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The
Extreme Marriage Makeover Challenge
This quiz is designed to measure a broad variety of relationship
issues that are frequently addressed in marriage
counselling. The hope is that you will be challenged to move
from a barely good enough marriage to a great one. The
Relationship Personality Profile
How many of you have wondered why your spouse cannot seem to
change no matter how much pressure is exerted. Could it be that they are not wired that way and never will
be? We are all born
with certain traits and characteristics that embody who we are.
These traits fall into four broad categories that have been
measured for 1000's of years. Find out the strengths and
challenges that come with your personal blend of styles, likes and
dislikes. Emotional Abuse
Questionnaires
The following Questionnaires are designed to help you evaluate the
level of emotional abuse you may be experiencing. It was designed
by psychologists Waltz-Rushe-Gottman.
Degradation
subtest Isolation
subtest
CLIENTS ONLY SECTION The
following package of tests and activities are for those presently in one of our
marriage coaching programs. Ask your coach/counsellor for
the passwords. Section
1- New Clients only
Please fill in all of the following assessments. Most of
these will be scored automatically and sent to your counsellor's
confidential email box. 1.
Welcome
package for new clients
This will provide you with the philosophy and goals of our couples
therapy. 2.
The
Sound Marital house assessment
These questions are based on 30 years of research by John
Gottman and make provide the foundation for most of the sessions
we will be having together. 3. The
Locke-Wallace Marital Adjustment Test
This test gives us a broad overview of how well you are doing in
relationship to a large sampling of marriages around the world. 4.
Weiss-Cerretto
Martial Status Inventory 5.
The
SCL-90
This test is helpful in evaluating you current mental status and
helps us know what other areas may be impacting the relationship.
This test is on an Excel spreadsheet which will need to be emailed
back to info@bestmarriages.com
as an attachment. If you are having problems make sure
that you have saved a copy onto your computer and send us that
copy attached to an email as a file attachment. Section
2 - Activities And Insights For Couples
Please keep in
mind that although the following activities are helpful on their
own they are designed to enhance on-going relationship counselling/coaching.
Friendship and
Intimacy Interventions
The
Love Map Game
This
activity is great for any couple who has "lost some of that
loving feeling". it is perfect to update your current
knowledge of your partner and their world.
Five
Magic Hours
Ever
wonder how to create some exciting new patterns in your
relationship? Read on and find out how you can change your week so
that both of you are looking forward to getting how or stating
there.
Fondness
And Admiration In Seven Weeks!
Change what you
think of your partner in 7 weeks.
Personality
Profiles
Go to this area
for full information about your personality differences and read
the profiles and check off all the ones that apply to your main
personality color. After you do this have a discussion with your
partner in order to understand your differences. Read what
the other person has checked and ask them to explain how this area
affects the relationship. Remember to have fun with this and use
it to deepen your understanding of your partener.
Conflict
Regulation Interventions
Learn
to effectively discuss even the worst fights.
Most of us get into arguments from time to time,
unfortunately many times nothing is resolved and bitterness starts
to set in. With this tool you can redo the argument and have the
"conversation you wish you would have had" without
fighting.
Assessment
of Gridlocked Perpetual Issues
The
Repair Checklist
Use
this form to help you quickly repair a potential fight or keep
your discussions on track.
The
Four Horsemen that destroy Relationships.
Most
couples, even the great ones, use too much criticisms, blame,
defensiveness, contempt, or stonewalling to get their point
across. Most of the time these communication styles do more damage
than good. Read on to discover a helpful antidote to these
relationship killers.
Relapse
Prevention
Gottman's
17 areas of change Checklist
This
is a great tool to help you know what you need to discuss to keep
your relationship growing and thriving. These 17 areas are
the most common issues facing marriages today according to
Gottman's research of over 3000 couples. This is also a helpful
discussion guideline for those seeing a counsellor. Fill it out
before coming to sessions and use it to keep track of commitments
in each of the 17 areas.
Clean
Sweep to deal with stress.
This
is one of the best tools We know of to completely clear your life
of stressors and emotional drains.
More
coming soon...
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