The next workshop for parents is
October 18-19, 2008.

How you'll benefit
What you'll learn
What to expect

Next scheduled workshop

• Seeking to create a safe, loving environment that fosters growth of secure, happy children

• Avoiding repetition of experiences and approaches from your own childhoods

• Addressing disparity in how you and your spouse were raised

• Resolving differences in your styles for raising children

• Communicating openly, calmly and productively about important issues

• Escaping pitfalls you’ve seen others experience

• Surviving the teen and pre-teen years

• Balancing your roles as parents and spouses

• Responding to parental advice about raising your children

• Managing your parents’ direct influence on your children

An important thing to remember is: Family begins with the two of you.

If you put your energy into enriching your relationship now, you’ll be able to create the environment you desire for raising your children. How can you deepen your relationship so that you:

• Feel confident about raising children together

• Approach parenting with common vision and values

• Have the tools you need to resolve today’s problems and address future challenges together

The Relationship Studio Imago Workshop: Getting the Love You Want

Invest in your relationship now and the dividends can last a lifetime.

Participating in the TRS Parents and Expectant Parents Weekend Workshop will provide you with skills that will enhance your relationship and create and maintain a nurturing environment for your children.

TRS workshops are based on the work of Harville Hendrix, founder of Imago Relationship Therapy and best selling author. This internationally known and accepted approach to transforming relationships is renowned for its effectiveness, the safe and secure environment it creates for experiential learning and the practical tools it provides for enhancing communication and deepening relationships for the future.

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The Relationship Studio:
How you’ll benefit

• You’ll feel better about yourselves as individuals and more connected as a couple and as parents.

• You’ll communicate with each other more honestly and with greater ease.

• You’ll make intentional, conscious choices for yourselves, your relationship and your children.

• You’ll co-create an environment of safety and trust.

• You’ll learn to disagree and express differing opinions and ideas without breaking the relationship connection.

• You’ll experience a deeper connection and have more fun together.

• You’ll become attractive to each other in a way that will last and preserve the excitement in your relationship.

• You’ll receive important tools for sustaining an intentional loving relationship long after the workshop has ended.

• You’ll plan for your future together as a couple and a family.

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The Relationship Studio:
What you’ll learn

• To recognize how the quality of your relationship impacts your children

• To build a deep connection with each other that will enrich your roles as partners and parents

• To sustain fun and romance for the long run

• To deepen emotional and sexual intimacy

• To be successful in meeting your partner's needs

• To create a relationship vision for your lives going forward

• To communicate in a way that addresses hurts and frustrations, differences and disappointments within a safe, trusting and mutual partnership

• To clarify and express your individuality while fostering your connection and identity as a couple and as parents

• To develop win-win solutions to problems that arise

• To become a cohesive couple with a shared sense of values and priorities.

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Your relationship is the foundation on which your family is built. Set aside one weekend for yourselves... and your family.

The TRS Parents and Expectant Parents Weekend Workshop gives you an opportunity to step away from the day-to-day stresses of your life to focus on deepening your relationship as a foundation for raising happy, well-adjusted children.

The Relationship Studio:
What to expect

• A safe and confidential environment where there is no blame and no shame

• The company of other couples who are parents or expectant parents

• Non-threatening approaches to understanding yourself and your role in your relationship and your family

• Actionable tools that will help you communicate effectively and approach parenting in a more confident and collaborative way

• A highly diversified mixture of adult education formats:
--- Short lecture, video clips, music, guided imagery, re-romanticizing exercises, demonstrations, and communication tools
--- Private time together as a couple to practice what you’ve learned, using issues that are real to you
--- Voluntary sharing of insights and experiences

• The equivalent of six months of couples coaching or therapy in one 20-hour weekend workshop

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Next Scheduled TRS Workshop for Parents and Expectant Parents

DATE: October 18-19, 2008

Saturday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Sunday from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm

PLACE:
The Relationship Studio
1613 Florence Avenue
Evanston Illinois 60201

COST: $695 per couple for the 20-hour workshop. Also included are two workbooks, beverages and snacks.

FUTURE CHICAGO-AREA WORKSHOP DATES:

January 24-25, 2009
April 25-26, 2009
June 13-14, 2009
October 17-18, 2009

Check back frequently for updates!


Other things you should know:

• Dress is casual. Be comfortable. You may even want to bring a pillow

• Both members of the couple must attend the workshop

• Beverages and snacks will be provided

• Lunch on Saturday and Sunday will be on your own (a chance for on-going communication inspired by the sessions) and are not covered by the workshop fee

• Deposit of $200 is required with registration

• The balance ($495) is due one week prior to the workshop

• Special Offer:
---Registrations made 3 or more weeks prior to the workshop date will receive a $50 discount on the total cost of the workshop.

• Cancellation Policy: If cancellation is made more than 8 days prior to the workshop, a refund of the deposit will be made, less a $75 administration fee.
If a cancellation is made less than 8 days prior to the workshop or if you fail to attend or to complete the workshop, the deposit will not be refunded, but can be applied to a subsequently scheduled workshop.

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