What Makes Love Last?

Are you looking to enhance your relationship or reignite the spark? Whether you're married, engaged, or in a long-term commitment, the Gottman Method Couples Therapy Workshop is designed to provide you with practical tools and insights to foster a deeper connection with your partner. Developed by world-renowned relationship experts Drs. John and Julie Gottman, this workshop offers evidence-based strategies from over 40+ years of research to help couples deepen their relationship. Relationships sadly often become about endless to-do lists and conversations become confined to errands and planning. No matter what stage of relationship you are in, this workshop offers helpful practices to help enhance and build a lasting relationship.

 

Workshop Overview

Most relationship advice emphasizes passion and romance, and how to manage conflict. While all of those are important and need to be addressed, Gottman's research shows over and over again that the secret ingredient to a happy relationship is the quality of the couple's friendship. The good news, it turns out, is that couples do not have to solve all of their problems in order to build a strong friendship. And passion, romance, and sexual satisfaction? For both men and women the number one factor that influences satisfaction is the quality of the friendship. The Gottman mantra is "Small Things Often" because friendship is built through tiny doses every day, that through time build a lasting relationship.

 

The Gottman Method Couples Workshop is an interactive and immersive experience for couples to work on their friendship and conflict skills in a fun and refreshing way. The one-day workshop includes brief lectures highlighting what the research shows is vital to sustaining a strong relationship. Yet the heart of the workshop involves exercises for couples to experience and practice specific skills. Do not worry! Couples will have their own private space to practice the exercises. Specifically, couples will learn to:

 

• Deepen friendship through fondness, admiration, and appreciation

• Recognize the importance of and how to make bids for connection

• Work with both solvable and perpetual problems

• Improve communication and conflict skills

• Manage gridlocked conflict

• Create rituals of connection for deeper friendship

 

Who Should Attend:

The workshop is open to ALL couples in a committed relationship, regardless of marital status or relationship stage.  Whether you're in a committed partnertship or considering taking your relationship to the next level, this workshop will provide you with insights and tools to foster closeness, friendship, and trudt.  If your relationship is in distress, this workshop will provide you a greater understanding of your relationship and a road map for repair.

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The workshop may not be appropriate for couples dealing with addiction, domestic violence, or other serious relationship issues.  In those situations, we recommend seeking counseling with a Gottman-trained therapist.erapist.

 

 For more information on the Gottman Method visit www.gottman.com.