WORKSHOPS
Workshops are perfect for couples looking to work intensively on strengthen their relationship, deepen their friendship, and enhancing romance and intimacy.
You will learn to manage conflict constructively, build lasting admiration, and create shared meaning. In fact research shows that many couples wait years before seeking help, but proactive guidance can set their relationship up for success or get it back on track.
As a Gottman Leader, I will guide you through proven strategies to improve communication, connection, and resilience, helping you build the fulfilling relationship you desire.
What are the advantages of the Gottman method?
The Gottman method is providing a structured framework with clear goals and interventions.
It also applies to various stages of relationships, including premarital counseling, new relationships, mature marriages, and couples expecting children.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
This workshop is perfect for couples who want more from their relationship. Improve your friendship, fondness and admiration, enhance your romance and intimacy and manage conflict constructively and create share meaning.
Couples Intensive Therapy
The Couple’s Intensive is an excellent option to accommodate your busy schedules if you feel that it will be difficult for you as a couple to attend weekly appointments or not having enough time for an ongoing therapy. I offer a personalized, condensed,
and highly focused approach to help your relationship move quickly through specific issues while learning important new skills in a short period of time (1 to 3 days) without the frustration of stopping and waiting another week or two.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
This program is inspired by the New York Times bestseller "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work", authored by Dr. John Gottman, Ph.D. For more than three decades, Dr. Gottman has conducted scientific analyses of married couples in his "love lab," developing a methodology to address the behaviors that jeopardize countless marriages.
This interactive workshop, filled with practical inquiries and personalized exercises, serves as an essential resource for anyone seeking to maximize their relationship's potential.
Regardless of whether your relationship is already strong or in need of improvement, this class will equip you with valuable insights and tools to enhance your current situation. Take the initiative to reach out to me and gain deeper understanding for your relationship.
Embrace the opportunity to learn from decades of research on fostering long-lasting, joyful, and healthy partnerships.
In person program:
Program:
One-day program: 6 hrs
Morning: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
(coffee break)
Lunch break: 12:30 PM to 13:30 PM
Afternoon: 13:30 PM to 16:00 PM
(coffee break)
Two-day program: 6 hrs each day
Morning: 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
(coffee break)
Lunch break: 12:30 PM to 13:30 PM
Afternoon: 13:30 PM to 16:00 PM
(coffee break)
What to expect :
1. Strengthen respect, affection, fondness, admiration and closeness in their relationship.
2. Enhance romance and intimacy.
3. Deepen their understanding of each other’s inner world and emotional needs.
4. Improve communication skills to navigate conflict discussions with greater calm and manage conflict constructively.
5. Identify and overcome common relationship pitfalls that lead to gridlock.
6. Develop practical strategies for managing differences in a healthy way.
7. Build a solid foundation to sustain relationship happiness and long-term success.
8. Create shared meaning.
9. Maintain gains throughout a lifetime.
During the workshop:
No group sharing required and confidentiality is strictly maintained.
While questions are encouraged, participation is entirely up to you.
Is the workshop for us?
This workshop is open to couples of all backgrounds, ages, faiths, sexual orientations and relationship arrangements.
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Married couples
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Engaged or Premarital couples (those taking steps towards marriage)
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Newly weds to seniors couples
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Couples who wish to enhance an already “good” marriage
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Those wanting better conflict management tools
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Couples considering couples therapy but are not quite ready for weekly therapy
Note that the workshop is inappropriate for couples experiencing:
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Severe relationship distress
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Emotional abuse
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Domestic violence
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Active addictions (alcohol, drug, sexual, gambling, etc.)
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Serious mental health problems in one or both partners
In those cases you should turn towards therapy. If you are hesitant and you don’t know if this workshop is for your, feel
free to contact me.
What you will get?
You and your partner will receive the following materials upon arrival: The Seven Principles – Couples Set.
This set (price 49 US Dollars) is for free.
In the workshop fee are included coffee, drinks and lunch.
Info & Registration:
Each workshop is limited to 10 couples, so register now to guarantee your spot.
Registration ends two months prior to workshop date to give time for all materials to be ordered and make organization smoothly.
Register below!
Cancellation policy:
Your spot is reserved exclusively for you and your partner. In case you need to cancel your participation, you should do so at the latest 2 weeks prior the workshop for organizational reasons. In that case you get a 50% refund.
If you cancel within two weeks of the workshop, you will only get a 25% refund.
Register to be informed of upcoming workshop dates
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work Online program:
The workshop consists of a 90 minutes class held once a week during eight weeks in the evenings where you can join from the comfort and privacy of your own home.
The workshop includes lectures, demonstrations, videos and one-on-one exercises done in your own living room. These exercices are fun, insightful and informative and completely private as you don’t need to share any personal information with the other couples. You can even turn your cameras off while doing them.
