Marriage

Classroom instruction and online articles to help you prepare for, strengthen and save your marriage.

MARRIAGE

ARTICLES

Why and How to Pursue a Healing Separation

The goal of a healing separation is to provide space to evaluate and repair the broken parts of the marriage, resulting in two healthy people and a restored marriage that both spouses love.

How to Stop Fighting: Step Off the Emotional Escalator

As you prepare for life beyond the wedding, consider what these couples wish they’d known before they moved in together as husband and wife.

What’s the best marriage advice for the first year of marriage?

As you prepare for life beyond the wedding, consider what these couples wish they’d known before they moved in together as husband and wife.

TEACHING AND TRAINING

Marriage seminars

Marriage Matters teaching seminar can be structured to be a multi-day, one-day or even a single session event. The topics cover pre-marital, marriage enrichment and marriage interventions. The seminar is also offered as a training program for counsellors, which would include additional marriage theory and practical counselling skills sessions.

Pre-marital

The design of marriage
Self-esteem

Finding the love of your life
Managing Expectations

Gender differences

Roles and responsibilities

Sex in marriage
Personality and temperament

Marriage Enrichment

Roles and responsibilities

Money management

Communication
Conflict resolution
Extended family

Dealing with anger
Stages of marriage
Cultural differences

Marriage Intervention

Disloyalty
Spousal abuse
Dual careers
Sexual dysfunctions
Forgiveness
Divorce

Equipping Counsellors

Choice Theory
Bowen’s family theory
Counselling models
Counselling skills

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