Prepare-Enrich Program for Couples Counseling

Helping couples strengthen or salvage their relationship is no easy task.  How do you encourage productive conversations? How do you address issues couples have if they are not yet aware of their problems? How do you identify their relationship strengths? What relationship skills can you teach to help couples resolve current issues and prevent future problems? How can you quickly understand a couple's needs and maximize your impact?

PREPAPARE-ENRICH by Life Innovations is a program designed to build stronger marriages and prevent divorce. The PREPAPARE-ENRICH Program enables counselors to identify the couple’s specific strength and growth areas, understand each other’s personality and hardwiring, teach them communication and conflict resolution skills, and help them resolve key relationship issues.

The Most Trusted Relationship Assessment

This program is suitable for dating, engaged, cohabitating, married, step and remarried couples, military, and transitional couples (over 50), as well as those seeking foster care or adoption preparation or when the primary focus is on parenting. It is fully customized, taking into account spiritual, culture, and other circumstantial aspects of the couple situation. The parenting version is particularly helpful for remarried couples with children who are struggling with stepfamily integration (blending).

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

  • Explore family of origin issues

  • Discuss financial planning and budgeting

  • Establish personal, couple and family goals

  • Understand and appreciate personality differences

How do I get started?

Choose a PREPARE-ENRICH facilitator from the list of Counselors below

  • Schedule a counseling appointment with your choice for a “diagnostic interview” and to determine if PREPARE-ENRICH is right for you.

  • Expect to pay the Assessment fee of $35 on line once your counselor sets you up

  • Plan on 6-10 (45 minute) appointments to complete the PREPARE-ENRICH Program

  • Insurance does not always cover couple counseling in the absence of a mental health diagnosis. Your counselor will discuss this with you at your initial appointment

Prepare Enrich Facilitators

Lesley Lanier Smith, LPC-S, RYT-200

Topher Scott, RYT-200

Charity Crawford, LMSW, PMH-C

Harmony Smith

Liz Woodruff, LPC Associate

Le’Anna Paul