Couples Resource Center | Couples Workshops

Couples Workshops

San Francisco CA • SF Peninsula CA • West Linn OR

Fall/Winter

Enrollment for the Fall/Winter 2011 is now open. To enroll for a workshop, please visit our enrollment page. Couples and individual counseling is available at all times. Check out our newest offerings: "Beyond, Fight, Flight, Freeze – Healthy Conflict Resolution" ; and also "Baby Makes Three: How To Become a Family and Still Have A Marriage".

For more information on couples groups, or to get on our mailing list for upcoming group sessions, please email us at info@couplesresourcecenter.com.

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Beyond Fight Flight Freeze – Healthy Conflict Resolution

We often become stuck in patterns that lead us into arguments as opposed to discussions and dialogue, which increases intimacy and understanding. This workshop will focus on ways to foster safety in relationship so both partners are able to ask for what they need. Healthy communication and specific conflict resolution skills will also be taught.

Saturday, Sep 17th, 10:00-3:00PM

Location: San Francisco

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Baby Makes Three - How To Become A Family and Still Have A Marriage

No matter how much or how little you prepare for the arrival of your child, the addition of this small magical being sends everything up for grabs. All the little or big issues (that may have been neatly under the surface,) rise up and surprise you. What happened to the wonderful togetherness? Never before have we felt so responsible for anything or anyone, including ourselves. And soon, there's just not enough energy left to be there for each other or yourself. In this workshop, appropriate for both new parents and parents-to-be, we will explore finding the way back to each other, even within all the new uncharted territory of parenting.

Sunday, Nov 6th, 10:00-4:00PM

Location: San Francisco

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Empathy and Staying Present In Relationships

Empathy is a key ingredient, which builds trust and closeness in a relationship. Allowing a feeling of being understood, empathy provides a sense of being heard and validated. In this workshop specific tools to use and increase empathy will be presented and couples will have the opportunity to practice these new skills with their partners.

Saturday, Sep 24th, 10:00-3:00PM

Location: San Francisco

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Conflict Happens – How It Can Deepen Relationships

In this workshop, in a safe setting, we will explore your views, attitudes, and experiences of conflict. The focus will be on how to better understand how conflict happens, what it means and doesn’t mean, and mostly how to avoid those circular, or marathon, or emotionally distancing conflicts that can take the joy out of relationships. We’ll look beyond the content of conflicts in order to discover underlying needs and desires. We’ll also look at specific ways to remove the negative aspects of conflict.

Saturday, Oct 22nd, 10:00-4:00PM

Location: San Francisco

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Carol Schira, MFT

Loving Touch – Inviting Deeper Intimacy

In our mind-based Western culture, we often overlook the most basic, organic, and direct path to connection. You may think that being together for some time, you are familiar with touch in your relationship. But, familiarity can be the first barrier to enlivened touch. In this workshop, we will explore the power of simple touch as a means to communicate without words and to deepen our connection. Allow yourself to explore touch as a mean of rediscovering who you both are today; and meeting yourself and each other again, and for the first time.

Saturday, Dec 3rd, 10:00-4:00PM

Location: San Francisco

Cost: $225 per couple

Leader: Yvonne Guertin
Carol Schira, MFT

Keeping the Glow – A Premarital Workshop

This workshop will help couples move from courtship to mature romantic love. Couples will learn ways to keep attraction alive, resolve conflict, and communicate effectively.

Saturday, Oct 29th, 10:00-3:00PM

Location: San Francisco

Cost: $225 per couple
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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Individual Couple Workshop

This workshop is designed for those couples that would prefer individualized work or perhaps when there are no workshops currently scheduled on the topics of interest. Unlike the other workshops, it includes (a) a Pre-workshop Assessment Session, (b) Completion of a questionnaire, and (c) a four-hour workshop based on the specific needs of the couple.

Saturday, On Demand

Location: San Francisco

Cost:

Pre-workshop Session: $135
Questionnaire Review: No charge
4-hour Workshop: $450
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Leader: Carol Schira, MFT

SF Peninsula, CA

Beyond Fight Flight Freeze – Healthy Conflict Resolution

Saturday, Nov 5th, 10:00-3:00PM

Location: Palo Alto

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Couples and Money: Navigating Today’s Choppy Financial Waters

Money is one of the greatest sources of conflict in relationships. Join this lively workshop dealing with money struggles in relationships. Learn why money conflicts arise, how to navigate them without damaging your relationship, and how to develop teamwork to more effectively enhance your finances and your relationship.

TBD

Location: Palo Alto

Cost: $180 per couple

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Leaders: Veronica Dostal, CFRC
Julie Gauthier, Phd.

Dealing With Differences: Enneagram For Couples

This introductory workshop provides an opportunity to view yourself and your partner through a new lens, the Enneagram; a mapping of human nature into a set of nine personality types. The Enneagram offers the gift of looking deeply into how we experience the world as well as the different ways others view reality, which helps to build greater understanding and compassion.

Saturday, Nov 12th, 10:00-3:00PM

Location: Palo Alto

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Conflict Happens – How It Can Deepen Relationships

In this workshop, in a safe setting, we will explore your views, attitudes, and experiences of conflict. The focus will be on how to better understand how conflict happens, what it means and doesn’t mean, and mostly how to avoid those circular, or marathon, or emotionally distancing conflicts that can take the joy out of relationships. We'll look beyond the content of conflicts in order to discover underlying needs and desires. We’ll also look at specific ways to remove the negative aspects of conflict.

Saturday, Jan 14th, 10:00-4:00PM

Location: Palo Alto

Cost: $225 per couple

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Leader: Carol Schira, MFT

Marriage / Relationship – "It's Not What We Expected"

In this workshop discover how our expectations and illusions get in the way. Explore the specific ways of moving from the fantasy of romantic attraction to the realities of mature love, Using the myth of Tristan and Isolde as well as experiential exercises, couples will create a deeper friendship as well as a more realistic experience of love.

Saturday, TBD

Location: Los Altos Hills

Cost: $225 per couple
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Leader: Sandy Roos, MFT

Individual Couple Workshop

Saturday, On Demand

Location: Palo Alto

Cost:

Pre-workshop Session: $135
Questionnaire Review: No charge
4-hour Workshop: $450
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Leader: Carol Schira, MFT

West Linn, OR

Strengthening Communication Skills: A Workshop For Couples and Singles

This workshop offers concrete, useful and immediately applicable tools to improve listening, understanding, empathy and self expression. A warm, comfortable setting is created, with support and humor. Open to couples and individuals.

Sunday, Oct 16th, 9:00-1:00PM
Location:
Sachi Wellness Center
2008 Williamette Falls Dr.
West Linn, Oregon

Cost: $50 per couple - $25 singles

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or contact Sylvia Randall, Ph.D.
503-686-8409

Leader: Sylvia Randall, Ph.D.

San Francisco area groups and workshops are held in either Palo Alto or San Francisco. Oregon groups and workshops are held in West Linn.