Prepare / Enrich Program

Prepare/Enrich is one of the most widely used and well-researched relationship assessment programs in the world, used with millions of couples. It begins with an online questionnaire that maps your relationship's strengths and the areas worth exploring more deeply, and those results become the basis for a series of guided sessions. It is designed to help couples understand each other more fully and build strong foundations, whether preparing for marriage or deepening an existing commitment.

No. While Prepare/Enrich is well known as a premarital program, it is valuable for couples at any stage of committed relationship. Couples come when moving in together, before starting a family, when navigating blended family life, or simply because they want to understand each other better and strengthen their connection. It is suitable whether you have been together six months or many years.

Each partner completes an online questionnaire separately and honestly, answering questions about many areas of your relationship. The responses are analysed to produce a detailed picture of your relationship's strengths and growth areas. This becomes the map for our sessions together, so rather than talking in general terms, we can focus on what is most relevant and meaningful for the two of you.

Not at all. Prepare/Enrich is not about diagnosing problems or judging whether a relationship is strong enough. Most couples who take part are doing well and simply want to approach an important transition with intention, understand each other more clearly, and build good habits early. It is a proactive, strengthening process, not a corrective one.

Together we explore communication styles and conflict patterns, intimacy and connection, values and expectations, family of origin, finances and shared decision-making, roles and responsibilities, life goals, parenting and family planning, and shared meaning. We approach these not as a checklist to complete, but as a meaningful conversation about what each of you brings and what you are building together.

The program is offered as a complete package inclusive of the online assessment, for $650. It is delivered as either three 50-minute sessions or two 75-minute sessions, depending on the pacing that best suits you as a couple. This gives us enough time to work through your results properly and have the conversations that matter, without feeling rushed. If you would like to continue with further sessions afterwards, that can always be arranged.

Couples counselling usually responds to current distress or difficulty, while Prepare/Enrich is a structured, forward-looking program built around an assessment of your relationship. It is more focused and time-limited, and works well for couples who are doing well and want to strengthen their foundations rather than address a specific crisis. That said, the conversations it opens can be just as meaningful, and some couples move into ongoing counselling afterwards if they wish.

Yes. The program is available in person in Thornbury and online via secure telehealth for couples across Australia. Because the assessment is completed online and the sessions work well over video, many couples do the whole program remotely, which can make it easier to find times that suit you both.

Yes, warmly. LGBTQI+ couples and people in all relationship structures are welcome. Prepare/Enrich includes versions tailored to different relationship types, and the work is always shaped around your relationship as it actually is.

Many couples finish with a clearer understanding of one another and practical ways of communicating and navigating difference that they carry forward on their own. Others choose to continue with occasional sessions or move into ongoing couples counselling. There is no expectation either way, the program is complete in itself, and where you go next is entirely up to you.

The simplest first step is a free 15-minute consultation, where we can talk through what you are hoping for and whether the program feels right for you. From there, I set up your online assessment and we book in your sessions. If you already know you would like to begin, you are welcome to book the program directly.