Atlantic Canada Society For Bioenergetic Analysis

Couples Courses

Transforming Your Relationship

A focused practical and productive course for couples that will help you to:

• find patterns that work in your relationships and build on them
• deepen your mutual empathy and understanding
• become passionate friends
• have some fun together

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Description

This 10-week course is intended to guide couples in their search for deeper intimacy. It combines information and practice in a context of safety, healing, and understanding.

Each session begins with a bioenergetic exercise designed to set the stage for the night's learning in a way that heightens energy and creates an environment of playfulness and enjoyment.

The input of each lesson focusses on a step-by-step approach to gaining understanding and confidence in the relationship. There is opportunity to work with the material presented both individually and as a couple. Occasionally, there are opportunities to participate in and/or observe demonstrations of bioenergetic psychotherapy with couples in their integration of specific issues.

A different bioenergetic partner-exercise is taught and practised each evening, and couples are given specific instructions about follow-up work that can enhance the process.

Communication is a skill.
The only way to learn a skill is experientially.
You have to Do it!

K. Hendricks

Course Outline
Session I	Your Heart's Desire in This Relationship Topics include: The nature of growth - fostering relationships; creating a vision statement.
Session II	Healing Old Wounds Childhood wounds often lead to significant difficulties in relationship. Gather the information you need to move towards understanding and healing.
Session III	A Listening Heart The ability to listen with care and involvement is an essential skill for good communication. Discover you own potential to enrich your relationship through deep communication.
Session IV	Intimacy - A First Step Partners frequently have characteristic ways of avoiding intimacy. Find out which operate in your relationship and how to move towards renewed commitment.
Session V	Partners Who Nurture Meeting the need for unconditional love brings a new level of pleasure and safety into any relationship. Learn how to create caring behaviours that work.
Session VI	Let's Have Some Fun Laughing and playing together are two high-energy ways to deepen your connection. Practice the skills you're developing to stimulate your relationship with pleasure.
Session VII	Dealing With Criticism At the heart of every accusation is a disguised plea. Use the disguised plea in conflict to move towards empathy and healing.
Session VIII	Befriending Emotions Repressed anger often creates an empty relationship. Discover how working intense emotions can deepen the capacity to love.
Session IX	A Demonstration One of the benefits of group work is the opportunity to learn from others. Let a demonstration followed by sharing consolidate your own learning.
Session X	Putting It All Together Creating a relationship that is safe, nurturing and satisfying requires skill, practice and trust. Review and synthesize what has been most helpful and what holds most promise for your future.
Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: understand and assess patterns in your relationship apply strategies of good communication to create solutions recognize and practice behaviours that heal and nurture Workshop offered by: ROSALIND McVICAR, BScN, CCC, CBT

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