This 2-day couples workshop will guide you and your partner through 7 key conversations proven to build a secure and lasting relationship.About this Event
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Northwest Couples is proudly offering a two-day couples workshop retreat based on the research of Dr. Susan Johnson and her empirically proven therapy model, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). This couples workshop is for partners who seek to reinvent their marriage or relationship through healthy dialogue. Our Hold Me Tight® workshops are streamlined and accessible, teaching EFT tools in a safe and supportive atmosphere only a short drive from Seattle.
Utilizing educational videos, interactive exercises, one-on-one coaching, and focused discussions, you and your partner will develop skills and tools to communicate more effectively. We provide tools to move past barriers in communication, slow or mitigate arguments, develop a foundation for healthy and secure dialogue to better understand your partners' emotions and your own, and experience a more secure connection filled with affection and intimacy.
The workshop will accomodate a maximum of 9 couples at individual tables. We suggest that couples register early as the workshop frequently sells out.
Continuing Education Units (CEU's) are available for a nominal fee.
The Workshop Includes...
- Insight and understanding into the interactions and emotional processes of yourself and your partner using specially designed exercises
- One complimentary copy of Dr. Susan Johnson's book, Hold Me Tight® - Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, will be shipped to you prior to the workshop so you can read it in advance
- Emotionally Focused Therapy presentations by veteran couples therapists, Kristin and Marcia
- Pre-recorded video with couples engaged in Emotionally Focused Therapy conversations (expanding upon the Hold Me Tight® book)
- One-on-one support from licensed specialists
- Snacks provided. Restrictions considered
The Workshop Helps Couples...
- Recognize the root of disconnected conversations creating barriers toward healthy dialogue
- Explore your feelings and needs underlying your interactions
- Deepen both emotional and physical intimacy
- Heal old hurts and build awareness of 'raw spots'
The Workshop is for Couples who...
- Want to create a foundation for healthy communication and intimacy
- Distressed couples who are stuck in conflicts and disconnection
- Couples who are interested to learn about the Hold Me Tight® Model from an Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Attachment perspective
For more information, check out Northwest Couple's FAQs webpage
Meet our Workshop Team
Our workshops are facilitated by our team of licensed therapists specializing in Emotionally Focused Therapy: Kristin Nielsen, MS, LMFT, CST and Marcia Erickson Bates, MS, LMFT.
Kristin is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist with a private practice in Woodinville, WA. She is an advanced skills therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy, and specializes in sexual health and intimacy issues. She sees adult individuals and couples coping with life stages and transitions, conflict, betrayal and trauma. Having lived in various parts of the United States, Kristin considers herself 1/3 Washingtonian, 1/3 Texan and 1/3 New Yorker.
Marcia is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with offices in Everett and Marysville. She is part of a group practice called Lutheran Counseling Network. Marcia is an advanced skills therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy working with adult individuals and couples around issues such as recovering from trauma and betrayal, reducing conflict, deepening connection, and strengthening self-esteem. She is happy to accommodate clients who want to integrate their spirituality into therapy.
For more information, check out our website at www.northwestcouples.com
Event venue
Rosehill Community Center, 304 Lincoln Avenue, Mukilteo, United States
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