PREPARE / ENRICH Counselor and Clergy Training

One half of all marriages end in divorce. You can help! You can help by learning how to administer the PREPARE inventory. PREPARE is a premarital counseling program that was designed to help couples understand the strengths and its challenges of their unique relationship. PREPARE is the most widely used premarital counseling inventory; millions of couples have taken it since it was developed in the 1970s. An inventory, not a test, PREPARE is used my ministers, rabbis, and therapists to help couples prepare for their marriages. 

Initial Training Seminar 
The PREPARE Training Program will teach practitioners how to properly administer one of four inventories for couples: PREPARE for engaged/committed couples, PREPARE-CC for cohabiting couples, PREPARE-MC for those who will be marrying who already have children, ENRICH for married couples, and MATE for couples who are in mid-life without children.

During the training participants will receive the following materials: PREPARE/ENRICH Counselor's Manual (130 pages); Question Booklets and Answer Sheets for the four couple Inventories (PREPARE, PREPARE-CC, PREPARE-MC, ENRICH & MATE); and Training Materials that includes Counselor's Computer Report (15 pages); Counselor Feedback Form (4 pages); Building a Strong Marriage Workbook for Couple (25 pages); and a Complimentary Scoring Coupon (worth $30.00).  

  • No classes currently scheduled.
    Tuition:
    $175 per person

"What's Next?" Training: A Refresher Course for Counselors
Dr. Rita DeMaria, in collaboration with Life Innovations, has designed this training to help strengthen premarital education in the community. This workshop is for counselors who are already certified facilitators of the PREPARE/ENRICH inventories but may be uncertain of how to use them, or feel overwhelmed in how to administer and interpret the couple report. 

You will learn how to interpret all the PREPARE/ENRICH content areas, how to provide effective feedback to couples you are counseling and preparing for marriage and how to use the couple report with couples and groups. This workshop will also review how to use Individual Revised Scores, Idealistic Distortion Scores and the abuse assessment as well as how to help conflicted and devitalized couples.

  • Increase your confidence using PREPARE/ENRICH

  • Gain advanced knowledge of power of PREPARE/ENRICH

  • Learn new strategies for helping couples

  • Access the expertise of others highly trained and skilled in PREPARE/ENRICH administration

No classes currently scheduled.
Tuition:
$65

For information on available dates, fees, and programs designed for your unique needs, contact Dr. Rita DeMaria at 215-628-2450 or click here to email her

For more information about the effectiveness of the PREPARE program contact Life Innovations, Inc. at 800-331-1661 or www.lifeinnovations.com

 

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