"You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly."
—Sam Keen
As your counselor, I will work collaboratively with you on enriching your partnership. I will help you to discover ways in which you can set the tone and create an environment that will allow you to foster your relationship, grow together, and build on a strong foundation with intention and purpose.
Because I am a trained facilitator in using the Prepare/Enrich program, we will utilize the assessment tool as a guide, in combination with solution focused techniques, in enriching your relationship and empowering you as a couple.
Premarital Counseling and Relationship Enrichment Sessions
What is Prepare/Enrich?
This extensive series of questions is a customized couple assessment. Completed online, it identifies a couple’s strength and growth areas. Prepare/Enrich is one of the most widely used programs for premarital counseling and premarital education. It is also used for marriage counseling, marriage enrichment, and dating couples considering engagement. Based on your personalized assessment results, I will meet with you to review/discuss and understand your results, work on relationship skills, and review the values that support a strong and lasting relationship.
How much does it cost?
Sessions may last between 4- 8 weeks. The cost is $200 per session, each lasting 60 to 90 min. This includes, printed copies of all results, worksheets and materials. The online evaluation cost of $35 is paid directly by the couple.
What are the major goals of the Prepare/Enrich Program?
There are several goals of the Prepare/Enrich Program. In order to achieve these goals there are exercises designed to help couples improve their relationship skills. The program helps couples:
Explore strength and growth areas
Strengthen communication skills
Identify and manage major stressors
Resolve conflict using the Ten Step Model
Develop a more balanced relationship using Couple and Family Maps
Understand personality differences and maximize teamwork
Establish personal, couple and family goals
What relationship areas are assessed by the Inventory?
12 Relationship Scales — communication, conflict resolution, roles, sexuality, finances, spiritual beliefs and more
5 SCOPE Personality Scales
4 Couple and Family Scales — based on the Circumplex Model
4 Relationship Dynamic Scales
30 Customized Scales
Who uses Prepare/Enrich?
The inventory has been utilized by over 100,000 trained clergy members, professional counselors, mentors, and marriage educators throughout the U.S. Over 3 million couples have taken a Prepare/Enrich inventory and worked through their results under the guidance of a trained facilitator.
Above details taken from the Prepare/Enrich materials. For more information click: Prepare/Enrich Website.