PREPARE/ENRICH: Premarital Coaching at Del Ray Psych & Wellness
Build a Strong Foundation for Your Life Together
At Del Ray Psych & Wellness, our premarital coaching program uses the PREPARE/ENRICH model — a gold-standard, research-based tool that helps couples prepare intentionally for marriage. PREPARE/ENRICH gives you both clarity, insight, and practical skills so that your partnership starts strong — not just on your wedding day, but for the years ahead.
What Is the PREPARE/ENRICH Program?
1.) Personalized Online Assessment
You and your partner each take a confidential, tailored online inventory. The questions are customized to your relationship stage (dating, engaged, or newlywed), and they cover a wide range of topics: communication, conflict, finances, intimacy, roles, parenting, spirituality, and more.
2.) Detailed Facilitator Report
Based on your responses, you’ll receive a comprehensive Facilitator Report that highlights your strengths, growth areas, and alignment — and will guide our conversations.
3.) Tailored Feedback & Skill Building
In weekly sessions, your clinician will walk you through the report, help you unpack findings, and give you exercises from the Prepare/Enrich couples workbook. These activities are designed to strengthen your relationship skills: communication, conflict resolution (including Prepare/Enrich’s 10-step conflict model), goal-setting, stress management, and more.
4.) Actionable Growth
Rather than just revealing insights, this program empowers you to change: you’ll learn practical tools to deepen connection, negotiate differences, and develop a shared vision for your life together.
Why Choose PREPARE/ENRICH with Us?
Evidence-Based: The PREPARE/ENRICH system is grounded in decades of research on couple dynamics.
Comprehensive & Custom: The assessment customizes itself to your situation — whether you’re dating, engaged, or blending families.
Strengths-Based: It’s not just about solving problems — you’ll also identify and build on what’s already going well.
Skill Development: You’ll get tools for communication, conflict resolution, financial planning, understanding personality differences, and aligning on personal and couple goals.
Proven Impact: Studies show that this program can significantly improve relationship satisfaction — for example, in one eight-week version using trained facilitators, couples showed major gains in relationship health.
Flexible & Inclusive: Whether you're faith-based, secular, remarrying, or planning a blended family, PREPARE/ENRICH offers versions to match your context.
What to Expect from Our 8-Week Format:
While every couple’s journey is different, here’s a rough outline of how our 8-week premarital counseling might flow using the PREPARE/ENRICH framework:
Week Focus Area
Orientation, intake, and introduction to the assessment process
Review assessment results: strengths & alignment
Communication styles, personality profiles, and partner habits
Conflict resolution (using the 10-step model) and stress responses
Finances, budget, and shared financial values
Intimacy, affection, and expectations around roles
Family background, parenting, and life goals
Integrating insights, creating a shared vision, and planning for the future
Who Benefits from This:
Engaged couples who want to enter marriage with intention
Dating couples thinking about a long-term commitment
Couples blending families or navigating second marriages
Partners wanting to align on finances, children, and life goals
Couples who value an evidence-based, strengths-focused, relational approach
Ready to Begin?
Ready to invest in your relationship before walking down the aisle? Reach out today to schedule a free consultation and learn more about how our PREPARE/ENRICH premarital program can serve you.
Take the first step today, call 571-281-0338 ext. 0, email office@delraypsych.com or fill out the form below to schedule your first session or a free 15-minute consultation. We will respond within 48 hours.