Online workshop program:
Week 1: Introduction and Research
Week 2: Principle 1 – Love Maps
Week 3: Principle 2 – Fondness & Admiration
Week 4: Principle 3 – Turning Towards Your Partner
Week 5: Principle 4 – Let Your Partner Influence You
Week 6: Principle 5 – Solve Solvable Problems
Week 7: Principle 6 – Overcome Gridlock
Week 8: Principle 7 – Create Shared Meaning
This workshop is limited to 6 couples per cycle. All sessions should be attended ideally as you pay for the 8 weeks. Costs: 450 EUR per couple for the 8th weeek cycle including the online version of your workbook.
Register to be informed of upcoming workshop dates
Couples Intensive (Marathons)
The Couple’s Intensive is an excellent option to accommodate your busy schedules if you feel that it will be difficult for you as a couple to attend weekly appointments or not having enough time for an ongoing therapy. I offer a personalized, condensed, and highly focused approach to help your relationship move quickly through specific issues while learning important new skills in a short period of time (1 to 3 days) without the frustration of stopping and waiting another week or two.
In order to make the best use of our time together, you will be asked to complete the Gottman Relationship Checkup prior to your first day, so that I can hit the ground running during the very first session.
Online only:
Program
1-Day Intensive (6-hours total) Assessment and PDF Relationship Tool Kit Included
2-Day Intensive (12-hours total) Assessment & PDF Relationship Tool Kit Included
3-Day Intensive (18-hours total) Assessment & PDF Relationship Tool Kit Included
Who wouldn’t be a good candidate for this service?
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if you are not committed to the intensive nature of this therapeutic process and/or your relationship
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when there is an ongoing or undisclosed affair
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when there is serious violence in the relationship
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if you or your partner is suicidal or suffers from an untreated serious mental illness
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when there is addiction of one or both partners
What to expect
1. Strengthen respect, affection, fondness, admiration and closeness in their relationship.
2. Enhance romance and intimacy
3. Deepen their understanding of each other’s inner world and emotional needs.
4. Improve communication skills to navigate conflict discussions with greater calm and manage conflict constructively
5. Identify and overcome common relationship pitfalls that lead to gridlock.
6. Develop practical strategies for managing differences in a healthy way.
7. Build a solid foundation to sustain relationship happiness and long-term success.
8. Create shared meaning
9. Maintain gains throughout a lifetime
Couples intensive schedule:
Prior to the session clients will complete the Gottman Connect Assessment (exact times listed below may vary).
Day 1 (Assessment & Intervention Phase)
9:00 – 10:30AM (Assessment Phase): Gottman Oral History Interview, including current relationship challenges and strengths, your history of the relationship, how family of origin influences on strengths and challenges with communication, and current goals for therapy.
10:30-11:30AM (Assessment Phase): Individual Sessions (45 minutes each) The individual time allows for a deeper exploration of family of origin influences and space for each person to freely share their perspectives on the relationship.
11:30 – 12:30PM (Assessment Phase): A feed-back discussion of Gottman Connect Assessment Results, which includes: an overview of the Sound Relationship House and growth areas and strengths in the relationship based on the assessment.
12:30-1:30PM – Lunch Break
1:30 – 4:00PM (Intervention Phase) One of following possible Interventions (based on your goals and the assessment results): Managing Conflict Interventions (e.g., Aftermath of a Regrettable Incident, Dreams w/in Conflict/Navigating Perpetual Problems, Identifying the Negative Cycles/Patterns) & Friendship System Interventions (e.g., Exploring Love Maps & Sharing Fondness & Admiration).
Day 2 (Continue Intervention Phase)
Cover interventions from Day 1 that weren’t completed or move more deeply into those interventions and underlying attachment fears and needs.
Address any topics and issues that weren’t covered on Day 1
Day 3 (Plan for Maintenance/Continued Progress Phase)
Continue interventions from Day 2 and establish maintenance/continued progress plans, including a schedule for ongoing sessions or check-in sessions.
Connect Assessment (exact times listed below may vary).
Info & Registration:
Contact me to schedule our next available one, two or three day intensive. Once scheduled, 75% of the cost of the intensive must be paid in advance and is non-refundable.
Within a week of the appointment, the remaining 25% must be paid in full.
Cancellation policy – your sessions are reserved exclusively for you and your partner. If you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment for any reason, appointments must be cancelled at least
1-week in advance to avoid the charge for the remaining 25% fee.
Contact me for rates and booking possibilities for this service
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I provide online sessions due to various factors that can influence your choice of therapy.
While need is an important consideration, other elements such as time, availability, and lifestyle significantly impact our decision-making process and the services we ultimately select.
My objective is to facilitate a seamless and comfortable experience for you when seeking assistance, which is why this online platform has been established.
