Go2Wed.com Blog for Brides Planning a Wedding!

So while I’m in the world of Minnesota wedding planning (since I live here, not Colorado) I have been delighted by the high traffic my site as received for couples seeking out premarital counseling.  Did you know only 44% of engaged couples report going through any form of premarital counseling (the couple could call one meeting with an officiant as premarital counseling)?  And we have research out the wazoo on how it can actually reduce the likelihood of divorce!

But I don’t blame anyone.  My father, a big marriage education, marriage therapist, and a family friend, the owner of PREPARE-Enrich, one of the largest premarital inventories offered around the planet, was someone I knew since I was 10.  And yet when I got engaged I had no idea where to find premarital counseling!  Duh!

I’m working on ways to connect with local Minnesota churches to offer our 2 hour premarital class.  My website is national so I’ll be working with Colorado churches too.  Our First Dance class is all about the family and couple dynamics of wedding planning and the response we’ve had is great!  Even grooms, one who did not even want to be there, got a lot out of what we say in the class.

 So folks - Minnesota couples - check out www.thefirstdance.com for Minnesota premarital counseling options (including the inventory, now available online for only $30), and Colorado couples - also check out the site.  We just have one counselor listed but we also have a telephone option.  There are more Minnesota therapists - including one in Rochester.

And a benefit of the therapists listed as premarital counselors on www.thefirstdance.com is they GET the family and couple stresses you’re under and will help you see how all this wedding planning madness relates directly to the stresses of married life.

Sorry for a heavy blog post! 

-Elizabeth