Invest In What Matters Most

A wedding can easily cost tens of thousands of dollars. But the most valuable investment you can make isn’t in the dress, the venue, or the flowers. It’s in your relationship.

Quality premarital counseling with a skilled professional can help you build a strong foundation of trust, communication, and emotional intimacy that lasts far beyond the wedding day. It’s not just marriage preparation, it’s preparation for a lifetime of love that thrives through change and challenge.

After three failed marriages, I realized I had no real clarity about what I truly wanted in a future relationship. It took intentional work to redefine what healthy love looks like. Premarital counseling gives couples that same opportunity to pause, gain insight, and create a shared vision for the kind of marriage they actually want to build.

Is This For You?

Premarital counseling is a personalized pre-marriage experience for couples who want to start strong and stay connected. It’s the perfect fit if you are:

  • Seriously dating and thinking of taking the next step

  • Engaged or planning to be engaged

  • This is not your first marriage

  • Preparing for a blended family

  • Desire a Faith-focused approach to marriage

The Process

This structured approach to premarital counseling blends evidence-based tools, faith-centered guidance, and real-world relationship skills. Together, we’ll explore communication, conflict resolution, finance, family dynamics, and more, ensuring both partners feel confident, equipped, and emotionally aligned before saying “I DO”.

ASSESS

You start with a comprehensive relationship assessment to reveal your strengths and growth opportunities

PLAN

When the results are in, I will help you to create a plan to build a foundation for a great marriage.

SUSTAIN

Learn effective skills to keep your relationship strong over the long haul, tailored to fit your needs.

What’s Included?

  • SYMBIS Assessment: A research-backed relationship profile that reveals your strengths, challenges, and growth areas as a couple.

  • SYMBIS Book: A bestselling guide with powerful tools and real-life insights to build a solid foundation.

  • His & Hers Workbooks: Interactive workbooks designed to help each of you reflect, respond, and connect through every phase of the journey.

What’s Covered:

  • I'll work with each of you individually and as a couple to understand you better.

  • This focuses on building marriage momentum by aligning your mindset and strengthening your emotional wellbeing.

  • This focuses on the foundational contexts of your relationship. We'll start by looking at the role of social support, then examine your financial dynamics, and finish with a deep dive into your expectations of marriage.

  • This focuses on the core dynamics that shape your relationship. We’ll explore how your unique personalities interact and influence your connection.

  • We’ll examine the attitudes you each bring into the relationship and how they impact your dynamic. Then, we’ll spend time improving your communication.

  • We’ll explores key relationship dynamics, beginning with how gender influences your interactions. We’ll then address conflict management strategies to help you navigate disagreements constructively. Finally, we’ll reflect on spirituality’s role in your partnership and how it can deepen your connection.

  • Building Forever Package $650

    This preferred format is ideal for couples who want to spend more time growing together and unpacking their relationship at a meaningful pace.

    ~Six, 60-minute sessions

    ~SYMBIS Assessment

    ~SYMBIS Book

    ~His & Hers Workbooks

    Book

  • 3 Hour Intensive $425

    This format works best for couples who want a deep dive in less time. This option is not ideal if this is not your first marriage, you’re blending a family, or if you want to obtain a covenant marriage license.

    ~ Two 90-Minute Sessions

    ~ SYMBIS Assessment

    ~SYMBIS Book

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What my clients say:

  • April was a tremendous help in putting things into perspective and the courage to activate my faith. April was encouraging and affirming and helped give me a different perspective when needed. I highly recommend working with April if you need coaching.

    Dawn

  • Great program, whether you are just getting started with dating, divorced or getting back in the swing of things, lots of information to help you set yourself up for success.

    Kirsten

  • The information presented takes the mystery out of dating. There is clarity and understanding in this process. It helps to save a lot of wasted time and energy.

    Barbara