Tag Archives: prepare enrich

Advice for therapists: Helping Step-Families Survive

Advice for MFT & Prepare Enrich Facilitators: In honor of Step Families day September 16th, we  want to celebrate all kinds of healthy relationships by highlighting the uniqueness of blended families. We have asked the advice of our trusted step-family experts – Tace and Carmen Wieczorek, Trainers and Certified P/E Facilitators, and Ron Deal, co-author of The Smart Stepfamily […]

Prepare enrich assessment can measure relationship closeness and flexibility

emotional affair

Prepare enrich assessment measure relationship closeness & flexibility with Couple & Family Maps This week we look at the prepare enrich assessment, focused on “Couple & Family Maps” derived from the Circumplex Model.   The Couple and Family Maps are powerful tools to use in helping couples and families better understand why they perceive their […]

Balancing “I” and “We” in Relationships

how to improve our attachments

When there is too much “I” and not enough “We.” When maintaining a sense of closeness is not a priority, intimacy atrophies. It can happen gradually. One day you wake up and suddenly realize you just feel so… far away… from your partner. How did that happen? And how do you get back that sense […]