Pre-Marital Intensives
Pre-Marital Intensives
Preparing for Marriage with Intention and Connection
Location: St. Pete or Virtual
Format: One-Day Intensive
Session Length: 4 Hours
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Preparing for Marriage with Intention and Connection
Location: St. Pete or Virtual
Format: One-Day Intensive
Session Length: 4 Hours
A 4-Hour Premarital Intensive with Riley Polacek
Strong marriages don’t happen by accident. They are built with intention, communication, and a shared vision for the future.
You’re planning a wedding. But are you preparing for a lifetime together?
Before you say “I do,” invest in the relationship that will matter long after the wedding day is over. This exclusive 4-hour Premarital Intensive with Riley Polacek, a Gottman trained couples therapist that helps couples deepen their connection, strengthen communication, and confidently prepare for the realities of marriage.
Whether you’ve been together for years or recently got engaged, this intensive creates the space to explore important conversations, identify potential areas of conflict, and ensure you’re truly aligned on the future you’re building together.
Unlike traditional premarital counseling spread across multiple sessions, this half-day intensive provides focused, uninterrupted time to strengthen your relationship and address important topics before marriage.
Using evidence-based interventions rooted in the Gottman Method, Riley helps couples uncover relationship strengths, improve communication skills, and create a solid foundation for a healthy, thriving marriage.
Learn how to navigate disagreements with respect, understanding, and connection rather than criticism, defensiveness, or avoidance.
Discuss roles, responsibilities, traditions, and assumptions that often go unspoken but can create challenges later.
Strengthen the friendship and emotional intimacy that form the foundation of lasting relationships.
Gain clarity around finances, career aspirations, family planning, boundaries, and long-term dreams.
Identify what is already working well in your relationship and develop strategies for areas that need attention.
Build a roadmap for the future that reflects both partners' values, priorities, and goals.
Riley Polacek is Gottman-trained and specializes in helping couples strengthen their relationships through research-based interventions and practical skill-building.
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and direct creating a space where both partners feel heard, understood, and empowered. Throughout the intensive, Riley integrates proven Gottman Method techniques to help couples build trust, improve communication, and create a relationship that can thrive through life’s challenges and transitions.
This experience is ideal for couples who are:
Contact us to speak to our Administrative Team who will schedule a time for a Free Consultation directly with Riley. You can ask Riley questions about the Intensive and Riley will ask you questions about your relationship to prepare for your work together. After you and Riley have determined that the Premarital Intensive is right for you, Administration will schedule your half day intensive for yourself and your partner, collect payment and assist you in signing any necessary documents. Riley will email both you and your partner an in depth Gottman assessment so that she can be prepared to quickly dig into work with the both of you.
Your wedding is one day.
Your marriage is a lifetime.
Give your relationship the attention it deserves by investing in the skills, conversations, and foundation that will support you for years to come.
Start Your Marriage with Confidence.
Schedule Your 4-Hour Premarital Intensive with Riley Polacek Today.
Pre-Marital Intensives are designed for couples who want to strengthen their connection, improve communication, and enter marriage with greater confidence, clarity, and intention.