Most people spend a lot of time in planning for their wedding day, to celebrate the occasion of their marriage. What begins after the wedding day is the ‘marriage’, that is, the long term commitment towards the relationship. Pre-marital counselling involves spending time in planning for the ‘marriage’, for the relationship, time, and space that you are going to share with your partner in the long run.
Marriage can be an exciting yet anxiety provoking event in one’s life. Going from an “I” to a “we” can be stressful. Knowing about your own and your partner’s roles and responsibilities can be the first step towards having a healthy marriage. As times and lifestyles are changing, it may get difficult to have a work-life balance, unless conscious effort is put towards it.
In such a scenario, to be able to openly discuss about each other thoughts, dreams, and career plans in the form of pre-marital counselling can help in heaps.
Pre-marital counselling helps build better communication with your partner, in the presence of a trained psychologist, who brings in a neutral unbiased perspective. There can be important potential areas of conflict, which are often left on the back burner, and are not addressed by many couples until they become crisis situations. With open communication through Pre marital Counselling, you can discuss about potential areas of conflict, about your finances, marriage roles, relationship and expectations of other family members such as in laws, the number of children desired by each partner, what kind of parenting you see for your future child, each others beliefs and values, and how to develop affection through sex and intimacy.
Pre-marital counselling involves shedding light on each other’s strengths and weaknesses, identifying potential area of conflict and stress in the future, and exploring effective strategies through which you and your partner can help each other, when a crisis or conflict arises in the long run.
By keeping in mind the differences in your and your partner’s upbringing, family systems, experiences, personalities; at IReflect we help you in setting realistic and healthy expectations in your relationship, and in building a positive attitude in seeking help, if problems arise in future.
If you are looking for pre-marital counselling, please get in touch with us for further details.
