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Start Right, Stay Connected: A One-Day Premarital Workshop
Sat, Sep 28
|The Green House
Start Right Stay Connected is a program founded on the most recent research and the clinical experience of hundreds of marriage counselors from around the world. It is a very effective, efficient and cost-effective way to improve your relationship, prepare for marriage and reduce chances of divorce.
Time & Location
Sep 28, 2019, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
The Green House, 447 East 38th Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA
About the event
While wedding planning can be stressful, there is something so fun about an engagement and that first year as newlyweds. There is hope, excitement, and often lots of heart-warming appreciation and loving gazes. It has always been fun for me as to work with premarital couples and newlyweds. Typically marriage preparation counseling and education programs are completed prior to the wedding, but research supports that the window of opportunity can last into the first year of marriage and will reduce the chances of divorce and increase marital satisfaction, both immediately and long-term.
In 2003, Carroll & Doherty found 92% of couples reported premarital counseling helped during their first year of marriage. Four years later, 80% still reported premarital counseling was helping in their marriage.
In 2004, the same researches found that those who participated in a premarital education program were significantly better off afterwards than 79% of those who did…