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MentoringMarriage mentoring is at the heart of our efforts to help couples create loving, lasting marriages. Most couples have never had positive relationships or conflict resolution modeled. Thus, they have no "template" or pattern from which to build their own healthy marriage.

Marriage mentoring can make a huge difference. (Statistics below taken from materials produced by Marriage Savers and other organizations involved with marriage mentoring)

  • Consider premarital mentoring. Couples who take a premarital inventory such as PREPARE/ENRICH and then meet with a mentor couple have a 80-90% success rate after 10 years. And 10% of couples opt not to get married, having the same inventory scores as those who later divorce.
  • Consider enrichment or restoration mentoring. Couples on the brink of divorce who enroll in marriage education with followup mentoring increase their chances of staying together to 80%.
Couple ringWe offer marriage mentoring of three types:
  • Premarital: For couples who are planning to be married. Components include a premarital inventory where each partner independently answers a series of questions. A computerized profile is then generated for the couple and becomes the basis for discussing areas of agreement and disagreement with a mentor couple.
  • Enrichment: For couples who want to strengthen a good marriage and possibly work through an issue or two where they have been "stuck". Components include attending the RINGS class and followup mentoring based upon the principles, skills and tools learned in the class. The mentor couple helps reinforce and implement healthy interaction patterns.
  • Restoration: For couples who have experienced significant stress, wounding and distancing in their marriage. Components include attending the RINGS class and followup mentoring based upon the principles, skills and tools learned in the class. The mentor couple helps reinforce and implement healthy interaction patterns, often having experienced significant restoration themselves.
Couple arguingNOTE: Marriage mentoring may not be appropriate in cases of abuse, addictions, adultery or abnormal personality issues; professional counseling or therapy is usually needed in such cases. Prior to being assigned to a mentor couple, you will meet with a trained professional that will conduct an initial assessment and screening to determine if mentoring is right for you.

All of our mentor couples are trained, supervised and provided ongoing education.

For more information or to schedule an "intake" contact Abby Glaser at 937.324.3604 or email her at abby@mrcmv.org.

ACF Disclaimer

Funding for this project was provided by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Admin. for Children and Families, Grant 90FM0004. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, Admin. for Children and Families.