Saturdays from noon to 2:00 
1401 S State Street 
Suite 408
Chicago, IL

Who are these workshops for?

• Married couples who want to learn to be better partners can come and enjoy the group setting while they learn some important guard rails to put in place that will strengthen and stabilize their relationship.  
• Engaged couples can think of this as premarital learning, the best time to iron out these concepts is early in your relationship.
• Dating couples can come to the workshops to share in the exercise, if you end up together you will be starting off on an informed path. In the even that you decide to move on to a new relationship, you will take these skills with you. 

Section One

• Learn some fundamental partnering concepts that can strengthen your relationship. 
• Learn how to fight fairly. "Mouth ear"
• Learn what Gottman's,  Four Horseman of the Apocalypse are and how to spot them.
• Learn some guidelines for maintaining a Secure Relationship "Bubble" "walls window"
• Understand informed strategies for better communication. Time outs, timing, two hours two days two weeks. direct. 

Section Two

• Couples will create puzzle pieces.  "give and need"
• Couples will learn and plan the transition from passion to bonding.
• Learn how to recognize and respect "the zone"
• Egg concept
• Define labor lanes. 

Section Three

• Family genograms
• Core Beliefs (pyramid)
• Attachment styles

Section 1 - $100
Section 2 - $100
Section3 - $100

*Couples that complete all three workshops are offered 1/2 off Couples Counseling for a full year from the date of the third workshop.