Comprehensive Coverage:
Every Topic and Trait

The PREPARE/ENRICH assessment delves deeply into crucial aspects of your partnership, providing actionable insights across numerous key areas. This holistic approach ensures that no stone is left unturned, giving you a complete picture of your relationship's landscape. By exploring these diverse topics, you'll gain clarity, foster understanding, and develop practical strategies for a thriving future.

Communication

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Improve how you talk, express feelings, and truly listen to each other. This includes understanding verbal and non-verbal cues, and developing effective communication habits for daily life and conflict.

Conflict Resolution

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Learn constructive ways to effectively handle disagreements, navigate sensitive topics, and move towards mutually satisfying solutions, transforming conflict into an opportunity for growth.

Finances

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Align attitudes, habits, and expectations about money management, spending, saving, and financial goals. Openly discuss budgets, debt, and future investments to foster financial harmony.

Leisure Activities

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Find a healthy balance between individual pursuits and shared activities. Discuss hobbies, social lives, and how you spend your free time to ensure both connection and personal fulfillment.

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Personal Stress

Identify personal and shared stressors, and develop healthy coping strategies to manage life's pressures. Learn to support each other through stressful periods and build resilience as a couple.

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Personality Types

Gain a deeper understanding of individual traits, preferences, and how your unique personalities interact and influence the dynamics of your relationship, both positively and in areas of potential friction.

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Relationship Roles

Define and discuss how to share decision-making, responsibilities, and tasks within the partnership and household, ensuring fairness and mutual satisfaction in your division of labor.

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Partner Habits

Address those quirks that seem cute now but might drive you crazy later. Learn to navigate differences in cleanliness, sleep schedules, and personal habits before they become battlegrounds.

Sex & Affection

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Discuss expectations, preferences, and desires related to physical intimacy and affection, fostering an open and comfortable dialogue to maintain a fulfilling intimate connection.

Children & Parenting

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Align your visions about whether, when, and how to raise children. Discuss discipline styles, education values, and family planning before major decisions arise.

Family & Friends

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Tackle the tricky territory of in-laws, family expectations, and friend dynamics. Establish healthy boundaries and united approaches to external relationships that impact your marriage.

Household Responsibilities

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Discover the unspoken assumptions and hidden expectations that shape how you and your partner divide up household duties. Many couples enter marriage with preconceived notions about who should be responsible for different chores and tasks, often based on gender norms or family upbringing.

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Spirituality

Explore the role of faith, values, and meaning in your relationship. Create strategies for respecting differences while finding common ground in your spiritual lives together.

Joint Life Goals

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Navigate the marriage journey hand-in-hand. Address hidden expectations to build trust and teamwork. Embrace meaningful conversations and set yourselves up for a lifetime of fulfillment.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Assessment

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  • You'll complete the assessment online after receiving an email that will take you to the assessment page. You will enter your unique code emailed to you to get started.

  • Each person typically takes about 30-45 minutes to complete their portion of the assessment. You can save your progress and return later if needed. Graciela will receive your results immediately after both partners have finished.

  • No. For the most accurate insights, each partner completes their assessment separately, without discussion or influence from the other.

  • Absolutely not! PREPARE/ENRICH has no pass or fail. It's designed to provide awareness and pinpoint areas where skill-building can strengthen your relationship.

  • Once both partners have completed the assessment, Graciela will schedule a dedicated debrief session to review your personalized report and discuss your strengths and growth areas.

  • Disagreements are natural and expected. The assessment is designed to highlight these areas, providing a safe and structured opportunity for discussion and deeper understanding with Graciela's guidance.

  • You may uncover some areas that need some growth and you can be certain that Graciela will help you through any conflict that potentially arises. It is better to work out any issues before marriage. Issues don’t disappear after marriage - they get bigger over time.

  • Yes, your responses are completely confidential. The PREPARE/ENRICH company only collects you first name and email address. Graciela uses a HIPAA compliant and securely encrypted platform to store any personal identifying information.

The Premarital Counseling Program

  • The private premarital counseling sessions or private Half-Day Intensives will give you the absolute most personalization and customized attention. The private sessions are best for couples wanting privacy from others and who may have complex issues they face together or in their families. The Engaged Weekenders are just as effective in reducing the risk of divorce by 31% but have less personalization in a group setting.

  • No, children should not be present so that we avoid any distractions and so that we may discuss real adult issues that may be inappropriate for children to hear.

  • Yes, you can take the online assessment from PREPARE/ENRICH that is customized for married couples and covers the same relationship areas as the premarital program. It will greatly improve the quality of the relationship.

  • You will be provided with your Couples Report, Couples Workbook, and all necessary materials to complete the program when you arrive. For those doing a Private Half-Day Intensive or Engaged Weekender, make sure to eat before your initensive day. Light refreshments will be available.

  • You can complete the entire program via live video with Graciela online. Graciela is licensed to provide her services to persons located in Nevada or California. Unfortunately, we cannot provide services to those in other states at this time.

  • Yes, it is always a pleasure to work with couples part of the rainbow community, couples in mixed culture relationships, couples of specific religions, and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color).

  • Yes, many folks prefer to answer the assessment questions in their native language. The PREPARE/ENRICH Assessment is available in 12 languages. You may also make a special request for your Couples Workbook to be in your native language.

Payment Information

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  • Yes, you have the option of splitting the fee into four interest-free payments with PayPal Pay Later. Read more here.

  • All major debit and credit cards and PayPal.

  • Health insurance is normally reserved for healthcare conditions and insurance companies don’t normally cover premarital counseling, give that they require a medical diagnosis to bill them. If you have a unique situation, you are welcome to reach out about it.