Our office proudly offers
Premarital Couples Counseling in Maryland
Fostering a Strong Future Together
You’ve found the person you want to spend forever with – now it’s time to build a future that reflects the strength of your love. Premarital counseling is an opportunity to prepare for the joys and challenges of married life. At LifeSpring Counseling Services, we provide tailored premarital couples counseling in Maryland, that helps you deepen your connection and navigate important discussions. We personalize our approach to reflect relationship’s strengths and identify areas for growth, using our Prepare/Enrich assessment. Together, we’ll work toward building a marriage rooted in trust, understanding and shared goals.
Guided Growth for Spousal Harmony
Every great partnership begins with preparation, and our Core Premarital Package is designed to help you build the foundation for a thriving marriage. You’ll address key aspects of your relationship like communication, conflict resolution, financial management, shared aspirations and more – guided by a professional therapist over a minimum of eight focused 90-minute sessions. Along with individualized guidance, you’ll have access to online resources as well as a Customized Couples Report that documents your progression. In the final graduation session, we’ll help you crystallize your core values and create a personalized family mission statement, setting the stage for a lifetime of love and success.
From Just Married to Happily Ever After
Your wedding is just the start of your story together, and we’re here to help make sure it’s a happy one! At LifeSpring Counseling, we’ve created the Post-Marital Booster Package to help you keep growing as a couple. This follow-up program to our premarital couples counseling in Maryland includes four monthly sessions designed to ease your transition into married life while strengthening the skills you developed during premarital counseling. You’ll also get helpful resources like an anniversary vision plan template to guide your goals as well as a copy of 8 Dates by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. With our ongoing support, you’ll be ready to handle life’s ups and downs, enjoying all that marriage has to offer.
Call 410-497-8451 or schedule an appointment online to start your premarital couples counseling in Maryland today.
Is investing in your relationship on your list of wedding preparation activities? If not, know that we are happy to help you out!
Newly engaged couples can now sign up for Premarital Counseling at LifeSpring Counseling Services, utilizing the Prepare/Enrich assessment to guide the therapeutic work through a series of structured counseling sessions.
Choose a Package that Fits for You
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Core Premarital Package
What you get
• Minimum of 8 virtual sessions (90 minutes long) scheduled weekly or bi-weekly
• Access to several online resources designed to help enhance your relationship
• Customized Couples Report outlining several aspects of your individual and relationship dynamics
• Graduation session, where you will find your Core Values as a couple and create a Family Mission Statement
• Protected time to invest in the marriage that awaits you on the other side of your big day!
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Investment
Time: commitment of both partners to attend each 90 minute session (Must be located in MD)
Rates: $255/90 minute session
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Post-Marital Booster Package
Continue the work started in your initial time with Mickayla after the wedding!
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What you get
• 4 check-in sessions (60 minutes long, 1x/month for the first 4 months after the wedding), in which we will review your adjustment to married life and discuss further practice of skills learned in our premarital work.
• Copy of 8 Dates by Dr’s John and Julie Gottman
• Template for Anniversary Vision Plan Meetings
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Investment
Time: Commitment of both partners to attend each 60 minute session (Must be located in MD)
Rates: $170/60 minute session
What to Expect in Pre-Marital Counseling
Couples will take the Prepare/Enrich assessment prior to the first session. The couple is responsible for the cost of the Prepare/Enrich assessment, priced at $35.
Here’s a general outline of what will be covered during our time together:
1 Strength & Growth Areas - Relationship Dynamics - Communication
2 Personal Stress Profile - Conflict Resolution
3 Couple Map - Family Map
4 SCOPE Personality - Goals in Relationship
5 Financial Management - Relationship Roles
6 Sex and Affection - Leisure Activities
7 Children and Parenting - Spiritual Beliefs
8 Review Feedback, Reflect on Growth/Finalize Goals (Values Exercise & Mission)
Session Report Topics
Couples should expect to show up to each session ready to discuss items from your Couple Workbook, and couples should expect an open, nonjudgmental space curated by the facilitator, and to receive encouragement about their strengths and growth areas.
Check to see if we might be a good fit!
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You and your partner recently got engaged
You have an excited attitude and are looking forward to marriage (not just the wedding)
Both partners are committed to the investment of time and money for the lifelong betterment of your relationship
You’re willing to prioritize time to focus on the relationship in the midst of wedding planning.
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Your relationship is currently in a phase of discernment (i.e. considering a separation)
You want a third party to tell your partner why they’re wrong
You and your partner are unable to commit to at least 8 90-minute sessions
You and your partner are not both committed to strengthening your relationship in preparation for marriage
Using your own discernment, you determine your relationship is in need of intensive couples therapy to address complex issues
Meet Mickayla Waldhauser, LGPC
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Mickayla Waldhauser, LGPC
Mickayla is a Prepare-Enrich Certified Facilitator who helps newly engaged couples invest in their relationship by building skills and understanding to support their relationship long after the wedding day is over.
Is Pre-Marital Counseling Right for You?
Are you ready to invest in your relationship? Premarital counseling services can provide you and your relationship with a solid foundation as you enter into this important commitment to one another. We’re here to help!
Other Mental Health Services at LifeSpring
Pre-Marital Counseling isn’t the only counseling service offered at our office. Our Greater Baltimore mental health counseling office also offers individual counseling services for adults and college students dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and loss, interpersonal violence, and trauma. We also offer specialized counseling services including online therapy, Brainspotting, faith-based counseling, and mindfulness-based counseling.