Premarital Counseling | Marriage Preparation

Welcome to the premarital counseling section of The First Dance. There are many ways to strengthen your upcoming marriage through premarriage counseling.   We are proud to present a wide variety of premarital counseling from individual counselors by state, to books that are self-guided, and the "no excuse to not to do any premarital work", take the most powerful Premarital Test online (powered by Prepare-Enrich, a research-based inventory used by over 2.5 MILLION couples.)

We have an elite list of highly experienced, licensed marriage therapists through a national marriage therapy directory co-founded by Bill Doherty. Those who work with engaged couples on premarital counseling specifically are listed by state. We also have a TELEPHONE listing if we don't have someone in your area or if you and your fiance aren't even living in the same stage. There are also premarital classes in some states.

• Alabama (AL)

• Alaska (AK)

• Arizona (AZ)

• Arkansas (AR)

• California (CA)

• Colorado (CO)

• Connecticut (CT)

• Delaware (DE)

• Florida (FL)

• Georgia (GA)

• Hawaii (HI)

• Idaho (ID)

• Illinois (IL)

• Indiana (IN)

• Iowa (IA)

• Kansas (KS)

• Kentucky (KY)

• Louisiana (LA)

• Maine (ME)

• Maryland (MD)

• Massachusetts (MA)

• Michigan (MI)

• Minnesota (MN)

• Missouri (MO)

• Mississippi (MS)

• Montana (MT)

• North Carolina (NC)

• North Dakota (ND)

• Nebraska (NE)

• New Hampshire (NH)

• New Jersey (NJ)

• New Mexico (NM)

• New York (NY)

• Nevada (NV)

• Ohio (OH)

• Oklahoma (OK)

• Oregon (OR)

• Pennsylvania (PA)

• Rhode Island (RI)

• South Carolina (SC)

• South Dakota (SD)

• Tennessee (TN)

• Texas (TX)

• Utah (UT)

• Virginia (VA)

• Vermont (VT)

• Washington (WA)

• Wisconsin (WI)

• West Virginia (WV)

• Wyoming (WY)

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Send this page to your fiance(e) to discuss your options!  

- 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.

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