Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
The Goal is Simple: Strengthen Your Relationship
Marriage is just difficult. It's great... but difficult.
I work with struggling relationships every day and the one thing that they all have in common is that in order for it to work, it requires effort. Effort does not have to feel like work though. Sometimes the hardest part is just having a path laid out to make the effort easier.
That’s where the “Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work” class comes in….
Most couples often feel so busy that prioritizing their relationship gets put on the back burner.
I’ve also heard couples feel alone in their disatisfaction, thinking that every other couple out there has a better relationship than they do.
Sometimes seeking out traditional couples therapy just doesn’t work, it can be intimidating, expensive and overwhelming.
Many couples aimlessly look for ANYTHING that will give them hope that their relationship can improve without finding a clear, structured guide.
If one partner is more invested in growth than the other, they can feel frustrated that they are reading a book alone or that the effort is imbalanced.
How can we address these issues and help couples feel great about where they are headed together?
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is a class designed to provide structure, motivation and accountability to help busy couples participate together in growing their relationship.
- Joining others in a class setting can be encouraging. You quickly realize, you're not the only one with these challenges.
- The Seven Principles class isn't a substitute for therapy but it can help soften the entry as you begin prioritizing your relationship.
- The class format encourages both you and your partner to work together so neither one of you feel the growth is imbalanced.
- You will discover that there are clear goals and objectives that help to eliminate the uncertainty and hesitation about how to move forward.
You'll Learn To:
- Deepen your knowledge of one another.
- Build friendship and trust.
- Recognize and respond to bids for emotional connection.
- Be open to influence.
- Understand and work with both solvable and difficult problems.
- Get through gridlocked conflict.
- Create a special “Story of Us.”
- Maintain your relationship gains.
What is the cost if nothing changes in your relationship
and it continues on the course it's currently headed?
- Relationship counseling to repair hurt from years of distance and hostility? ($3,000)
- Relationship frustration creeping into job performance? (Tens of thousands of $ in potential raises, promotions or career advancement)
- A divorce (the average cost is ~$30,000)
- Child being raised without emotional security during the most important years of attachment formation (can we even put a price on this?)
Instead of having to pay more than $50,000 because of a troubled relationship, this class can help you to be among the hundreds of others I’ve helped who feel great about being a couple.
Today I am offering the 8-hour workshop for only $1400.
Here's what to do next:
First, read through the details of what you will learn with your parther so you can be sure the class is right for you.
Then, because space is limited, register right away to secure your spot.
Class Dates: June 20th & 27th, and July 11th & 18th from 7:00-9:00pm (CST).
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You and your partner can attend together for only $200!
Additionally, I will cover the cost and mail directly your additional materials for FREE!"
You Will Be Able To:
- Learn things about your partner you never knew.
- Understand a clear path toward deepening your understanding of one another.
- Identify the ways conflict gets escalated even before it starts.
- Distinguish between problems where you can reach a compromise versus ones that might be more difficult.
- Create a space where you are both open to influence from one another.
- Celebrate the successes you have and maintain your growth.
Frequently Asked Questions:
No. The class does not include sharing problems or issues publicly. Couples Exercises are done privately.
Since the class involves couples doing exercises together, both partners must participate.
If the class is offered over a period of time and one partner must miss a particular class
meeting, then the other partner is encouraged to attend the lecture portion of the class.
He or she may use the Couples Exercise time to do part of the exercises and then do the
full exercise with their partner later. They may also use exercise time to read the Seven
Principles book.
Yes, still come to the class. While the book provides very valuable information, the class lectures will summarize the content of the book. Each person will need a Couples Guide, however, to do the Couples Exercises efficiently.
The class will involve doing some of the exercises from the book so doing them first at
home would duplicate some of them. In some cases, the directions for doing the exercises
in class have been revised and updated from those presented in the Seven Principles
book. The Leaders also role-play how to – and how not to – do some of the exercises in
order to help participants get the most out of each exercise. There are some exercises in
the book that the class will not have time to do, and couples are encouraged to do them
at home after that chapter has been covered in class.
Yes, zoom allows more couples to be able to participate!
Each class session is about 2-hours long. There are 4 class sessions.
The Seven Principles Couples Program is appropriate for couples contemplating engagement, for pre-marital couples, for couples living together, and for couples who have been together or married for decades.
Psycho-educational classes are not appropriate for all couples, including those with severe relationship distress, significant emotional or physical abuse, serious emotional or mental health problems, relationships where one or both partners are actively addicted to drugs or alcohol, and relationships with serious compulsive behavior with gambling, sexual acting out, and other disruptive behaviors.
If you register by June 10th, your Seven Principles Couples Set ($49 value) will be provided and mailed to you for FREE! After June 10th, you will need to purchase it directly from the Gottman Institute following the link above.
Why should you take the class?
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(The Class is Limited to 20 Couples – Secure Your Spot Before Seats Are Gone!)
Join Us As We Strengthen Relationships – It’s that simple!
Just $200! But this price goes away June 10th!
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