Will You Be My Counselor?

I've been thinking, thinking, thinking about this a lot lately.... Like EVERYONE, my fiance and I have a lot going on. We both work a lot, and planning a wedding has proven to take up much more time than I imagined! It's tough, tough, tough for us to make time to see each other. Quite often, I don't see him until late on worknights and he works most every Saturday, so even the weekends are chockfull. SO that's challenging.

When we DO get to see each other, often we need to lay out some long overdue wedding or money conversation. We've found that we even need to schedule our quality time so that every waking moment isn't taken up with the day-to-day details of life. You've gotta go to dinner and a movie once in a while, ya know? Spontaneity when it comes to fun dates just does not happen. Maybe someday. I am sure just about all of you deal with the same thing.

Anyway, we have yet another thing we need to make time for: pre-marital counseling. I don't want to put it off until spring, as I know we'll be cray-cray with wedding details - so hopefully we can get the ball rolling on the counseling thing within the next few months. December is actually downtime for us, so that might be perfect.

There are quite a few options when it comes to premarital counseling. Of what I've seen, we can choose a church-based option or we could also choose a psychologist-based option. I am open to both, but I also kinda want to DO both. Pastors obviously counsel hundreds of couples, but I appreciate the PhD in Psychology that a secular counselor might have. I also appreciate the spiritual aspect, too, though.

Hmm, what to do, what to do. My friend A suggested several options that she and her hubby found helpful - what do you all suggest? Anything work especially well for you?