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Feel like roommates? Relationship getting lost in your weekly schedule?
You have a good relationship, and want tools to keep it that way?
About this Event
If you answered yes for any of the above, then the Gottman Seven Principles Marriage Workshop is for you! This is a one day workshop where couples can expect to:
- Enhance friendship, fondness, and admiration
- Learn how to connect in meaningful, productive ways
- Overcome gridlock and make conflict productive
- Create a sense of shared meaning
- This workshop teaches skills developed from John Gottman’s 40 years of relationship research and his internationally acclaimed bestselling book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. This is an educational workshop and not therapy. There will be no group sharing. Love is a verb and also a skill. Please come join us and invest in your relationship and refine your skills!
Who should attend:Venue: Align Couples Therapy, 8121 Bee Cave Rd, Austin, TX 78746
What is the cost?The fee for the workshop is waived for our Grand Opening in Austin for Align Couples Therapy, you only pay the cost of materials, which will be emailed to you prior to the workshop. These are $35 per couple. The workshop generally costs over $400 per couple. This is a substantial savings!
What to expect:
Could this be given as a gift?Yes! This marriage seminar is the perfect pre-martial or anniversary gift.
About the Presenter:Krista Miller utilizes the most recent relationship science to guide couples to connect in healthy, meaningful and productive ways. The goal is to recreate intimacy and strengthen not only the couple, but the whole family system. Krista has been a Marriage & Family Therapist for 25 years. She has a background in treating individuals, couples and families in mental health and substance abuse settings. She is in private practice in Austin, TX and owns a group practice in San Antonio, TX. She is a Clinical Member of the American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy and an former Executive Board Member for the Texas Association of Marriage & Family Therapists. She is a trained Gottman Leader of the Seven Principles program, and a Certified Gottman Therapist, a title given to therapists who complete an extensive years long training and consultation program through the Gottman Institute in Seattle. She is one of only around 340 therapists in the world with this designation.
When should I arrive and what should I bring?Please arrive 15 minutes before start time to settle in, get refreshments and orient yourself to your materials. Your materials will be emailed to you prior to the workshop.For in person events: Child care is not offered at this time, this venue is not conducive to bringing children. Please make other arrangements.
Must both of us come?Yes, two people are needed for this workshop, cost is per couple.
How is this different than just reading the book?
What if I need to cancel?There are no refunds, but you are free to keep your materials. Please give us as much notice as possible to offer seating to another couple.
How do we sign up?Please join our email list to be notified when the next workshop will be held. Only 5 tickets available, once it's sold out, registration will open for the next month. - Pre-engaged, dating couples
- Pre-marital couples
- Newlyweds
- Long term married couples
- Those wishing to enhance a healthy relationship
- (This marriage workshop will not benefit those where: there is high conflict, heavy substance abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, ongoing or recent infidelity and untreated mental illness). Please see a Marriage & Family Therapist to address these issues. Referrals can be made upon request.
- Drinks, snacks, free parking(for live workshops)
- In-class exercises, follow up exercises and resources
- Concrete, specific teaching of practical and simple skills
- Video examples
- Couple exercises (experienced privately and not shared with the group)
- Take-home worksheets and resources
- Lighthearted, fun, supportive atmosphere with care to keep everyone well within their comfort zones
- A more connected, peaceful, loving relationship
- A sense of empowerment to enhance and possibly even reframe your love story
- Usually only one person will read the book, so this workshop provides the opportunity for both sides to understand and experience the material.
- Structure, accountability and motivation to work through the material
- Real time explanation, teaching and visual examples(especially for how NOT to do exercises)
- Time away from daily life to focus
- Encouragement to work on one’s relationship in the context of other couples that are doing the same thing.
- Less threatening and less costly than couples therapy, but can also be a bridge to couples therapy without the stigma
- Extra material and resources to strengthen your relationship
- Relationship boost by showing your partner that they are a priority in your life.
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Event venue & nearby stays
Align Couples Therapy, 8121 Bee Caves Road, Austin, United States
Tickets
USD 35.00
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