THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LOVE
OVERVIEW
Based on over 40 years of research with thousands of couples. this workshop will give you new insights and research-based skills that can dramatically improve the intimacy and friendship in your relationship and help you manage conflict in a healthy, positive way.
DETAILS
Who Should Attend?
The workshop is designed for all couples in a committed relationship. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop will provide you with insights and tools to make it a great one. If your relationship is distressed, this two-day workshop will provide a road map for repair.
Workshop Objectives
- Learn to recognize the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and what to do if they are attacking your marriage
- Identify your relationship’s specific strengths and how to build on them
- Learn about the effects of physiological flooding and how it may affect conflict resolution
- Use the Fondness and Admiration System to renew respect and care for one another
- Create an Emotional Bank Account that you can draw upon in times of stress
- Develop your problem-solving skills, including the six skills for effective conflict resolutions
- Find out how you can make your dreams and aspirations come true for you, your partner, and your relationship
What Will You Learn?
- Foster respect, affection, and closeness
- Build and share a deeper connection with each other
- Keep conflict discussions calm
- Break through and resolve conflict gridlock
- Strengthen and maintain the gains in your relationship
BRINGING BABY HOME PARENTS WORKSHOP
EVENT OVERVIEW
This parent workshop combines scientific research and public education to improve the quality of life for babies and children by strengthening their families.
It teaches new parents how to gain relationship satisfaction and create healthy social, emotional, and intellectual development for their children.
Who Should Attend?
- Expecting Parents
- New Parents
Workshop Objectives
- Learn how to maintain relationship satisfaction after having a baby
- Reduce relationship hostility and increase affection
- Promote positive parent-baby interactions
- Promote quality involvement for parents
- Reduce the incidence or severity of perinatal mood disorders
What Will You Learn?
Participants will be able to:
- Explain what to expect during the transition to parenthood
- Describe child development in the first year
- Create strategies to coordinate with family/caretaking members
- Learn ways to improve communications
- Demonstrate how to strengthen friendship, intimacy, and conflict regulation skills
- Recognize the signs of perinatal mood, anxiety, and adjustment disorders and be aware of support and treatment options