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.
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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.
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* 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
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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.
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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.
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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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