Mastering the Mysteries of Love Mary Ortwein, MS
Qualify to teach the 8 hour Mastering the Mysteries of Love (MML) based on
Bernard Guerney's classic Relationship Enhancement (RE) model. Plus add-on
special focus seminars. Ideal for low-income, communty, or faith based.
$150 spouse discount.

Bernard Guerney’s Relationship Enhancement Program (RE) has set
the standard for marriage and relationship education for the past forty years.
Twenty-seven published research studies confirm that the 10 RE skills
and coached couples dialogues can educate hearts and transform relationships.

In the newest, easy-to-teach formats, the RE skills are presented through live or video
demonstration combined with engaging activities and practiced through couple dialogue.
The handouts and course materials are inexpensive and written for easy reading and easy learning.

You will be authorized and ready to teach the 8 hour MML program which focuses
on building couple intimacy and strength. You will be ready to teach 6 RE skills (Showing
Understanding, Expression, Discussion, Coaching, Conflict Management, and Problem Solving). 
You will be able to teach these materials in both secular and Christian formats.

Add-on trainings (which may be completed via distance learning or in one day workshops)
will equip you to teach the FULL range of MML programs. 
These add-ons include:

Mastering the Mysteries of Love RE, Part 2 – This additional 8 hours of the MML program
focuses on effective problem solving.  Couples learn the remaining RE skills, develop
affection building habits, and solve three of their most troubling or resistent problems.

Ready for Love RE for Singles and Solos—This format teaches singles and solos
(those who are in a relationship, but who attend Marriage Education alone) the RE skills
and stimulates thought about relationship expectations, choosing a partner, and working
through relationship problems.

Love’s Cradle RE—Love’s Cradle provides RE skill training for couples with young children,
married or unmarried.  Especially well suited for low income participants, it includes core
skills, plus special sections on managing money, thinking about marriage, building trust,
and handling complex relationships, such as those with ex-partners or troublesome relatives. 
Developed in conjunction with Mathematica Policy Research and ACF for the Building Strong
Families initiative for unmarried parents.  It is also used in numerous Headstart settings.

Relationship Enhancement for Refugees and Immigrants—This program, developed in
conjunction with the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, uses a colorful, simple
book to teach RE skills AND help families support each other while they adjust to American culture.

Spanish–Couple and Leader Materials are available in Spanish, as well as video and other
teaching aids. Mastering the Mysteries of Love is being used in Latino-focused HMI
projects in Texas, Massachusetts, California, Georgia, and Florida.

Korean—Couple and Leader Materials are available in Korean.

Chinese—Couple Materials are available in Chinese.

Special Guests - Leaders of programs from the African-American, Hispanic, Refugee,
and other HMI projects will assist with the Institute and share their experiences teaching
RE in their communities.

What you will learn in this Training Institute:
- The core 10 RE Skills: Showing Understanding (Empathy), Expression, Discussion, Problem Solving,
Coaching, Conflict Management.
- How to use the Experience Model and Couple Coaching to deepen couple dialogues
to new levels of intimacy, empathy, and problem solving
- How to use the step-by-step Leader’s Guide and learning aids to create education
sessions which are fun for both you and your participant couples
- How to effectively mix group Experiential Learning Activities with Skills Training to help
couples think about issues in new ways, then talk about them with an honesty
and compassion that leads them to new solutions
- How to adjust and adapt the curriculum to the specific needs of your community.
- How to use any combination of MML programs with “out of the box” targeted
programs to maximize your resources and strengthen marriage in your community – even
if you lack special funding and have limited staff and resources.

Who Should Attend:
No special professional or mental health training is needed to effectively lead
Mastering the Mysteries or Love’s Cradle workshops. Great for lay leaders and mentor couples.
Mastering the Mysteries of Love is being used in 20 of the ACF marriage grants
and in Marriage Initiative, Faith-based,
and Community-based programs across the country. Applications include
prison inmates and their families, Hispanic couples, African-American couples,
rural low and middle income couples, pregnancy centers, churches of many
denominations, refugee couples, inner-city low and middle-income couples,
residential programs, drug diversion programs, and police departments.

Mastering the Mysteries of Love is especially
effective when presented by a married couple. You understand the Relationship Enhancement “magic”
when you learn and use the skills with your mate. Come together. Not only
learn a program, but discover new ways to deepen your own love. $150 spouse discount.

What you will receive:
- You will leave the training as an "authorized" MML Part I leader.
- You will receive a Leader’s Guide and one set of participant materials for Mastering the Mysteries of Love.
- Video based teaching tools and starter packs may be purchased by authorized RE
leaders.

Special Features:
- No licensing fee.
- Inexpensive! The materials are as low as $7 per couple (and that's all you need,
though there are optional add-ons and teaching tools)
- FREE ongoing support from IDEALS through bridge calls, web support, email,
and newsletters.
- Pre and post test measures available - FREE.
- The RE skills demonstration videos are multi-ethnic, multi-age with
“couples that look like us”.
- Participant materials and DVD/video available in Spanish
- The MML learning techniques have been designed to match the way
real people learn and to meet the needs of couples across the spectrum – from high-risk to highly-motivated.
- MML is a train-the-trainer model so you can train others in your community and
quickly and affordably develop independent local capacity! To become a certified trainer-of-trainers
1) complete training institute, 2) present the program to couples, at least twice
under supervision (video-based and by phone), and 3) co-lead a training of instructors
with a certified MML Trainer of trainers (a session like the training institute.)
- Easy bridge to RE Therapy training for Qualified Therapists (You already
know the skills so it's easy to learn to apply them in a clinical setting.
See www.relationshipenhancement.org for training schedule.)
- Special MML-supported Happy Hometowns Marriage Education Kit to build Marriage Initiative
Capacity in small communities (under 50,000 population)
- Free listing of your MML workshop schedules
on the www.relationshipenhancement.org

For more information call Mary Ortwein at 502-227-0055
or email at mary@skillswork.org

This institute is part of the week-long Smart Marriages conference.

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