Prepare & Enrich

The Prepare/Enrich Inventories can help you build a better marriage, whether you're a young couple just starting out, starting a blended family, or already married but seeking new spirit and growth in your marriage.

Working with a counselor trained to evaluate your strengths and growth areas, you will have the foundation on which to build a successful, loving relationship.

The ultimate goal is to help couples prepare for marriage (PREPARE Program) and to enrich the marriage of those already married (ENRICH Program). These are the most popular couple programs in the United States and they are also available in ten other countries. Over 1,000,000 couples have taken the very popular PREPARE/ENRICH Program in the United States. Over 50,000 professional counselors (marital & family therapists, psychologists, social workers) and clergy of all denominations use the Program throughout the United States.

The following inventories are available through this program:. 

• PREPARE - premarital couples
• PREPARE-MC - premarital couples with children
• PREPARE-CC - cohabiting couples with or without children
• ENRICH - for married couples
• MATE - for couples over the age of 50

The Inventories are comprehensive, diagnostically valuable and designed to generate a meaningful dialogue between the counselor and the couple.

The PREPARE/ENRICH Inventories have been scientifically developed to have high levels of reliability, validity and clinical utility.

Pastor Wesley Noss is a trained Prepare/Enrich Counselor and offers this program to any who are interested.

Six Goals of Program: 
 1.  To explore Relationship Strengths and Growth Areas
 2.  To learn Assertiveness and Active Listening Skills
 3.  To learn how to resolve conflict using the Ten Step Model
 4.  To help the couple discuss their Family-of-Origin
 5.  To help the couple with financial planning and budget
 6.  To focus on personal, couple and family goals

Focuses on Significant Issues for Couples: 
Communication
Conflict Resolution
Personality Issues
Marriage Expectations
Financial Management
Leisure Activities
Sexual Relationship
Children and Parenting
Family and Friends
Role Relationship
Spiritual Beliefs
Couple Closeness
Family Closeness
Couple Flexibility
Family Flexibility