The Relationship Enhancement^® Program has been identified by an AAMFT award-winning Purdue University study to be the most effective of twelve comparable marriage enrichment programs at improving relationships.

Thirty five years of research on the Relationship Enhancement^® Model validates the Effectiveness of the Relationship Enhancement^® Model for premarital, marital and family enrichment, as well as for problem-prevention.

The Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Weekend has been written up numerous times in the popular media. Copies of the best articles are included in a program packet that can be obtained by calling NIRE at 301-986-1479.

For audio tapes and other materials related to the Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program, see our Bookstore.

A Bibliography on the Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program is also available.

The Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Weekend is a unique and innovative skills-training program that teaches practical skills that empower couples to resolve current and future problems on their own while also deepening their sense of connection.

The skills you and your partner learn will help you:

• establish a constructive, cooperative atmosphere for resolving difficult relationship issues
• foster increased openness and trust
• reduce defensiveness, anger and withdrawal
• express your deepest feelings, concerns and desires openly, honestly and safely
• nurture deepened caring and compassion
• increase love and affection
• create solutions to conflicts at their deepest levels
• successfully implement agreed-to solutions and behavioral changes

The Couples Relationship Enhancement® Weekend usually numbers between 4-10 couples in order to maintain a more intimate atmosphere. It also features significant time for private couples? exercises and dialogues, which part of the time are facilitated by trained coaches.

The program is non-residential and meets on Saturday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and on Sunday form 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Information on discounted hotel room rates for those visiting from out of town are available upon registration. Snacks and beverages are provided; participants have lunch on their own.

Cost of Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Weekend is $395 per couple.

Current Schedule of Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Weekends

Telephone
     301-986-1479
Fax
     301-680-3756
Email
     niremd@nire.org
Mail
     NIRE - Administrative Office
     12500 Blake Road
     Silver Spring, MD 20904-2056

If you register by fax or mail, please include your name, address, home and work phone numbers, and the dates for which you are registering.

Payment may be made either by check or credit card. Registrations by fax must be accompanied by a credit card number.

If payment is made with a credit card number, please write your name exactly as it appears on the card, the expiration date and your signature.

All workshop leaders are certified as Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program Educators/Leaders.

Current staff includes:

• Robert F. Scuka, Ph.D., M.S.W., LCSW-C, Program Director
• Carrie Hansen, M.S.W., LCSW-C
• William Nordling, Ph.D.

1. contact one of the other Relationship Enhancement^® Centers and Institutes or consult our International Directory of RE Providers.
2. complete NIRE's Homestudy Program, designed for couples who wish to participate in a Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program in the privacy of their own home.
   
   Phone Coach^® Version of the Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program

• Certification Program to become a Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program Educator/Leader
• Couples Relationship Enhancement^® Program Educator/Leader Training Workshop
• Home Study Version of the Couple RE Program Educator/Leader Training Workshop