Beyond the Wedding Day
Wedding planning prepares you for one day. MarriageForward prepares you for the years that follow. No generic workbook. No one-size-fits-all advice. MarriageForward starts with your relationship. Your strengths, your patterns, your personalities, and the areas that matter most to your future together.
Your Proactive Investment
What's Included
Marriage Forward offers a comprehensive premarital experience, tailored to your unique relationship, designed to build a strong foundation for your future together.
6 Private Couples Sessions
300+ Question Relationship Assessment
Personalized Roadmap
Work through six private sessions focused on your relationship, strengths, challenges, and future.
Complete a research-backed assessment to identify key areas for growth and deeper connection.
Receive tailored insights, communication tools, and a clear roadmap for strengthening your marriage.
Your Unique Relationship
Conversations That Matter
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Communication & Connection
Intimacy & Expectations
Finances & Future
Conflict & Growth
Master effective communication strategies to deepen your understanding and strengthen your bond.
Explore emotional and physical intimacy, and align on shared expectations for your life together.
Navigate finances, family expectations, roles, goals, and the life you want to build together.
Develop healthy conflict-management skills and embrace growth as a continuous journey.
Eric is a licensed therapist, graduate professor, and published researcher with more than a decade of experience helping couples build stronger relationships.
His work focuses on relationships, attachment, intimacy, sexuality, and marital health. He brings research-backed relationship science into practical conversations couples can actually use, not just before the wedding, but throughout their marriage.
Couples feel they are receiving a premium, professional service from a specialist.
Your marriage is the rest of your story.
You've invested in the venue, the photographer, the flowers, the dress, and the celebration. Invest in what all of it is celebrating.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Marriage Forward?
Marriage Forward is a structured premarital counseling experience designed to help you better understand your relationship, strengthen your connection, and prepare for marriage.
Does premarital counseling actually work?
Yes. Research suggests that premarital programs can help couples build stronger marriages, with benefits including greater satisfaction and commitment, improved communication and relationship skills, less conflict, and lower odds of divorce. (Carroll & Doherty, 2003; Hawkins et al., 2008; Stanley et al., 2006)
Do we need to be having problems?
Not at all! MarriageForward isn't just for couples who are struggling. It's for couples who want to be intentional about building a strong foundation before saying "I do."
I'm busy planning a wedding; how Long does this take?
Most couples complete MarriageForward over several weeks. Sessions are offered in person and via telehealth. We'll work with your schedule and timeline.
What does it include?
You'll receive six private sessions along with a comprehensive 400+ question relationship assessment. Your results help us personalize your sessions around the areas that matter most to your relationship.
When should we start?
Earlier is great, but there's no perfect time. Whether your wedding is several months away or quickly approaching, we can determine what works best for you.