This Leader’s Manual has been designed to help leaders conduct an effective marriage enrichment workshop. The manual contains an overview of the program format and issues that leaders should be aware of. Some of the key components in Section I include: how to recruit and form a group; training guidelines, how to organize the setting, […]

Rules for the Speaker: Speak for yourself, don’t mind read!; Keep statements brief; Don’t go on and on; Stop to let the listener paraphrase. Rules for the Listener: Paraphrase what you hear; Focus on the speaker’s message; Don’t rebut. Rules for Both: The speaker has the floor; Speaker keeps the floor while the listener paraphrases; […]

1. The Path of the Strong; 2. Communication; 3. Conflict Resolution; 5. Managing Finances; 6. Spiritual Beliefs; 7. Sexual Relationship; 8. Mapping Your Couple Relationship; 9. Children and Parenting; 10. Personal, Couple, and Family Goals. Part of the Empowering Couples curriculum. (Author abstract)

Rules for the Speaker: Speak for yourself, don’t mind read!; Keep statements brief; Don’t go on and on; Stop to let the listener paraphrase. Rules for the Listener: Paraphrase what you hear; Focus on the speaker’s message; Don’t rebut. Rules for Both: The speaker has the floor; Speaker keeps the floor while the listener paraphrases; […]

Rules for the Speaker: Speak for yourself, don’t mind read!; Keep statements brief; Don’t go on and on; Stop to let the listener paraphrase. Rules for the Listener: Paraphrase what you hear; Focus on the speaker’s message; Don’t rebut. Rules for Both: The speaker has the floor; Speaker keeps the floor while the listener paraphrases; […]

Chapter 1: Four Hallmarks of a Great Relationship: PREP in a Nutshell. Chapter 2: Destructive Patterns: Signs of Danger Ahead. Chapter 3: Changing Roles, Changing Rules: Men and Women in Conflict. Chapter 4: When What You Heard Isn’t What I Said: Understanding Filters in Communication. 5. Talking Safely Without Fighting: The Speaker-Listener Technique. Chapter 6. […]

Chapter 1: Four Hallmarks of a Great Relationship: PREP in a Nutshell. Chapter 2: Destructive Patterns: Signs of Danger Ahead. Chapter 3: Changing Roles, Changing Rules: Men and Women in Conflict. Chapter 4: When What You Heard Isn’t What I Said: Understanding Filters in Communication. 5. Talking Safely Without Fighting: The Speaker-Listener Technique. Chapter 6. […]

Video 1-Intro. to PREP and Communication Danger Signs. Video 2-Using the Speaker Listener Technique to Manage Conflict. Video 3-Problem Solving Made Easy. Video 4-Working Through Hidden Issues to Promote Intimacy. PREP Educational Product. (A Curriculum or workshop resource).

This ready-to-teach program helps young adults learn to create and sustain healthy, meaningful relationships. The skill-based course covers: building on individual strengths, how family experiences shape relationship expectations, developing positive conflict resolution strategies, setting life goals, improving communication patterns, love, commitment, and marriage. The program includes the Marriage Game. (PREP curriculum material)

This synthesis focuses on recent research evidence concerning one of these potentialbenefits of marriage-the effects of marriage on health. In general, married people arehealthier than those who are not married across a wide array of health outcomes(Schoenborn 2004). The existence of an association between marriage and health does notnecessarily imply that marriage causes better outcomes, […]