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Saint Mark’s
Counseling Service


Pre-Marriage Preparation
for heterosexual & same-sex couples

Button Color.GIF (663 bytes)   We honor and value the Sacrament of Marriage in the Episcopal Church by providing six fifty-minute pre-marriage counseling sessions, specially designed to meet the unique needs of each couple within the Spiritual framework.

Button Color.GIF (663 bytes)  Counseling focuses on interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, finances, children, spirituality, sexuality, role adjustment, re-marriage, blending families and other topics related to the unique situation of each couple.

Button Color.GIF (663 bytes)   A Pre-Marriage Inventory or Reflection Questionnaire explores the couple’s attitudes and expectations about marriage.

Button Color.GIF (663 bytes)   Family mapping helps the couple explore, clarify and understand “family of origin” themes and patterns that affect the health of their relationship.

Button Color.GIF (663 bytes)   A summary will be provided to the officiating clergy.