Why Choose Shawn McBride For Premarital Counseling
Shawn McBride, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor/Therapist, has been providing professional premarital counseling services and pastoral counseling services for engaged couples for nearly 25 years. As an authorized and ordained wedding officiant, he has officiated the nuptials for hundreds of clients nationwide. His personalized premarital counseling program is comprehensive and extremely effective. Couples will walk down the aisle with incredible confidence, knowing that they have been completely prepared for matrimony. As a licensed and professional therapist, Shawn understands the various psychological and spiritual dynamics of romantic relationships and the challenges that engaged couples face. Through his proven premarital counseling program, he will answer all of your questions and strategically help you and your partner gain the important skills and tools and help you build a strong foundation for marriage that will last a lifetime.
Considering Marriage? Here’s Why Premarital Counseling Matters More Than Ever
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If you’re thinking about marriage or already engaged, now is the perfect time to seek wisdom, guidance, and tools to prepare not just for your wedding—but for a lifelong partnership. While it's easy to get caught up in the details of the big day, far too many couples plan for the ceremony without planning for the marriage that follows.
Here’s why this matters:
Nearly 50% of first marriages in the U.S. end in divorce, and the rate is even higher for second and third marriages.
Couples who live together before marriage without being engaged have a significantly higher risk of divorce compared to those who wait or are engaged when they move in together. Research shows that commitment clarity and intentional planning make a major difference.
Premarital counseling gives you the opportunity to slow down and get intentional. It provides a structured space to:
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Understand your communication patterns and how to improve them
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Address key topics like finances, conflict, intimacy, and expectations
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Identify potential growth areas and resolve unspoken concerns
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Strengthen your emotional connection and shared vision for the future
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The early stage of your relationship—when love and goodwill are high—is the best time to lay a healthy foundation. Premarital counseling is not just for couples in crisis; it’s for couples who want to thrive.
By investing in your relationship now, you increase your chances of building a stable, satisfying, and secure marriage that can weather life’s inevitable storms.
4 Reading Books
To be R.E.S.P.E.C.T.E.D is one of the greatest needs and desires of a man, especially in his romantic relationship with a woman. In Mannerisms, author, pastor, and highly sought after relationship therapist Shawn McBride offers women invaluable knowledge by detailing what RESPECT looks like to a man. He offers practical advice, empathetic knowledge, deep insights, and helpful solutions for women seeking a more effective connection with the man in her life. Whether you are a female dating, engaged, or married, this resource will teach you eight eye-opening revelations that are certain to enhance and strengthen your relationship.
If a man truly loves a woman and wants to marry her eventually, it always begins with a passionate pursuit. With butterflies in his stomach over the course of time, he chases her down until she caves and becomes completely vulnerable to him. The problem is that once he has captured her, the chase often ends. He stops seeking. This is incredibly frustrating for women. In Ladies First, author, pastor, and highly sought-after relationship therapist Shawn McBride shares eight practical, life changing, and action-packed principles and explains in detail what it looks like for a man to continue to passionately pursue and effectively love a woman throughout a lifetime. Finally, a man can understand how to love her!
Communication challenges and not knowing how to resolve conflicts in relationships is normal. What’s NOT normal are endless cycles of communication glitches, misunderstandings and unresolved conflict that constantly and consistently interrupt the peace in your relationship. It is a proven fact that the relationships that endure long term and grow deeper are formed by the couples who are willing to learn and practice basic COMMUNICATION/CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS. As an engaged couple if you are experiencing a seemingly endless cycle of unresolved problems in your relationship, The Couples Communication/Conflict Resolution Workbook will help you develop new SKILLS and polish the old SKILLS that you need to keep your relationship alive. Your relationship can in fact change and get better once you and your partner become more SKILLFUL in communicating and resolving conflict.
What happens to a marriage when you stop learning new things about each other and share your hopes, dreams, and ideas? It becomes stagnant!
As couples age, they grow as people. You need time to enhance your connection to continue growing as a couple. The dates in this book help you find the time to reconnect and grow as a couple. Each date is paired with two emotional intimacy questions as an icebreaker for a meaningful and insightful conversation. Communication is essential in a marriage; these dates and questions help refresh your connection while reconnecting as a couple. Expand the depths of your relationship, enjoy each other's company, and have some fun couple's time as you relish fifty-two dates!
Comprehensive 10-Page Couples
Clinical Assessment
The Comprehensive 10 Page Couples Clinical Assessment will give you and your fiance a comprehensive picture of your relationship. It will assess the satisfaction levels in 12 relationship categories. The assessment will help you gain personalized insights into your relationship dynamics, commitment levels, personality, etc... Upon completion of the assessment Shawn will put together a 10 page report showing your results so that through the premarital counseling process you can work on your strengths and growth areas.
Before You Say "I Do" Premarital Counseling Package w/ Shawn McBride, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor/Therapist!
Cost $2,495
