Christian Premarital Counseling
with our Prepare Program
Christian Premarital Counseling Minnesota
Mark Odland – MA, LMFT, MDIV, and Angela Johnson – MA, LMFT are all trained in marriage and family therapy and are certified in premarital counseling. They strive to provide an encouraging and supportive atmosphere for couples to strengthen relationship tools, improve communication, build emotional intimacy, and identify growth areas. The following helps explain their approach:
In addition to marriage counseling, we also offer Christian premarital counseling. For this service, we provide PREPARE/ENRICH, the leading relationship inventory and couples assessment tool. It is scientifically validated as a foundational program for Christian premarital counseling, marriage enrichment, couples therapy, marriage mentoring and marriage education. If you chose to use our services, you would begin by taking the PREPARE/ENRICH Assessment, an online survey that you take with your partner. This sophisticated instrument helps us identify your unique strengths and potential growth areas in the relationship. Your counselor will use this assessment to guide you through various relationship topics like finances, sex, parenting, spirituality, in-laws, leisure time, and family of origin. Discussing these things before marriage can not only be insightful, but learning to talk about them in a safe and supportive setting can lead to deeper closeness and connection.
Over the last 30 years, this tool has helped over 3 million couples! In our personal experience, the PREPARE/ENRICH materials have been very helpful, because they not only provide encouragement and validation for the areas of strength, but they bring important issues to light that need to be dealt with. We usually recommend at least 3 months of premarital counseling well in advance of the wedding. The instrument has never compelled us to tell someone not to get married. However, there are times when its results warrant a couple slowing things down to make sure they are entering the marriage solidly and healthily. If you are looking for someone to help you with pre-marital counseling, we would be honored to work with you!
If you have any questions or would like to schedule an appointment, please call us at 651-243-2484 or click on the button below. We will do our best to contact you within 1 business day.
