Educational Workshop
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
based on New York Times bestselling book by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
Saturday, May 18th
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Making a marriage stronger takes commitment, effort and the right skills. Come have some fun together and learn these proven ways to strengthen your relationship. This one-day workshop is perfect for any couples from newlyweds to seniors, and even pre-engaged or premarital couples. This is the place for any couples who wishes to enhance a healthy marriage!
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (1999) draws on data from relationship studies and interviews to do exactly what it promises in its title. These classes will take you through the key changes you can make to overcome the common problems that damage relationships and build a supportive, romantic marriage.
Participants in the Workshop Will Receive This Couples Kit Which Includes:
- “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” book
- 2 workbooks
- 2 discussion card sets
… to use during workshop and take home to continue your journey!
(BONUS materials will be used to reinforce Gottman principles with Biblical wisdom and for interactive events)
This Workshop Will Be Led Crosspoint Clinician:
Rayanne Neveu, MA, LMFT is a Certified Gottman Therapist and a Gottman Seven Principles Couples Program Leader.
What Will You Learn in the Seven Principles Program?
The main goal of The Seven Principles Couples Program is to help couples strengthen their relationships in a variety of ways including deepening their love maps, fostering fondness and admiration, facilitating turning toward each other, accepting influence, solving solvable problems, overcoming gridlock, creating shared meaning, and maintaining gains.
Gottman has been the leading expert for close to 50 years on relational research. The best-selling book, “The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” contains valuable information, personal assessment questionnaires and practical tools for improving your relationship. The workshop’s format is a series of short teaching units that are paired with plenty of personal couple time. You’ll have time to deepen your relationship, explore new skills and talk together about dreams and expectations. Our goal is that when you head for home you’re re-connected and ready to apply these new skills in your daily lives.
This workshop is appropriate for couples just starting out on the marriage track or on the way toward the marriage world record. This is a good workshop to re-connect, grow together and work on marital and family goals. In most instances this workshop is recommended for all couples as it enhances a good marriage and will provide skills to support a struggling relationship. This workshop will cover many of the skills learned in couples therapy.
Learn more about The Gottman Method here: The Gottman Method – About | The Gottman Institute
*Disclaimer: Sometimes this workshop is not individualized enough to help a couple navigate the more challenging circumstances (ex: recent betrayal, active addiction, health crisis, etc.…) in these cases private couple therapy is recommended. Contact us for more information*
You Will Learn How To:
- Increase intimacy, respect, and affection
- Heighten empathy and understanding
- Remove barriers to growth
- Disarm conflicting verbal communication
Workshop Details
Date: Saturday, May 18th
Time: 9:00 am- 5:00 pm (doors open at 8:30 am for check-in)
Location: Second Baptist Church (589 Granby Rd., South Hadley, MA)
Meals: Breakfast of coffee and muffins, lunch, and afternoon snacks (please alert us to any dietary restrictions during registration)
NOW JUST $125 PER COUPLE and includes couples kit and meals.
Direct questions to Rayanne at rneveu@crosspointclinical.org