No. The class does not include sharing problems or issues publicly. This is a psychoeducational class, meaning this isn’t therapy. You are not expected to share details about yourself in this space. Couples Exercises are done privately so that you and your partner have an opportunity to discuss together in the space.

Since the class involves couples doing exercises together, both partners must participate.

If the class is offered over a period of time (i.e. weekly workshop) and one partner must miss a particular class meeting, then the other partner is encouraged to attend the lecture portion of the class. The attending partner 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, absolutely still come to the class. While the book provides very valuable information, the class lectures will summarize the content of the book so that you will be able to keep up with the workshop. 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 Leader also role-plays 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.

No, this is a psycho-educational class and is not a replacement for couples’ therapy. You will learn skills but will not be talking about private moments in your life.

Please reach out to us directly to determine rates based on how many partners you would like to bring. The Puget Suite would be perfect for multiple partners as it has 3 beds total!

Appropriate couples are:

Couples who are married/in long-term relationships who wish to enhance an already good relationship;

Pre-engaged/Pre-marital couples: those who are considering marriage or taking the steps toward marriage ;

Couples needing better conflict management tools

INAPPROPRIATE COUPLES ARE THOSE EXPERIENCING:

Severe relationship distress,

Emotional abuse,

Domestic violence,

Active addictions (alcohol, drug, sexual, gambling, etc.),

Serious mental health problems in one or both partners