Jean Fitzpatrick, L.P., New York Individual and Couples Therapy

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The best preparation for your big day...and a fulfilling life together.

Jean Fitzpatrick


As you anticipate your big day and share your dreams for the future, this is an exciting and busy time.  Engaged couples often wonder whether premarital counseling is really necessary or helpful.   Why not think of it as a wonderful opportunity to learn how to keep the romance alive for a lifetime?



For over 20 years Jean Fitzpatrick has helped couples learn to build and sustain a strong, honest, mutually sustaining marriage.  Your work together is specifically tailored to your needs.  Together you agree on goals and, creating a warm, supportive atmosphere, Jean works with you actively to help you reach them. 

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Even the happiest couples experience stress and conflict, and with half of all marriages ending in divorce, it's essential to learn how to deal with these constructively as you prepare for the wedding and in the years to come.  Today's couples -- with partners managing two careers, often while raising children -- face unique challenges.  You're busy people with interesting lives, and as you seek to join together for a lifetime you need the skills to maintain an intimate, mutually nurturing relationship. 


Ask about Jean's 5-session premarriage package.  What you get:
1.  5 private sessions for you and your fiance in Jean's quiet, convenient midtown Manhattan office.  Depending on your schedule and preferences, you can arrange for 5 individual 60-minute sessions, as 2 longer sessions, or as 1 5-hour workshop.
2.  A detailed online premarital test and a written evaluation of how your life experience and personal styles are likely to influence your marriage ($30 value);
3.  Your own copy of Take Back Your Wedding by William Doherty and Elizabeth Doherty Thomas, the most sensible and compassionate guide available ($12.99 value);
4.  Email support between sessions when you have questions or concerns and need a response from a trained, experienced professional.

You can arrange for premarriage sessions anytime, but the best time is as soon as you get engaged.  That way you can schedule them at your convenience, rely on solid support through all the stress of wedding plans, and avoid cramming in sessions between last-minute dress fittings.  To learn more about the premarriage package, call Jean at 646.801.8550 or email jean@therapistnyc.com.




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Now is the time to be sure you're on the right track.  In premarital counseling you can learn how to carve out space for each other in the midst of your busy week. You can learn effective ways to communicate and manage conflict.  You can gain a better idea of how your family of origin has taught you about marriage -- and explore how to bring your own creativity to your relationship.  You can learn positive approaches to religious or cultural differences.  You can talk about important goals for yourselves and your marriage. 

Most of all, you can learn to build on your strengths and work as a team to nurture a relationship that will, in turn, nurture the two of you. As you choose a premarital counselor, it's important to find someone who helps you feel comfortable.  Jean works with many people who seek to bring their analytical skills and creativity to the art of building a life together.  Engaged couples say their premarital counseling time is meaningful and special.  

Sessions can be tailored to your schedules at this busy time.  Some couples plan regular hour-long sessions.  Other prefer to set aside time for fewer, longer meetings.  Talk with Jean about what will work for you.

To learn more about premarital counseling with Jean Fitzpatrick, or to set up an introductory session, email Jean at
jean@therapistnyc.com or call her at 914.941.6478 or 646.801.8550.  Jean's Manhattan office is on a tree-lined street in midtown, convenient to all transportation.  Her Westchester office is easily reached from the Taconic State Parkway, the Saw Mill, or Route 9 or 9A.

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Jean Fitzpatrick is a member of Marriage Friendly Therapists, an advanced practitioner network featured in USA Today,National Public Radio, and the Harvard Mental Health Letter. The network is listed as a resource by the National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Network, funded by the federal government, for couples who need marriage counseling.  Here's what they wrote:  "The National Registry of Marriage Friendly Therapists was developed to help marriages by linking couples with the most highly qualified therapists in the country."

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N.Y. Licensed Psychoanalyst
Member, American Association of Pastoral Counselors
Individual and Couple/Marriage Counseling
midtown Manhattan and Westchester County
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