The Art and Science of Love: weekend couple retreat and workshop June 25, 2011

June 25-26, 8:30am to 5pm both days

Now offered in Mill Valley at the Acqua Hotel on the Richardson Bay...
This comprehensive, science-based couple and marriage workshop & retreat is appropriate for premarital, engaged, married, cohabiting, gay, straight, happy or struggling couples. All of the ideas presented to you will be grounded in sound and extensive research brought to you from the Gottman Relationship Institute. You will learn what actually works in relationships that are happy and stable. No public discussion or disclosure is involved. All work is done as a couple.

The Art & SCIENCE of Love workshop was designed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. It is based on Dr. John Gottman's leading edge research involving over 3,000 couples spanning the past three decades. Gottman is the author of 190 published academic articles, and author or co-author of over 40 books including the best seller, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work; as well as The Relationship Cure, Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, and Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, among many others.

Your presenters are Certified Gottman Therapists and Workshop Leaders directly trained by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, Lisa Lund, CRC, MFT and Tim West, MFT, Ph.D. Lisa and Tim are both Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists with over 30 years combined counseling experience treating couples. Lisa sees clients in her private practice in Novato and in Santa Rosa, CA. Tim sees clients in his private practice in Corte Madera, CA..

"The Workshop was a positive jolt to our relationship that we really needed... We had tried couples counseling, but hadn't got what we needed."

"My partner and I were able to create a plan around a conflict we've repeatedly argued over for over 10 years!"

"Working through exercises knowing that 1 to 1 coaching was available really made a difference."

"Highlights were the Aftermath of a Fight exercise and finding the underlying dream in a gridlocked problem."

Official Website: http://acouplesworkshop.com