Couple Counseling

Marriage prep and enrichment in South Whitley, Indiana.

The Prepare/Enrich Program provides couples with a computerized inventory to quickly gather information about each partner. This online inventory and report has been used by over two million couples nationally and allows the couple (aided by a trained facilitator) to identify and talk about their relationship strengths and growth areas

PREPARE/ENRICH Program Goals:
     * Explore relationship strength and growth areas     
     * Strengthen couple communication skills, including Forgiveness
     * Identify and manage major stressors     
     * Learn conflict resolution strategies using the Ten Step Model    
     * Explore family-of-origin issues using the Couple and Family Map (Circumplex Model)
     * Discuss financial planning and budgeting
     * Develop personal, couple and family goals
     * Understand and appreciate personality differences

Each partner completes the inventory online (40-60 minutes). Then you meet with pastor Jerry, the facilitator, and review your results. We will schedule meetings to help you talk to one another about the issues identified and/or whatever is on your mind leading up to or growing in your marriage. I will provide you with time-tested exercises to increase understanding and skill in the areas of growth.

The PREPARE/ENRICH Program can help you get to know each other and understand each other better. This program and facilitated counseling cannot, however, guarantee how you and your partner use the information provided. Whether you take the inventory or not, you have uncomfortable truths and differences to face as a couple at points in your long-term relationship and marriage.  How you deal with these difficulties will determine the success of your relationship.

The Prepare/Enrich Program can be taken at any time - even in the months after you marry. However, I recommend taking this program 6 months or more prior to making your wedding preparations. This gives you time to examine the dynamics of your relationship, work on growth areas, and make informed decisions. Love is multifaceted and dynamic. Marital and premarital counseling is a gift you give yourselves that helps you ride the currents of your closest relationship.

“You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”
                                                                        ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn