Through Steve's training and experience, clients are able to take several online assessments to aid in the counseling process. A small fee (paid to the testing company) can provide insight to clients about themselves, their relationships, and the area of their lives that are both strengths and areas for improvement. The following descriptions help clients understand more about these available options (including the websites for each assessment).
ENRICH is a marital assessment program based on a set of five inventories that examine key factors related to relationship health. A total of 20 different factors are assessed within the inventories, including conflict resolution, personality issues, financial management, assertiveness, family-of-origin issues, personality factors, forgiveness, and spiritual issues. The six goals of the ENRICH assessment are:
1. Explore Relationship Strengths and Growth Areas
2. Learn Assertiveness and Active Listening Skills
3. Gain knowledge in resolving conflict using the Ten Step Model
4. Help the couple discuss their Family-of-Origin
5. Assist the couple with financial planning and budgeting
6. Focus on personal, couple and family goals
A solid, grace-filled marriage relationship is vital for success in life. The ENRICH is a valuable tool toward that goal.
The T-JTA is a validated personality assessment that measures 18 dimensions of personality that are important components of personal adjustment and interpersonal relationships. It is administered for a variety of purposes with results presented in several formats. In counseling, the T-JTA is used to measure important personality traits that affect interpersonal relationships, job function, and personal adjustment, all factors that are critical for healthy living and success. The results are plotted in a Criss-Cross format using scores tallied from both spouses’ assessments, which is helpful in facilitating discussion of couple strengths and growth areas.
Traits are measured on scales of opposites and measures include:
Nervous ↔ Composed
Active-Social ↔ Quiet
Expressive-Responsive ↔ Inhibited
Sympathetic ↔ Indifferent
Subjective ↔ Objective
Self-Disciplined ↔ Impulsive
The T-JTA provides great inter and intrapersonal insights that are vital for successful relationships.
Emotional Intelligence (EI) is a vital competency for entrepreneurial leaders. This assessment
will identify the strengths and gaps of potential church planters in the critical interpersonal
relationship skills of:
Self-awareness
Self-management
Social-awareness
Relationship management
As part of any assessment, you will receive a copy of the book
Emotional Intelligence
2.0, which will facilitate in developing personal strategies for improving EI skills.
The MBTI is one of the world’s best-known personality inventories. This psychometric
instrument is designed to measure the personal preferences in how people experience the
world and make decisions. As part of the process, you will receive an individual report detailing your specific type results.
The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) - www.cpp.com
StengthsFinder 2.0 is the newest version of the Gallup Research Organization’s revolutionary program that has been designed to help people “identify their talents, build them into strengths, and enjoy consistent performance” in their life. StrenghtsFinder is the product of a 25-year, multimillion-dollar effort to identify the most predominant human talents that have been determined to the “building blocks of a strong and productive life.” Scores for StrengthsFinder are calculated on the mean of the intensity of certain self-descriptive responses; standards and percentiles are then derived from Gallup’s database of more than two million respondents. Your top five results (out of 34 possible strengths) are then ranked and presented as your “Signature Themes.” Examples of the 34 strengths include:
- Achiever
- Learner
- Maximizer
- Relator
- Restorative
- Strategic
- Belief
- Communication
- Developer
- Empathy
The Personal Insights Profile™ (PIP) is a self-directed learning instrument based on the four-quadrant DISC behavioral model; there are no wrong answers, simply behavioral preferences based on situations. PIP measures both “natural behavioral styles” (what is the preferred way of behaving) and the “adapted behavioral style” (behaviors that have been adapted to what is perceived as necessary for the situation).
The report highlights descriptive words that indicate how the respondent solves problems, meets challenges, influences people, responds to the pace of the environment, and responds to the rules and procedures set by others. The four primary categories of DISC are:
D = Dominance: how you respond to problems or challenges.
I = Influencing: how you influence others to your point of view.
S = Steadiness: how you respond to the pace of the environment.
C = Compliance: How you respond to rules and procedures set by others.
In addition to a respondent’s preferred categories that are explained through lists of personal descriptors, the PIP provides lists and graphs depicting:
General statements about behaviors and functioning
Checklist for communicating with you
Don’ts on communicating
Action Plan
Style Insights Graph
Success Insights Wheel
Customized Video Feedback
The PIP maximizes the reliability of the familiar DISC program while also providing unique, personalized video feedback online at the test site.
