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Premarital Therapy
Benefits of Premarital Therapy & What to expect with Prepare-Enrich assessment
○ What is the Prepare-Enrich Program?
■ This is a program designed for marriage preparation and marriage enrichment for couples. This includes a thorough online assessment and personalized results that provide insight into relational strengths and areas of skill-building. Assessment results are beneficial in increasing awareness across the relationship as a whole and primes couples for having discussions related to strengthening the foundation of their relationship.
○ Goals of Prepare-Enrich
■ The goals of the Prepare-Enrich Program are designed to help couples identify their strengths and 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
● Stimulate dialogue over important relational topics such as financial planning, relationship roles, beliefs, and more
● Understand and appreciate personality differences and build upon teamwork
Evidence-Based Relationship Courses
Bringing Baby Home
The greatest gift you can give your child is a close relationship between the two of you! Research shows that within three years after the birth of a baby, approximately 2/3 of new parents will experience a significant drop in relationship quality and have a dramatic increase in conflict. Bringing Baby Home is an educational program for expecting parents and families with children up to 3 years of age. The goal of the program is to improve the quality of life for babies and children by strengthening the parental relationship. It was designed by Drs. Julie and John Gottman and their research shows that families who have participated in the Program learned ways to:
- Strengthen their friendship with their partner
- Increase intimacy and affection
- Share their needs
- Deal effectively with conflict
- Keep each parent / caregiver involved in infant care and parenting
- Improve the quality of parent-infant interaction
- Recognize the psychological and emotional needs of their child
- Co-Parent effectively and understand their family philosophy
Virtual Three-Week Workshop:
Sundays (2pm-5pm) June 8 - June 22, 2025.
Saturdays (2pm-5pm) August 9- August 23, 2025
Thursdays (6pm-9pm) November 6 - November 20, 2025
7 Principles for Making Marriage Work
This workshop is for couples of every age, ability, and orientation who want to improve their relationship by learning the fundamental ingredients of a healthy couple. The Gottman Seven Principles Program is based on the belief that good relationships don't just build themselves, and problems don't just go away, without knowledge and effort.