Introductory workshop
Being TWOgether
Before You Tie The Knot

Advanced Workshops
Money Minded Marriage
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Couples Bonding Weekend
Graduate Skill Refresher

 

Introductory workshop

Being TWOgether

Two-day workshop
Facilitators: Dan & Meg Haycraft

This two-day (secular) workshop is for couples who are committed to staying or getting more connected. Now more than ever, couples long to stay together for reasons other than survival and security. They desire having a relationship built on deeper understanding and acceptance of one another; an ongoing pursuit of pleasure and enjoyment; and the ability to solve problems by reaching mutually shared agreements.

Education and research now confirms that couples can learn the skills needed to create a loving, peer relationship. This workshop provides you with a new model for having and sustaining the intimate relationship you want and deserve.

You and your partner will learn to:

	Develop empathy for each other
	Express your inner feelings without restraint or fear of being misunderstood
	Recognize and shift away from styles of communication that block listening and movement toward solutions
	Create new “attending” behaviors that nurture goodwill and strengthen your bond as a couple

Before You Tie The Knot

One-day workshop
Facilitator: Claudia Steinbrecher, LCSW of TWOgether, Inc

You spend a lot of time planning your wedding, but what about planning for your marriage? This one-day workshop for engaged couples will give you the skills you need to build a strong and lasting marriage.

	You'll learn how to communicate effectively in your relationship and resolve conflicts in a way that will strengthen your marriage.
	You'll find out about different "money personalities" and learn how to develop a family spending plan.
	And you'll identify questions that couples should explore prior to having children.

Before you tie the knot, spend a day together preparing for a happy, lifelong marriage.



Advanced Workshops
Money Minded Marriage
One day workshop

Struggles and disagreements over money often do not arise until something changes in the relationship. Commonly these changes involve:

	an increase (or decrease) in one partner’s income
	a shift in which partner supports the household financially
	a difference in views about how money is to be used

For many couples, money struggles are really about deeper issues involving power, authority, status and the potential for independence. The resulting conflicts remain unresolved, because the deeper issues aren’t understood or addressed.

This one-day workshop creates a safe and open environment for couples to speak what may have been unspoken about money. You are guided by structured techniques that allow you to understand and share your beliefs and perceptions about money. Together, you will learn ways to de-fuse conflicts about money and move towards a shared vision for your financial lives.



Are We Having Fun Yet?
One day workshop

Relationships begin with two people enjoying each other. Over time, however, many couples get “off track” and focus on their pursuit of the “good life.” This pursuit often creates a lifestyle that is filled with stress and busyness which leads to little attention to leisure and shared pleasure. For couples, the idea of “playing together” becomes another “thing” to get scheduled or accomplished.

Learn how to write your own "prescription" for pleasure and fun in this one day workshop. Plenty of time will be dedicated to discussing how, where and when your time together can be well spent.



Deepening the Connection: A Couple's Bonding Weekend
Three day workshop
Facilitators: Dr. Dan & Meg Haycraft

Bonding is the heart of an intimate relationship. As a physiologically based need, it is the experience of emotional openness and physical closeness that requires another person for its fulfillment.

This powerful three-day experience teaches you ways to develop the habit of “bonding” as part of your relationship. Couples will receive attention and guidance in removing any blocks that limit them having a more intimate connection. Time will also be dedicated for individual healing and letting go of past hurts or disappointments from the relationship in order to reach new
levels of closeness.



Graduate Skill Refresher
Facilitators: Dr. Dan & Meg Haycraft

Attendance is limited to graduates of the Passage to Intimacy workshop. Renew your commitment! Refresh your knowledge! Spend the day with Dan and Meg polishing your skills so that they meet more of your relationship’s needs.