According to research by Williams (2007), the majority of premarital counseling today is offered by churches. Some churches require couples to participate in some type of counseling using skills programs incorporating scriptural guidelines before getting married. Couples also encounter other forms of premarital counseling such as: premarital counseling with clergy, committed meetings, couples mentors, and full-day workshops. The most common premarital counseling within a church is for the couple to meet privately with a member of the clergy, which is known. as premarital counseling with clergy. The clergy decides how many meetings the couple must go through. For example, a clergy may have one session with a couple and discuss marriage plans, but some may have multiple marriage preparation sessions to explore several areas of the relationship such as communication, conflict resolution, egalitarian roles, sexuality, commitment, finances and personality issues. The Catholic Church uses two types of approaches: the engaged meeting and the one-day workshops. Engage meeting gives different presentations on marriage by a team of married couples or by a member of the clergy. After the presentation, individuals are given time to reflect and write about their feelings, and share privately with their partner. In a full-day workshop, engaged couples attend an entire day where they have several speakers such as married couples, clergy, or experts in a field who present on a number of different topics, including establishing effective communication, development and spiritual education within marriage. , dealing with financial matters. In the approach of mentor couples; The couple meets a married couple who offers them mentorship. The ...... middle of paper ......e and the relationship. Couples in the second section focus on self-exploration: love, myths, family rules, relationships and romance. Couples in the third section teaches couples to develop empathy for their partner and shows couples how to differentiate between the need for bonding and the need for sex. Couples identify caring behaviors they would like from their partners and identify “turn-ons/turn-offs.” The couples in the fourth section explore the pleasure of physical bonding and touch. It also addresses early sexual decisions, sexual myths and jealousy. The fifth section is used to clarify expectations and goals. After completing all five sessions, couples use the skills and knowledge learned to help them negotiate a contract or set of expectations for their relationship. Works Cited Williams, L. (2007). Premarital counseling. Journal of Couples and Relationship Therapy, 6(1/2), 207-217.