The FOCCUS© Pre-Marriage Inventory
FOCCUS, Inc. USA resources minister to the relationship needs of individuals at all stages of life and from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
The FOCCUS© Pre-Marriage Inventory
is a research-based assessment tool
designed to provide engaged couples and their trained FOCCUS© Facilitator a personalized profile of what is needed in the couple’s marriage preparation process.
The FOCCUS© Couple Report results from scoring of the couple's FOCCUS© Inventory responses. It offers a map of specific issues that may need time and attention, affirmation or problem solving, along with offering a starting place for discussion.
The FOCCUS© Pre-Marriage Inventory is not a test and is not used to predict marital success or failure. Rather, it is a tool used to help couples identify, discuss and work through important relationship issues before they get married.
Although the FOCCUS© Pre-Marriage Inventory is used by many educators and counselors, it is not primarily a teaching or counseling tool. Rather, it is a discussion instrument designed to optimize the marriage preparation process. By providing comprehensive content and tailoring discussion to important topics that best serve an individual couple, the FOCCUS© Pre-Marriage Inventory is an excellent choice for those preparing couples for marriage.
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The REFOCCUS© Marriage Enrichment Inventory
The REFOCCUS© Marriage Enrichment Inventory
is a packet of six separate research-based questionnaires
that married couples can take on their own or through a facilitator. REFOCCUS© guides a couple's private discussion at home, as part of a weekend retreat, or in five weekly evenings that include discussion of related topics together with other couples.
Each of the six questionnaires - Marriage as a Process, Intimacy, Compatibility, Communication, Commitment and Ministry Marriages- are answered independently by the couple.
A self-scoring process compares the couple's answers to each other and to the inventory's preferred responses. Scoring the REFOCCUS© Inventory highlights areas warranting celebration and/or further discussion, and provides additional discussion questions specific to each of these areas on the inside of the questionnaire.
For group use, the REFOCCUS© Guide to Individual and Group Discussion offers suggestions regarding format, content and handouts to guide and enhance each couple's conversation.
REFOCCUS© is especially useful to couples willing to devote time and energy to their relationship, but who desire direction and skill building assistance in doing so.
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