This week, an episode from the archive!

The Session

Relationship between premarital counselling and marital success: Perceptions of married Christians in Ghana

Reported in Academic Journal

Proverbs 13:20

20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Research Shows:

A Correlation Between Premarital Counseling and Marriage Satisfaction

Fowers and Olson found that there was a direct link between marriage satisfaction and stability and premarital counseling. Men can relate to going into marriage without Primero counseling is like a football team going into a game without a game plan.

Khulman found that good premarital counseling chances of divorce by up to 30. We also found that it leads to happier marriages.🤔 imagine that 😁

Premarital counseling was found to improve communication and marriage does making it a stronger marriage

Premarital counselling helps to ensure that couples have a strong, healthy relationship, and are given a better chance for a stable and satisfying marriage.

It can also help couples identify weaknesses that could become bigger problems during marriage

According to research by Teal (2018) couples are advised to discuss numerous topics, including: Intimacy, affection and sex; Communication skills; Finances and money management; Children and parenting; and Roles in marriage.

(Ratson, 2015). Premarital counselling is meant to equip couples with problem-solving skills to manage problems that may occur in the future through becoming aware of each other’s characteristics.

Tom's pre-marital program, Prepare