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Couples Enrichment Weekends
For those couples who are in pain but have neither the time nor the opportunity to attend weekly sessions of couple counseling, Enrichment Weekends offer them.
An Enrichment Weekend consists of 2 ½ days of relationship-building experiences in a relaxed and emotionally safe environment. It provides benefits similar to the
ones offered by the more conventional approach, but packed in a weekend of intensive individual and interpersonal work.
It begins on Friday afternoon, when couples meet with me to discuss the reasons why they are there. This first meeting allows couples to make the initial contact with
the therapist and hear each other without attacking or being defensive. Common dynamics are identified. This allows couples to start to understand what needs to be
changed in order for them to achieve a healthier way of interacting with one another.
On Saturday morning, partners are seen individually for individual assessments. This allows the therapist to gather information on their developmental and relational
histories, thus identifying what issues pertain to the current relationship and what may come from previous ones.
After a lunch break, sessions resume in the afternoon. Couples are provided with feedback about the assessments and information about what needs to be done to change
the dysfunctional cycle of anger, misunderstanding and disappointment in which they are both trapped. The therapeutic work of identifying, feeling, expressing and
sharing deep emotions that were previously inaccessible can now take place.
Now couples are emotionally receptive to one another. When not in session, they are encouraged to get away from their daily stressors and concentrate on each other in order
to maintain openness and mutual receptivity. This leads to the establishment of a renewed commitment to one another and a new way of being together.
Sessions resume Sunday morning. They consolidate the work done so far, furthering couples' understanding of the underlying causes of their difficulties, and encouraging the maintenance of on going healthy communication.
By the time couples leave, they are receptive and open to one another, feel empathy and are hopeful about their relationship. As they have gained enough awareness of
their and their partners' emotions, they can apply this knowledge to individual situations, as needed.
Couples Enrichment Weekends are held in Carefree, easily accessible, yet distant enough to relax, reflect and heal.
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"Let us be grateful for people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
--Marcel Proust
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