166: Marriage Therapy and Pre-Cana ft. Jessica Barboza

The Catholic Feminist

Claire Swinarski

Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Politics, Jesus, Catholic, Religion, Socialjustice, Christianity, Feminist, Women

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🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

A few months ago I heard one of my favorite podcasters mention that she went to marriage counseling sometimes with her husband, and I’m embarrassed to admit that I was a bit…scandalized. I know! I stink. But in my mind, marriage therapy was for people who were, like, borderline divorce. It seemed awkward and shameful. And even though we’d had plenty of episodes on therapy, I realized I still had barriers built up around the idea of marriage counseling. Thankfully, marriage and family therapist Jessica Barboza could join me for a chat all about what marriage therapy is (and isn’t!) She’s also very passionate about the pre-cana experience and how our marriage prep classes often fail to truly prepare couples for the sacrament of marriage. This episode is perfect for any engaged women or women who have been struggling to communicate well with their husband and have been considering marriage therapy. I loved talking to Jessica and I’m honored to feature our conversation today—enjoy!

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Catholic feminist, episode 166.
0:05.0	Today we're talking all about pre-Kena and having a healthy Catholic marriage.
0:10.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Letters from a Catholic feminist, our brand new
0:14.5	sub-stack newsletter coming out twice monthly. You can learn more at the Catholic
0:19.3	Feminist Podcast., slash letters. Welcome to the Catholic feminist, a podcast for strong women who want to be informed, inspired
0:30.1	and intentional.
0:31.1	I'm your host, Claire, and I'm so glad you're here. Did you know that the Catholic feminist pilgrimage is postponed until
0:49.9	October 2021? I know it's such a bummer but at the same time I take a lot of comfort in
0:55.8	knowing that God knew exactly when we were going to go on our trip to France and he
1:01.4	knew about it in his divine plan and he is going to bless this trip
1:05.0	immensely. We still have a handful of spots left and I would love if you would consider
1:09.3	joining us. We're going to Paris, we're going to Normandy. We're going to
1:13.7	LaZoo and we're tapping it all off by going to Lords. How phenomenal is that? We have
1:20.2	amazing guest speakers like Catherine Whitaker and Chika and Janu and they'd love if you would consider joining us.
1:26.7	Learn more at the Catholic Feminist Podcast.com slash pilgrimage.
1:31.5	I am super excited about today's guest. We are speaking with Jessica Barbosa.
1:37.0	Jessica is a licensed marriage and family therapist and we're talking all about today one of her major passions which is
1:45.2	how marriage prep in the church is helping couples or failing to help them and
1:51.1	what it could do better. I love her insight on when to decide if
1:55.3	marriage therapy is right for you, what marriage therapy even is, and why she
2:00.0	decided to go down this very unique path of becoming a marriage counselor.
2:05.2	She really helped me break down a lot of barriers that I had in my own head about marriage
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