Twogether in Texas
The eight-hour premarital education course recognized by the State of Texas. Taught by Vannah Isbell-Hughes and powered by Trinity Holistic Healing. Finish it and you skip the waiting period and save on your license.
Why couples take it
Two things change the moment you finish
No 72-hour wait
Marry the same day you collect the license
Texas normally holds couples for 72 hours between the license being issued and the ceremony. Completing the course waives that wait entirely.
$60 off the license
The state fee comes off at the clerk's window
Present your completion certificate when you apply and $60 is taken off the marriage license fee. In most counties that covers nearly the whole cost.
Your instructor
Vannah Isbell-Hughes, MA, NCC, LCDC, CSAT, RYT200
State approved Twogether in Texas instructor
Vannah runs Trinity Holistic Healing and heads the practice. Counseling is her day job, not something she picked up to teach a course, and the Twogether in Texas material sits inside a much larger practice built around couples.
She works with people before the wedding and long after it. That is the reason the course covers what it covers. The subjects the state requires are the same ones she sees couples come back about years later.
Credentials
- MAMaster of Arts in Counseling
- NCCNational Certified Counselor
- LCDCLicensed Chemical Dependency Counselor
- CSATCertified Sex Addiction Therapist
- RYT200Registered Yoga Teacher, 200 hour
Powered by Trinity
Trinity Holistic Healing
The counseling practice Vannah heads, and the practice the course runs out of. Full detail on their approach, availability, and wider services is on their own site.
The course
Eight hours, five subjects
The state sets the curriculum. These are the areas the course has to cover, and the ones couples get the most out of.
- Communication that holds up under pressure
- Conflict management and repair
- Money, budgeting, and shared financial goals
- Expectations about family, children, and roles
- Building and keeping commitment
- 1
Book the course
Pick a date that lands within twelve months of your license application. Sessions run in person or online.
- 2
Complete eight hours
The full state curriculum, taught in a single day or split across sessions to suit your schedule.
- 3
Collect your certificate
You receive the completion certificate the county clerk needs to see.
- 4
Apply and marry
Hand the certificate in with your application. The fee drops, the wait disappears, and you can marry that day.
The course stands on its own, but most couples who take it have us marry them too.
Best value
Twogether in Texas + Officiant
$350
The state approved course paired with your officiant. Skip the wait and the license fee.
