Virginia Premarital Counseling through The First Dance
Join other First Dance couples who tell us they had less stress in the months leading up to their wedding, more ability to handle the pressures, and a clearer perspective on what was going on around them. Our telephone coaching sessions, book, DVD, Couple Checkup Inventory, and online chat room give you a variety of ways to get the advice you need.
We have a growing list of marriage educators and religious organizations using the group version of our program. The group version is by far the best way to experience what we have to offer because you share it with your peers who going through similar stresses (and joys!).
If you are part of a religious organization or participate in premarital education, let your educator or leader know about The First dance so they can add us to their offerings. The following list does not represent all the organizations that have our DVD, just those who expressly asked to be listed on this website.
Virginia Group Class Information:
Where: Reston, VA (near Washington DC)
Date: June 29th
Time: 1:00 PM
RSVP: Call 703-476-5644 or email: eparis@aol.com
Presenters: Ellen & Chuck Purcell
- Elizabeth Doherty Thomas, is a co-founder of The First Dance, along with Marriage and Family therapist father Bill Doherty. The First Dance was a Modern Bride Trendsetter award winner in 2007 for taking on the complex family dynamics of wedding planning. Read Take Back Your Wedding: Managing the People Stress of Wedding Planning
for more advice on working through the people stresses of wedding planning as a couple, with your families, and how to strengthen your upcoming marriage through this enormous first task of married life. 
Help Your Wedding and Help Your Marriage
Premarital Counseling Options
- Take Back Your Wedding
- Online Premarital Test Taken by Millions of Couples
- Therapy in a Box: Premarital Workbook
- Sexuality for Newlyweds (E-Book)
Wedding Stress E-Course by Author of Conscious Bride
Wedding Advice
- Can You Afford a Small Wedding?
- The Hour of Engagement Bliss
- What Wedding Planning Taught Me About Marriage
- Beneath the obvious: Vendor Questions
- Wedding Vendor Complaints They'll Never Share!
- Who Controls Your Wedding Day? You or the Wedding Vendor?
- Eloping: Avoiding Family Drama or Stirring it Up?
- Honeymoon: Considerations
- Wedding Registry
- After the Honeymoon
- Personalized Help!