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 five 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 five questionnaires - Marriage as a Process, Intimacy, Compatibility, Communication and Commitment - 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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