About the Workshop

Do you have trouble communicating with your partner? Do you both feel like you don’t understand one another? Do the same arguments come up over and over again? Do you have a fantastic relationship and are looking for ways to improve on it?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this workshop is for you! This fun and straightforward workshop was created to help couples like you improve their friendship, intimacy and help reduce conflict.

Workshop Details

This workshop is based on the world-renowned research done by Dr. John Gottman in his New York Times bestselling book: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.

The principles and tools outlines in The Seven Principles teach couples new and long-lasting strategies to improve friendship and increase conflict management skills.

This workshop will help strengthen the relationship you have with your partner. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop will provide tools to enhance that partnership further. If, on the other hand, you are struggling in your relationship, this workshop will provide a clear map to repair and replace negative cycles.

The Seven Principles Workshop includes lectures, videos, and hands-on exercises for you to work on with your partner. The workshop also includes ‘The Seven Principles for Making marriage Work’ and two workbooks we will use during the workshops.

What you will learn

The new insights and research-backed skills you will learn have been shown to drastically improve friendship and intimacy within your relationship. It has also been shown to reduce and resolve conflict in a healthy, productive, and collaborative way.

Skills you will learn:

  • Increase respect and friendship

  • Increase intimacy, fondness, and admiration

  • Increase shared meaning and understanding of your partner’s inner world

  • Reduce argumentative conflict

  • Reduce gridlock

  • Learn about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

  • Learn how to maintain the tools and skills taught in the workshop

What you will receive

Two copies of the Couples Guide

A Copy of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Love Maps Card Deck

Open-Ended Questions Card Deck

Who should attend?

Couples who are considering marriage

Couples taking the steps towards marriage

Couples in any phase of marriage

Couples who wish to enhance a good marriage

Couples needing better conflict management tools

Couples considering therapy but aren’t sure if weekly treatment is necessary

Who should
NOT attend?

Couples in severe relationship distress

Those experiencing ongoing emotional abuse

Those in ongoing domestic violence

Individual in ongoing addiction

Those who are experiencing serious mental health problems

 Matthew Benavidez, LMFT, is an authorized Seven Principles Program Leader who will lead the workshop and teach you what successful couples specifically do to create long-lasting loving relationships, as well as the benefits of a stable, committed relationship.