This workshop is based on the critically acclaimed book by Dr John Gottman - The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. It is specifically designed to help couples improve their friendship and learn conflict management skills through effective communication.
The aim is to provide couples with practical tools to enhance and improve their relationships while understanding the research-based foundation from which the tools and skills are derived.
* If your organization is interested in sponsoring one of these workshop please contact me and we can coordinate and facilitate *
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What Is This Workshop About?
Proven tools to help couples:
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Improve friendship, fondness and admiration
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Enhance romance and intimacy
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Manage conflict constructively
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Gain skills to address perpetual and solvable problems
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Create shared meaning
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Maintain gains throughout a lifetime
How is this course taught?
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Includes lectures and private couple exercises.
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Not sharing personal problems in front of others
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Who Should Attend?
This is an educational workshop designed at strengthening your relationship. This is NOT therapy. This workshop is beneficial for couples like:
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Pre-marital Couples
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Couples Living Together
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Couples Who Have Been Together for years or Married
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Newlyweds
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New Parents
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LGBTQ+ Couples
Couples who would not benefit from this workshop include:
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Couples with active addiction or addictive behaviors (i.e. gambling)
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Couples with severe mental health concerns or relationship distress that would be better suited for therapy
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Couples with significant emotional or physical abuse
* If you are interesting in learning these skills and meet criteria for listed in the second list, please reach out to me and we can schedule couples therapy and create a plan
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What Does Registration Include?
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Two Seven Principles Workbooks (one for each partner)
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Love Maps Card Deck
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Open Ended Questions Card Deck
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Copy of Dr. John Gottman's Book "7 Principles for Making Marriage Work" (only included in boxed set for in-person workshop)
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Registration, Cancellation Policy, FAQs
Registration
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Complete the registration form below and you will receive an email with further forms/information.
Cancellation Policy
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If you cannot attend the session/series you registered for, that payment can be rolled over to another sessions/series within one year from the original registration date. No refunds will be given as materials need to be purchased ahead of time.
FAQs
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Will we have to share our personal problems and issues?
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No. Class does not include sharing personal issues and exercises are done privately. This class is not therapy.
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Must both partners attend?
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Yes. Couples exercises are done in class and both partners must participate. If you enrolled in a series please contact the Leader as some accommodations can be made on an individual basis.
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Can we still come to the workshop if one partner won't read the book?
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Yes. While the book has valuable information, class provides a summary of the information and allows for practice of the exercises inconjunction with the couples workbook.
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Should we do the exercises in the book at home or save them for class?
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The class will involve doing some of the exercises and will be role-played in class to show how to "do" and "not do". The exercises are designed for continued use after the class is over to maintain gains from the workshop.
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