Every couple. No exceptions.

Heterosexual couples and LGBTQ+ couples. Couples newly engaged and couples engaged for years. Couples preparing for their first marriage and couples preparing for their second. Couples who share a faith, couples from different traditions, and couples who don't practice any. Couples already living together and couples not yet. Long-distance couples. Couples building blended families. Couples who've been together five months or twenty-five years and want to do this work intentionally.

The inventory adapts. The language adapts. The assumptions get checked at the door. We don't change the rigor of the work for any couple — we change the language and assumptions to match the couple in front of us, every time.

Yes. Gift cards are available for any package on either path. You pick what you'd like to give; we send you a digital gift card. The couple redeems it on their own time, completes their inventory, and books sessions when they're ready. Gift cards are valid for one year. More on the Gift a Session page.

We start with a short conversation to get to know each other. I'll explain how the inventory works, walk you through the next steps, and answer any questions you have.

Then, both of you complete the FOCCUS or REFOCCUS inventory online — separately, on your own time. The number of questions depends on your situation (whether you're already living together, whether you're an interfaith couple, whether children are part of the picture, and so on). Each question is answered with a Yes, No, or I Don't Know. The inventory generates a personalized report highlighting areas of strong alignment, areas of disconnection, and topics worth talking about.

In each session, we work through specific topics from the report. I don't read it to you — we use it as a map. You'll talk to each other more than to me. My job is to ask the questions that help you go deeper, hold space when conversations get tender, and offer language for things that didn't have language before.

Each session lasts 60 to 75 minutes. Most couples meet with me for three to five sessions, scheduled weekly or every two weeks.

Absolutely! What's said in a Claridad session stays in a Claridad session. We don't share the contents of your conversations with anyone — not your families, not your wedding officiants, not the parish if there is one. The only exception is if there's an immediate safety concern, in which case we follow Florida's standard mandated-reporting practices.

Your inventory results belong to you. We use them during sessions, and we'll share a copy with you if you'd like to keep it. 

Before the Yes is for couples preparing for marriage — engaged couples, couples renewing their commitment, couples making a major life decision together. It uses the FOCCUS inventory.

Rediscovery is for couples who have been together five years or longer and want to reconnect, recalibrate, or pay attention to their relationship in an intentional way. It uses the REFOCCUS inventory.

If you're not sure which is right for you, the discovery call is the place to figure it out together.

No. Claridad is relationship preparation and enrichment — not therapy, not counseling, not mental health treatment. In Florida, "counseling" is a protected term under Chapter 491 of Florida Statutes, and we don't use it.

What we do is guided, structured conversation that helps couples surface the topics most marriages struggle with — money, family, intimacy, communication, future plans — before those topics arrive at the worst possible time. If your relationship is in crisis or you need clinical support, a licensed therapist is the right person, and we're happy to suggest referrals.

No. We use the FOCCUS and REFOCCUS inventories because decades of research show they produce the conversations couples most need to have. The instruments themselves were developed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha, but Claridad is entirely independent — from FOCCUS Inc. USA, from the Archdiocese, and from any church. In our sessions, the spirituality questions become conversations about values and meaning. If a couple wants to foreground faith, we honor that. If they don't, we don't.

No. 

Video sessions — in English or Spanish — are available from anywhere, and are how most of the couples meet with us. The quality of the facilitation is identical either way. What matters is the conversation between the two of you.

In-person sessions are available in St. Augustine and nearby areas.  

Both. Claridad facilitates in English and Spanish as equals — not as translation. You choose the language at the discovery call, and we hold the entire process in that language: the inventory, the sessions, the materials. Some couples prefer mixing languages naturally as the conversation calls for it. That's welcome too.

A fixed deposit holds your booking; the balance is paid before your second session. This lets you commit without paying everything upfront, and lets us hold a real space on the calendar for the work you're committing to.

All payments are processed securely through Stripe. We accept all major credit and debit cards. We don't take insurance — Claridad is not a medical service.

Full pricing is on the Services page.