The credential premarital work has been waiting for.

Most clinicians were never trained to guide a couple through the conversations that decide a marriage. The Certified Pre-Marital Specialist™ (CPMS™) certification changes that. Built on the Before I Do Method™, it trains you to assess readiness, work with attachment and history, navigate money, family, faith, and values differences, and hold the harder conversations with structure and warmth, before the wedding rather than repairing after it.

What the certification includes

The complete Before I Do Method™ across nineteen modules of clinical-depth training. Sixteen NBCC continuing education hours on the Clinical track. The Practitioner's Handbook and the operations manual that takes you from first intake to closing session. Your certification exam. A listing in the Premarital Counseling Directory, where engaged couples find certified Specialists. And the letters after your name: CPMS™.

Who this is for

Therapists, counselors, and helping professionals who want premarital work as a defined offer in their practice, delivered on a proven framework, not improvised from general couples training.

The pathway

Certification is the beginning, not the ceiling. Certified Specialists in good standing may advance to Lead Premarital Specialist, teaching the Method to other practitioners, and Master Premarital Specialist, training the trainers. One credential, earned in steps.

Ready to carry this work well?

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