Rev. Dr. Katie Sundermeier, Executive Director
As Executive Director, Katie oversees the running of the Samaritan Counseling Center. She also provides pre-marital counseling and Pastoral Coaching ...
Premarital Counseling
Working With Us
Why Premarital Counseling?
Preparing for marriage is an exciting season, but it also brings important conversations and decisions about your future together. Premarital counseling provides a space to slow down, strengthen your relationship, and talk intentionally about the life you are building together.
Premarital counseling can help couples explore:
- Communication and conflict
- Expectations for marriage and partnership
- Finances and shared responsibilities
- Family dynamics and boundaries
- Faith, values, and beliefs
- Intimacy and emotional connection
- Parenting and future goals
- Roles, priorities, and life transitions
Premarital counseling isn't about preparing for a perfect marriage. It's about developing a strong foundation and learning how to navigate challenges together.
How we can Help
Our therapists create a supportive space where couples can have honest conversations, better understand one another, and prepare for the transition into marriage.
Together, we can work to:
- Strengthen communication and conflict-resolution skills
- Identify areas of agreement and potential tension
- Clarify expectations for married life
- Develop healthy ways to navigate differences
- Build trust, connection, and emotional intimacy
- Create a shared vision for your future
Our approach is compassionate, relational, and tailored to each couple. Whether you're newly engaged or preparing for your wedding, premarital counseling can help you enter marriage with greater understanding, confidence, and connection.
Meet our Premarital Counselors
Anne-Marie Burke, MS, LPC, NCC, Therapist
Anne-Marie believes you are on the journey to become who you already are and who you are is infinitely complex. Often times external influences, circumstances, events, or relationships block you from living in the fullness of your complexity, and this can lead to psychological distress. Anne-Marie works with clients to surface these conscious and unconscious barriers to growth so that you can lead a life responsive to who you are rather than reactive to what is going on around you. Her hope is that, together, you discover not just relief from symptoms but optimal psychological functioning.