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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

Jean Fitzpatrick

 

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Jean Fitzpatrick

7 Tavano Road

Ossining, NY 10562

 

Phone Number: (914) 941-6478

 

Email: jean@therapistnyc.com

 

As you anticipate your big day and share your dreams for the future, this is an exciting and busy time.  Engaged couples often wonder whether premarital counseling is really necessary or helpful.   Why not think of it as a wonderful opportunity to learn how to keep the romance alive for a lifetime?  For over 15 years I've helped couples learn to build and sustain a strong, honest, mutually sustaining marriage.  Our work together is specifically tailored to your needs.  Together we agree on goals and, creating a warm, supportive atmosphere, I work actively to help you reach them.   


Even the happiest couples experience stress and conflict, and with half of all marriages ending in divorce, it's essential to learn how to deal with these constructively as you prepare for the wedding and in the years to come.  Today's couples -- with partners managing two careers, often while raising children -- face unique challenges.  You're busy people with interesting lives, and as you seek to join together for a lifetime you need the skills to maintain an intimate, mutually nurturing relationship. 


Now is the time to be sure you're on the right track.  In premarital counseling you can learn how to carve out space for each other in the midst of your busy week. You can learn effective ways to communicate and manage conflict.  You can gain a better idea of how your family of origin has taught you about marriage -- and explore how to bring your own creativity to your relationship.  You can learn positive approaches to religious or cultural differences.  You can talk about important goals for yourselves and your marriage.  Most of all, you can learn to build on your strengths and work as a team to nurture a relationship that will, in turn, nurture the two of you.


As you choose a premarital counselor, it's important to find someone who helps you feel comfortable.  I work with many people who seek to bring their analytical skills and creativity to the art of building a life together.  People tell me our time together is meaningful and special.  Please visit my website to learn more.

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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.