“Relationship Clarity Assessment is designed to be short term. At a maximum of 5 meetings, the goal is to help you clarify whether to keep the relationship as it is today, separate, or commit to changing the patterns that got you to where you are today.”

Relationship Clarity Assessment is a process designed to help you decide whether to:

  • Keep the relationship as it is today (“Status Quo”),

  • Separate, Break-up, and/or Divorce, or

  • Commit to 6-months of Couples Counseling where separation is off the table (“Change the Pattern”)

In general, when couples are evaluating whether to re-invest in their relationship, leave their relationship, or keep their relationship “status quo” each member of the couple has a path that they are leaning toward.

In other words, couples that are suited to this type of assessment may be “mixed agenda.” Mixed agenda means the couple is not aligned on the path forward for the relationship. Relationship Clarity Assessment seeks to help the individuals in the couple:

  • bring confidence and clarity to their path forward in the relationship, and

  • clarify their contributions to how the relationship ended up in its current state.

What RCA is not:

This is NOT couples counseling. We will not be working to change any existing patterns in the relationship. Together, we will only be seeking clarity and confidence on one of the 3 paths forward.

Who is not eligible for RCA:

  • When one partner has made a decision for separation and wants to use this process to convince their partner of their choice.

  • When Domestic Violence is present in the relationship.

  • When one partner is being coerced or forced to participate.

5 Session Outline:

At any point in the process either partner can elect not to continue.

This is a voluntary process.

At the conclusion of each session, I will ask both partners if they wish to continue to the next session.

  1. Both partners meet together with assessor.

  2. Partner One meets with assessor.

  3. Partner Two meets with assessor.

  4. Partners meet together with assessor and share the take-aways from their individual meeting.

  5. Final meeting with both partners and assessor.

If all 5 sessions are completed, you will receive an “Observational Report” that summarizes the work we did together. This report cannot be used for any purposes other than helping clarify the future of the relationship.