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Pre-Marital Counseling: Build a Strong Foundation with SYMBIS
You're planning a life together, not just a wedding. And deep down, you want more than a beautiful ceremony. You want a lasting, connected, purpose-filled marriage.
The SYMBIS Assessment (Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts) is a research-based tool created by psychologists Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott. It helps couples explore the practical and spiritual dynamics of their relationship. You’ll uncover strengths, surface potential challenges, and have honest conversations that matter—before you say “I do.”
Whether you're entering your first marriage, blending families, or simply want to be more intentional this time, SYMBIS helps you step into marriage with clarity and confidence.
What SYMBIS Helps You Explore:
Personality styles and how they impact your relationship
Communication and conflict patterns to navigate bumps in the road
Money habits and financial expectations
Roles, responsibilities, and family influences
Emotional intimacy, connection, and shared goals
The role of faith and spiritual alignment in your partnership
Because hope + reality = resilience
Yes, love feels magical. But marriages thrive on clarity. Research shows that couples who build strong foundations before marriage by improving communication, aligning values, and preparing for inevitable challenges — enjoy better relationship quality and lower risk of divorce.
With SYMBIS, you don’t just walk into marriage with rose‑colored glasses. You walk in with a flashlight, a map, and a partner who sees the full terrain with you.
Pre-Marital Counseling: Build a Strong Foundation with SYMBIS
You're planning a life together, not just a wedding. And deep down, you want more than a beautiful ceremony. You want a lasting, connected, purpose-filled marriage.
When guided by a licensed therapist, SYMBIS becomes more than an assessment. It’s a personalized, in-depth experience where you and your significant other can explore communication, conflict, money, intimacy, family patterns, and faith in a private, supportive setting.
Whether you're entering your first marriage, blending families, or simply want to be more intentional this time, SYMBIS helps you step into marriage with clarity, confidence, and deep connection.
What's the process like?
FROM A COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DOES THE SYMBIS ASSESSMENT DO?
The SYMBIS Assessment does two things for couples: 1) flags and lowers their risk factors, and 2) optimizes their combined strengths as a couple. It does this by assessing everything from psychological wellbeing to revealing how their combined personalities can be leveraged for optimal success. The SYMBIS Assessment is robust, personalized, and powerful.
Is this for you? Absolutely — whether you’re excited, nervous, or both. Maybe, you're:
Engaged, newly committed, or considering marriage for the first time
Considering blending families or coming from different backgrounds or childhood experiences
Wanting to talk about money, roles, values, intimacy, things many couples avoid until they become problems
Hoping to build emotional closeness, resilience, and trust from the very beginning
If that sounds like you — this is your invitation
for a different kind of premarital preparation
Engaged Couples
Marriage Reboot
Re-Marriage
This isn’t just about avoiding fights or bypassing difficulties. It’s about building a marriage where both partners feel seen, respected, and understood. It’s a chance to say: We want more than “fine.” We want flourishing.
If you’re ready to take the step toward lifelong love — grounded in understanding, honesty, and genuine connection — I’d be honored to guide you through the SYMBIS process.
Let’s talk. Let’s build your foundation together.
In-network with Gold Coast Health Plan and Optum for talk therapy
2660 Townsgate, Suite 450, Westlake Village CA 91361
(805) 244-8489
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