Prepare Enrich Couples Course on Zoom
Who should participate? Prepare Enrich Couples Course is open to all couples who want to strengthen their relationship: gay & straight; young & old; interfaith & multicultural; married, engaged, or in a committed relationship. This class will pay particular attention to skill sets around mindful listening, nonviolent & non-defensive communication. Couples at all stages of their relationship can benefit from the discussions and skills introduced in this course.
Total number of class sessions: Each Prepare Enrich Couples Course meets for 13 sessions.
Location: Classes are currently done through Zoom.
How to Get Started: Interested couples must first meet for an hour with P.E. facilitator Donnel Miller-Mutia for an assessment. Donnel will ask questions about the couple and their goals, and the couple may ask Donnel questions about his background. In this conversation, the couple and the P.E. facilitator will assess together if the class is a good fit given the couple's goals. If it is a good fit and the couple decides to take the class, the facilitator will provide a quick introduction to the P.E. Couple Inventory and the registration process during this meeting.
To schedule an assessment meeting with P.E. facilitator: Contact Donnel at [email protected].
Inventory Fee: The cost for the online Prepare Enrich inventory is $35 per couple to be paid once by the couple in the P.E. website.
Suggested Donation per session: Individual coaching sessions are $50 per couple per class, payable to St. Mark's.
Frequency & Length of Class: Class meetings will be every 2 weeks for 1.5 hrs.
Class Curriculum Topics (GOOGLE SLIDES Links):
Online Readings & Exercises from the Gottman Institute
LOVE MAPS
ATTACHMENT THEORY ARTICLES
ON DREAMS
SHARED MEANING
Total number of class sessions: Each Prepare Enrich Couples Course meets for 13 sessions.
Location: Classes are currently done through Zoom.
How to Get Started: Interested couples must first meet for an hour with P.E. facilitator Donnel Miller-Mutia for an assessment. Donnel will ask questions about the couple and their goals, and the couple may ask Donnel questions about his background. In this conversation, the couple and the P.E. facilitator will assess together if the class is a good fit given the couple's goals. If it is a good fit and the couple decides to take the class, the facilitator will provide a quick introduction to the P.E. Couple Inventory and the registration process during this meeting.
To schedule an assessment meeting with P.E. facilitator: Contact Donnel at [email protected].
Inventory Fee: The cost for the online Prepare Enrich inventory is $35 per couple to be paid once by the couple in the P.E. website.
Suggested Donation per session: Individual coaching sessions are $50 per couple per class, payable to St. Mark's.
Frequency & Length of Class: Class meetings will be every 2 weeks for 1.5 hrs.
Class Curriculum Topics (GOOGLE SLIDES Links):
- Strength and Growth Areas
- Personality
- Assertiveness & Active Listening
- Personal Stress
- Conflict Resolution and Attachment Theory
- Family Maps
- Financial Management
- Intimacy
- Children/Parenting
- Spirituality
- Couples Goals
Online Readings & Exercises from the Gottman Institute
LOVE MAPS
- Love Maps Intro OR Love Map Exercise (questions only)
- Love Maps: Open Ended Questions
- Love Maps (Who Am I) - Going for Depth, PDF Version Link
- Premarital Relationships: Building Love Maps
- Build Love Maps
- The Sound Relationship House: Build Love Maps
- "I Appreciate" Exercise (PDF)
- 7 Week Guide for Creating Fondness & Admiration
- Share Fondness & Admiration
- G is for Gratitude
- Love Quiz: Fondness and Admiration
- This One Thing is the Biggest Predictor of Divorce
- Avoid the 4 Horsemen
- An Introduction to Emotional Bids and Trust
- A Guide to Recognizing Bids
- Turn Towards Instead of Away
- The Sound Relationship House: Turn Towards Instead of Away
- A Deeper Look Into Turning Away From Your Partner
- What "Turning Against" Really Means
- How to Be a Good Listener
- Repair Attempts + PDF Cheat Sheet
- Aftermath of a Fight
- Small Things Often
- Relaxation
- Invest in Your Relationship: The Emotional Bank Account
- 3 Ways to Keep Your Relationship in the Positive Perspective
- 10 Questions to Ask
- WorkBook
ATTACHMENT THEORY ARTICLES
- Attachment Styles & Their Role in Relationships (Basics of Attachment Theory)
- How Your Attachment Style Affects Your Dating Life (Basics of Attachment Theory)
- Knowing your ‘attachment style’ could make you a smarter dater (Basics of Attachment Theory)
- Managing vs. Resolving Conflict in Relationships: The Blueprints for Success (Managing Conflict)
- Questions to Ask on Issues of Conflict: Make Life Dreams Come True: Self-Discovery
- 3 Things Couple Therapy Can’t Do and What It Can (PACT Therapy: Limits of Couple's Therapy)
- Online Quiz 1: Discover Your Attachment Style
- Online Quiz 2: Relationship Attachment Style Test
- On Integrating Gottman Tools and Attachment Theory Tools (EFT)
ON DREAMS
- Make Life Dreams Come True
- Support Each Other’s Dreams
- Make Life Dreams Come True: Dreams Within Conflict
- Make Life Dreams Come True: How to Support Your Partner
SHARED MEANING
Donnel Miller-Mutia, Lay Pastoral Counselor and Relationship Educator
Donnel is a certified Prepare Enrich Relationship Facilitator. As a relationship educator & mentor, he provides relationship enrichment courses for couples of all sexual orientations and stages of relationship. He has been married for 20 years to Sylvia+ (Episcopalian Priest) and is the parent of three children. He integrates mindfulness, cross-cultural and non-defensive communication in his work. For more details on his work and education, click here.
Donnel Miller-Mutia, Lay Pastoral Counselor and Relationship Educator
Donnel is a certified Prepare Enrich Relationship Facilitator. As a relationship educator & mentor, he provides relationship enrichment courses for couples of all sexual orientations and stages of relationship. He has been married for 20 years to Sylvia+ (Episcopalian Priest) and is the parent of three children. He integrates mindfulness, cross-cultural and non-defensive communication in his work. For more details on his work and education, click here.
