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Money: A Top Marriage Stressor ($25)

 

This award winning game will get you and your partner talking about your ATTITUDES on money...spending, saving, security.

 

No matter what your money views, there is no "right or wrong." A few big "a-ha" moments may greatly help your wedding and married life. read more

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Take Back Your Wedding

 

A unique book covering all the interpersonal drama of wedding planning. No matter where you are in your planning, reduce conflict and avoid the "emotional landmines" that arise in wedding planning. read more

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New York, New York Premarital Counseling

James Covington

 

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James Covington

 

James Covington

Partnering for Life

251 Central Park West

New York, NY 10024

 

Phone Number: (212) 799-1157

 

Email: jimcoving1@aol.com

 

I have been a pre-marital and marriage counselor/educator for thirty years. I love my work because I strongly believe in marriage as a vital social institution and as a dynamic opportunity for personal growth. In fact, I believe conflict can help build your relationship, depending, of course on how it is managed.

 

I start with this premise: emotional connection is the most important element of a good marriage. When that fails, the marriage will suffer. My goal is to help a couple regenerate their connection, actively teach them how to stop their negative interactions and be with one another in a more positive nurturing way.

 

One of my favorite poets, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote: “Love . . . consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.” I am actively committed to helping couples restore and sustain that kind of mutually nurturing love.

 

If you are an engaged couple looking for premarital work, check out my website.

 

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Take Back Your Wedding**


Take Back Your Wedding combines wisdom from the world of marriage and family therapy with the complicated world of wedding planning. Weddings bring out the best and worst in all of us because they combine romance, money, family and friend loyalties, jealousies, new in-law relations, and endless practical decisions, all played out publically. No one get through this without times of frustration, confusion, and sometimes anger. After reading this book you will better handle stress, avoid common pitfalls, enhance your relationships, and better launch a successful marriage. Read powerful testimonials for wedding experts and download a free chapter here!

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The Ultimate Premarital Test $29.95

 

By measuring 20 different aspects of your relationship, the Couple Checkup is designed to get you thinking and talking together about your relationship, and taking steps to grow as individuals and a couple.

What's great about the Premarital Test: Research-based, this inventory has been used for over 25 years by over 2.5 MILLION couples. Personalized results are given in a report within MINUTES of taking the test. Take it when you're ready, whether that's 6am or midnite! No coordinating schedules. You can say you've put energy into your relationship, not just the wedding. Surprised by some of the results? Take the report to a premarital counselor to talk further!

Greatest Is Love - $12 **

 

A pastor, counseling couples over a long career has found a unique way to create an experience, rather than "just talking." Designed with everyone in mind - those who are highly talkative, to those who require more time to think things through. The Greatest Is Love guides couples of all ages on a conversation journey that includes ten of the topics, including:
Before We Say I Do, Our Parents, Our Love Life, Leisure and Work, Faith, Children, Money, Doing My Part, Issues , Our Wedding Day.
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Money Attitudes Card Game - $25 **

 

This award-winning card game is used by the Army among many other groups! Without needing a financial planner or knowing math, this simple to use game will get you and your partner (or parents!) on a new level of understanding.

 

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Therapy In A Box - $20 **

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Can't afford a therapist, feel like you have a pretty good relationship, but want to go through what many therapists offer in private sessions?

 

This e-book for couples is interactive with exercises, worksheets and the space for couples journaling makes it a great keepsake for you and your fiance to remind you of what you worked on in preparation for your marriage.

Online Group Therapy - $250 **

 

Perhaps your life is crazy, or you can't convince your fiance to see an individual therapist. Whether you are religious, secular, as long as you have a computer and telephone, this class can improve your relationship, EVEN IF YOUR FIANCE DOESN'T PARTICIPATE!

In a four part series with a 1.5 hour class, you can join others in a high energy, interactive web-based, phone-based group class.