Pre-Marital and Marital Counseling
I am a certified Prepare-Enrich marital counselor. Whether you are a couple considering marriage, newly-engaged, or married, you are joining your personal history, life experience, families, religious beliefs, communication style, and dreams with one another. Merging these differences into a healthy and growing relationship is something that any couple finds challenging.
Using the Prepare-Enrich Online Resources and my pastoral counseling training, I can help you by:
- Facilitating an online assessment that evaluates your compatibility, strengths, and potential growth areas of your pre-marital or married relationship.
- Providing you with resources, referrals, and book recommendations to support specific needs in your relationship.
- Giving guidance and support when merging two families into one blended family.
Parenting Counseling
I am also a certified Prepare-Enrich parenting counselor.
Using the Prepare-Enrich Online Resources and my pastoral counseling training, I can help you by:
- Facilitating an online assessment that evaluates your parenting style, strength and growth areas as co-parents or step-parents, communication and relationship satisfaction, family stress, family spiritual practices, and more.
- Supporting you with resources, referrals, and recommended classes specific to the needs of your family.
- Sharing researched-based techniques benefiting the parents and children regarding positive discipline, healthy boundaries, and communication strategies.
* Please note that all counseling sessions are completely confidential except in the case of child or elder abuse in which I am a mandated reporter. Regardless of your situation, I am here to help and support your family in any way I can to the best of my abilities.
Additional Resources
There are many other great organizations and resources that can provide you with support. If you or someone you care for need help, I am here to offer you non-judgmental, compassionate support and help you find the right resource for assistance. Below are a few resources that I recommend:
For Adults:
Alcoholics Anonymous – – – Alcoholics Anonymous (Offered Nationally)
Narcotics Anonymous – – – Narcotics Anonymous (Offered Nationally)
For Couples:
Roadmap for the Journey Workshop (for couples where one or both partners are in substance recovery) – – – Gottman Institute (Offered Nationally)
The Art of Science and Love Workshop – – – Gottman Institute (Offered Nationally)
Engaged Encounter (Weekend Retreat) – – – Engaged Encounter, Google for a location near you (Offered Nationally)
For Parents:
Bringing Home Baby Workshop – – – Gottman Institute (Offered Nationally)
Positive Discipline (Workshops and Resources) – – – Positive Discipline (Offered Nationally)
For Youth:
LGBTQ (Individual Counseling/Support Group) – – – Youth Eastside Services (WA)
Teen Parents (Support/Mentoring) – – – Youth Eastside Services (WA)
Substance Abuse (Individual Counseling/Support Groups) – – – Youth Eastside Services (WA)
Physical or Sexual Abuse – – – Youth Eastside Services (WA)
School Stress – – – Youth Eastside Services (WA)
