MO | Couples Workshop for LGBT Couples ~ Hold Me Tight®
Date/Time
9/21/2019 - 9/22/2019
9am to 5pm & 9am to 4pm
Event Description

Based on the highly researched method of couples therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy by Dr. Sue Johnson, and her successful book, Hold Me Tight®: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, the Hold Me Tight® Workshop is a 2-day workshop that helps couples take troubling patterns of conflict and transform them into emotionally accessible, responsive and engaging interactions. The workshop is based on attachment science, which has been shown to apply to all couples, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, culture or race. We are pleased and excited to be offering this Hold Me Tight® workshop for LGBT couples to provide more safety and confidentiality as you explore your relationship. We support every couple who desires to deepen their loving connection., especially since love, emotional safety and emotional connection are the antidote to pain.

This workshop is appropriate for couples of all stages of happiness or distress. We offer a non-judgmental, emotionally safe space for you and your partner to explore your relationship and the struggles that keep the two of you from either having a stronger relationship or having the relationship of your dreams.

Location
The World War I Museum and Memorial
2 Memorial Drive
Kansas City, MO 64108

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Contact Person
Jessica Schroeder
(phone: (913) 565-2131)
Details
The 7 Conversations:

Over the 2-day workshop, couples will engage in the following conversations:

Conversation One: Recognizing the Demon Dialogues ~ this conversation helps couples begin to see each other in a new way. Recognizing Demon Dialogues helps couple begin to identify the moves they make in an attempt to prevent disconnection.  In the process, couples stop seeing each other as the enemy and instead, allies.

Conversation Two: Finding the Raw Spots ~ the next conversation helps couples to begin to identify the cue that activate attachment fears. In addition, this conversation helps the couple be able to reflect on how these attachment fears developed in past relationships and past experiences.

Conversation Three: Revisiting a Rocky Moment ~ this conversation helps couples integrate the first two conversations and allows the couple to reestablish safety. The couple also has the opportunity to begin to repair rifts from past interactions that will help couples feel connected and together instead disconnected and alone. 

Conversation Four: Forgiving Injuries and Trusting Again ~ couples engaging in this conversation will learn how to work toward repair for situations where partners were emotionally wounded. Each partner gets the opportunity to formulate the kind of conversation or apology they would have liked to have had when they were wounded by a loved one.

Conversation Five: Hold Me Tight® ~ this conversation is the most connecting conversation in the workshop. Each partner has the opportunity to experience emotional accessibility, responsiveness and engagement from their partner. This conversation continues to build emotional safety within the relationship.

Conversation Six: Bonding Through Sex and Touch ~ you and your partner will get the opportunity to talk about sex in a way you may never have been able to before. With the safety that was created through earlier conversations, you and your partner will be able to further create the emotional connection leads to great sex.

Conversation Seven: Keeping Your Love Alive ~ in this final conversation, you and your partner will create a plan to continue to keep love alive as you continue your life together.