divorce is predicted.
- How to enhance your love maps.
- Identifing your love style
- Unpack what happiness is.
- Keys to communication
- How to nature your fondness and admiration
- How to turn toward each other instead of away
- The power of influence and how to allow your partner to influence you
- The two kinds of marital conflict
- How to solve your solvable problems
- Coping with typical solvable problems
- Overcoming gridlock
- Creating shared meaning
- Discovering your personality dynamics
Certificate of completion which will give you a discount on your Florida marriage license and eliminate the customary 3-day waiting period.

Now and Forever Package*

Investment: $960.00, payment plan available. This package will include:

6 premarital sessions - each one hour
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work Book
The Seven Principles Interactive Companion Workbook allows you to privately record answers and journal thoughtfully about the concepts in the book & from sessions, as they apply to your relationship.
"Love Map/Open Ended Questions" card deck. This deck is a fun and effective way for couples to get to know one another's inner lives, thus increasing closeness and friendship.
Primary focus:
- Conflict Management Skills
- Love Maps: Friendship
Certificate of completion which will give you a discount on your Florida marriage license and eliminate the customary 3-day waiting period.

Intimacy 101 Package*

Investment: $640.00, payment plan available. This package will include:

4 premarital sessions - each one hour
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work Book
The Seven Principles Interactive Companion Workbook allows you to privately record answers and journal thoughtfully about the concepts in the book & from sessions, as they apply to your relationship.
"Love Map/Open Ended Questions" card deck. This deck is a fun and effective way for couples to get to know one another's inner lives, thus increasing closeness and friendship.
Primary focus:
- Conflict Management Skills
- Relationships Skills
Certificate of completion which will give you a discount on your Florida marriage license and eliminate the customary 3-day waiting period.

*Add-on*

Investment: $177.00. Add-on includes:

An online assessment that details your strengths and areas of improvement
- Assessment results will be discussed in a separately scheduled one hour session

Are you ready to plan for your life together?

Click here to sign up for your premarital counseling package or if you have any questions!

What type of license do you have?

Not every counselor is trained the same and it's important to clarify in the beginning what you are looking for. Are you looking for talk therapy, testing or medication? Here are some common definitions that you will hear. Licensed Psychologist (PhD, PsyD)has training in psychology. They often provide testing. Psychiatrists are trained in the medical, psychological, and social components of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders and utilize a broad range of treatment modalities, including diagnostic tests, prescribing medications, psychotherapy, and helping patients and their families cope with stress and crises. They often provide medication. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) A psychotherapist (therapist, for short) is a person who has been professionally trained to help people deal with stress or other problems through the means of talk therapy, psychotherapy. Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and school psychologists are the titles of some of the licensed professionals who work as therapists.
What type of training and expertise do you have?

Depending on the counselor their focus in therapy can be very different. You want to make sure that they have experience working with your presenting concerns.
What can I expect with coming to see you?

This will give you an idea of what to expect. Some counselors have a clear plan, some make Treatment Plans to help measure goals, while others don’t. Their approach should be similar to what you are looking for.
What theoretical approach do you take?

When you ask this question part of it is the actual theoretical approach. But the biggest part is can they brake down to you what they do in every day language. Let's say they say they do cognitive-behavioral therapy, that probably doesn’t mean much to you, so hopefully a counselor will explain that in everyday language and how it would play out in your particular situation.
How many sessions do most clients attend?

Counselors usually have an idea of how long clients attend therapy with them. Depending on what you are looking for, this can be an important question to ask and give you details on the personalization of the treatment process.
How is scheduling done and what are the hours?

Therapist use different means of scheduling and you want to make sure you find one that's going to work with your lifestyle. Ease of online or paper and pencil? Hours are also very important as it will effect your your day to day activities, so you will need to find one that fits your schedule as therapy shouldn't bring more stress to your life's schedule.