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We loved pre-engagement counseling, especially because we got to learn so much more about each other and have a better understanding of the other person. It helped us understand why we 'miss' in certain areas and what things we needed from the other person to have a healthy relationship.

Eric and Heather are very honest, trustworthy, and reasonable people. During these sessions, I have felt extremely exposed and open. I know I can trust you with my heart, without judgment.

I want others to know that the programs are really worth it, financially. Going into marriage with similar knowledge, language, statistics, and strategies will pay for itself in joy ten times over the upfront cost of the program. When you're dealing with something important, it's worth paying for.

It is not the norm in Christian circles to pay for such services and many are used to finding services (which people think are comparable) for free. There is great value in your program and it was worth every penny. I would pay for it all over again in hindsight. We love you guys!

Eric and Heather helped us set up some great building blocks so we can prevent certain conflicts in the future. Eric and Heather exposed parts of our relationship in which we would have never known problems existed until they occurred. I honestly now do not know how people can get married without getting pre-marital counseling. I urge every couple to invest in counseling before they get married, especially from Eric and Heather.

Eric and Heather are excellent listeners and are very professional in their manner of counseling. They have both made me feel extremely comfortable being myself and talking about issues which I would not normally voice to most strangers. This experience, overall, has been nothing but positive.

I feel much more confident about marriage after going through premarital counseling with Eric and Heather. Not only did it help prepare both of us for marriage, it helped me grow closer to the Lord and deal with some bitterness which I've been holding as well. This program was immensely important to us and I would highly recommend it to any couple who is seriously seeking marriage.

Eric and Heather have helped Justin and I better understand how to communicate in healthy ways, how to relate to one another, how to love one another, how to work through conflict, how to manage our finances, and how to build intimacy in our future marriage. Justin and I would not be in such a healthy relationship if we had not gone through counseling with Eric and Heather.

Our time spent with Eric and Heather in pre-engagement counseling (and also continuing to their premarital counseling) was the singlemost beneficial thing that the Lord used to reveal to us that we would be wise and blessed in getting married. In the Lord’s grace and His providence, I believe we have saved years of marital strife because of our time spent with Eric and Heather. It was both a financial and time investment that has and will continue to reap dividends for the rest of our lives.

We really looked forward to our meetings each week and felt like you two became our friends. We feel that we gained exactly what we sought out from the program.

Eric and Heather are very easy to speak with. They assign homework which allows the couple to go even more in depth. The program covered all areas of a relationship and marriage and will teach you as much about yourself as an individual as it will about the other person and your relationship together.

The pre-engagement program helped prepare us for engagement (and then also marriage with the pre-marital counseling program) more than what a church program would have done, I think. Eric and Heather were very thorough and really wanted us to succeed and be prepared for every hurdle in marriage.

Jade and I began pre-engagement counseling after nine months of dating. Our relationship was healthy; nevertheless, we found pre-engagement counseling to be extremely helpful. It is easy to believe that because a dating relationship is relatively sweet that no additional knowledge and counsel is needed. This couldn't be further from the truth.

Going into counseling, Josh and I were particularly concerned about handling conflict. The PAIR Test helped to show where we have conflict and the reasons why we handle conflict the way we do. Through homework, exercises, and tools discussed in the sessions, we have seen much improvement in our conflict communication. I am much more confident in our relationship because of this.

We have learned how to better communicate in a way which actually solves problems instead of avoiding them. We now have a confidence in our relationship which allows us to speak freely about any situation that might arise; whereas before, we would have argued for an hour and then left with everything still unresolved. Eric and Heather not only saved our relationship, but they made it better than it ever was before.

Their goal is not really to ensure that couples remain together (although I'm sure they would love for that to be the case); rather, it's to prepare couples for marriage. And if after the sessions the couple determines that marriage isn't for them, that is also considered a success.