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We offer a range of comprehensive marriage preparation options in convenient NYC locations

 

Congratulations on your decision to seek professional consultation in preparing for your marriage. But we want you to realize that not all premarital counseling is the same!

 

We are mental health professionals with over thirty years of counseling, coaching and therapy experience. We have specialized in providing premartial counseling and education services for well over a decade based on our comprehensive review of current relationship and marriage research findings as well as the many different approaches to marriage preparation.

 

Patricia Schell Kuhlman & Gregory Kuhlman

 

Patricia Schell Kuhlman, LCSW

& Gregory Kuhlman, PhD

 

We have carefully constructed and refined our approach to premarital counseling and education based on our experience with hundreds of couples of all backgrounds, ages, etc. We understand that each couple has different circumstances and needs. We can help you understand the preparation that makes most sense for you. We're experienced in engaging partners who may be less interested in preparing for marriage and/or exploring challenges in addition to strengths.

 

For most professionals and even marriage officiants, premarital counseling is a sideline for which they usually have not received adequate specific training. Even those with some training are often not familiar with the important findings of relevant research. They have a general practice where they may occasionally see a premarital couple and rely on their general counseling background to conduct a few exploratory sessions with them. While we're sure many of these services are valuable, we also believe that most are not inclusive enough to cover all of the optimal preparation.

 

Whether you are seeking private premarital counseling, an educational seminar, a preventive focus or help with specific problems, we offer a range of highly professional services to meet your needs. We can offer you evening or daytime meetings at our convenient Upper East Side Manhattan or in Park Slope Brooklyn locations.

 

 

Whatever marriage prep couples choose should include activities to give them real skills, real expectations and real knowledge of self and partner to face the inevitable challenges of a committed relationship.

 

What to Look For in Pre-Marriage Preparation

 

Make sure that the pre-marriage prep you choose covers all of the relationship skill and knowledge areas that research has shown to contribute to the success and endurance of marriage:

 

·        Compatibility and differences (including those that can be gender-linked)
·        Expectations
·        Personalities and families-of-origin
·        Communication
·        Conflict management
·        Intimacy and sexuality
·        Long-term goals

 
Here are some questions to help you select the pre-marriage prep that's right for you:

 

·       Is the content based on marriage research?

 

·       Is the prep provided by qualified and trained professionals who will have credibility in their experience and outlook with both men and women?

 

·        Does it include a relationship assessment inventory to help you understand your areas of compatibility and strength, as well as areas you may need to address?

 

·        Is the counseling approach flexible enough to allow for your relationship and learning style or is it a one-size-fits-all program? It's best to practice specific communication, conflict resolution and goal-setting skills and strategies, and then select those skills and strategies that are most congruent with your relationship style and best meet your needs.

 

·        Will the counseling help you and your partner agree on goals and strategies for managing and continuing to work on your most important unresolved issues?

 

The answers to these questions will help you approach selecting your premarital preparation as an educated consumer.

 

If a couple's premarital counseling with a religious advisor or lay professional does not address some important areas, the couple should think about supplementing with a program that does. Many couples use marriage prep and counseling in combination, covering the foundation issues and skills in a class or workshop, then focusing on religious or other special issues in their counseling.

 

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