Personal marriage support
With our marriage coaching, we want to strengthen and support couples in their marriage and help them grow practically in their relationship.
Why marriage coaching?
You want to strengthen your relationship and develop your marriage further beyond what you’ve already achieved. With a marriage coaching couple, you’ll find neutral listeners who help you put your thoughts and feelings into words. This sharpens your understanding of your own situation. Self-worth and self-confidence are strengthened. For couples in conflict situations, the conversations help you find a new “yes” to your husband or wife and recognise a new perspective for your marriage.
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Your options
You can choose between a one-off check-in conversation or a series of conversations on a specific topic.
Marriage coaching with a series of conversations
Who is a series of conversations suitable for?
You want to nurture your relationship as a couple. You may notice a growing distance and expect less and less from your partnership, or certain topics occasionally or more often lead to tension.
With a marriage coaching couple, you have someone who listens to you well. They walk an encouraging path with you and your topics. A series of conversations starts with an initial meeting and ends with a check-in where you decide on next steps.
We recommend 4–6 conversations of 1½ hours each.
One-off check-in conversation
Who is a check-in conversation suitable for?
For couples who have been married for many years and would like to gain new perspectives on their relationship, but don’t come with a fixed topic. A check-in conversation offers insights into growth and needs.
The conversation with a coaching couple enables a fresh look at your marriage. If you wish, we use the couple assessment “Prepare & Enrich”, which must be completed in advance. Afterwards, you can agree on further steps with the couple supporting you.
Process
1. Registration
As soon as we receive your registration via the registration form, we will forward it to a couple in your area. They will contact you to arrange an appointment. The conversations take place at the coaching couple’s home. You’ll meet a couple who supports you as equals. The initial meeting gives you the space to decide calmly whether this conversation offer is a good fit for you.
2. Initial meeting
In an initial meeting, you get to know the coaching couple and how they work. After the initial meeting, all four participants decide whether the series of conversations will continue. Can a relationship of trust be built, and does the marriage coaching offer meet expectations?
For couples who cannot be given the necessary support through marriage coaching, a list of counsellors is available. They provide counselling in a professional setting for a fee. In some cases, marriage coaching can accompany counselling. In that case, it’s recommended to address this addition in the initial meeting.
3. Conversation topics
You decide the topics of the conversations. Or the coaching couple suggests topics based on your goals and their experience. We conduct the conversations on a Christian basis. Anyone can take part without any faith prerequisites. Whether and how prayer accompanies the conversations is something you decide in consultation with the coaching couple.
What you can expect from a marriage coaching couple
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In our own marriage, we have found marriage conversations helpful both in everyday life and in crisis situations.
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Our lifestyle is shaped by the Christian faith. We are open to couples from other backgrounds.
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We open up our private living room and occasionally give insight into our married life.
At the moment, we only have marriage coaching couples who live in Switzerland. If the journey is too long, we also offer conversations via Zoom video call.
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We are integrated into ICF Zurich and lead the conversations as volunteer team members as a contribution to our church. After training for marriage coaching couples, we attend intervision and further training Events at ICF Zurich at least twice a year.
Our marriage coaches
Susanne and Robert Meier
We’ve been married for 50 years, have 3 children and 2 grandchildren, and live in Wallisellen. We enjoy nature, community with inspiring conversations, and exchanging thoughts about the faith that shapes our lives.
Britta and Olli Olmesdahl
Olli and Britta Olmesdahl have been married since 1994, have 3 adult children and are now grandparents. They love sport, time with the family, travelling and good food.
Lucy and Roger Dill
We’ve been married for 30 years, have two adult sons and live in Langnau am Albis. We love experiencing different sports, alone or together, in beautiful nature. Strengthening marriage and family is our passion.
Raoul and Marianne Hottinger
Both are 60 years old and have four adult children. Their hobbies are: spending time with people, hiking and cycling.
Ingrid and Karl Brühlmann
We “gilded” our “marriage journey” in 2025. And we’re still experiencing new facets of our marriage relationship. Since ICF has offered marriage coaching, we’ve been supporting couples in their preparation for marriage and along the way in marriage. Seeing marriages thrive is our passion.
Simon and Monika Wittwer
We are Simon and Monika Wittwer, married since 2017 and living in Zurich. Simon works in marketing, Monika in HR and as a psychosocial counsellor.
Katja and Andreas Staub
We’ve been married since 2009 and live near Lucerne as well as in the Bad Ragaz area. Together we have seven adult children in a patchwork family and run a company together. Katja is a trained psychosocial counsellor and coach. Andreas brings many years of leadership experience.