Couples
Workshops

The Workshop is based on the book, Hold Me Tight® , by Dr. Sue Johnson, which is now in its 10th year of publication and has sold over half a million copies world-wide. Created for couples struggling with communication, intimacy and security, Hold Me Tight® is a two-day intensive Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) workshop held in Texas to help couples heal broken bonds, and rekindle the spark that brought them together.

 

Hold Me Tight® will help you and your partner feel safe, secure and connected by enabling you to:
* Understand the real reasons you get into struggles over and over.
* Change patterns that leave you frustrated, angry and hurting.
* Engage in conversations keeping your love alive and secure.

 

This workshop will walk you through seven conversations that capture the defining moments in a love relationship and instruct you how to shape these moments to create a secure and lasting bond.

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The seven transforming conversations topics are:

 

Recognizing Demon Dialogues—In this first conversation, couples identify negative and destructive remarks in order to get to the root of the problem and figure out what each other is really trying to say.

 

Finding the Raw Spots—Here, each partner learns to look beyond immediate, impulsive reactions to figure out what raw spots are being hit.

 

Revisiting a Rocky Moment—This conversation provides a platform for de-escalating conflict and repairing rifts in a relationship and building emotional safety.

 

Hold Me Tight—The heart of the program: this conversation moves partners into being more accessible, emotionally responsive, and deeply engaged with each other.

 

Forgiving Injuries—Injuries may be forgiven but they never disappear. Instead, they need to become integrated into couples’ conversations as demonstrations of renewal and connection. Knowing how to find and offer forgiveness empowers couples to strengthen their bond.

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Bonding Through Sex and Touch—Here, couples find how emotional connection creates great sex, and good sex creates deeper emotional connection.

 

Keeping Your Love Alive—This last conversation is built on the understanding that love is a continual process of losing and finding emotional connection; it asks couples to be deliberate and mindful about maintaining connection.”