Best Marriages

Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm
Couples Therapy: A Research-Based Approach

DAY ONE

8:30 – 9:00 am: Registration Check-In
9:00 – 12:00 pm: The Research: What Makes Relationships Succeed or Fail?

The Sound Relationship House Theory
When is Couples Therapy Contra Indicated?
Assessing a Relationship
Session 1: Oral History Interview, Sampling Couple Conflict
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 – 5:00 pm Learning to use Assessment Questionnaires

Session 2: Individual Sessions
Session 3: The Therapeutic Contract
DAY TWO
9:00 – 12:00 pm Introduction to Intervention – Constructive Conflict

Rapoport Intervention
Ending the Four Horsemen
Dreams-Within-Conflict
Aftermath of a Fight
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch

1:15 – 4:00 pm Building Friendship and Shared Meaning

Build Love Maps
Turn Towards: The Stress-Reducing Conversation, Build Rituals of Connection, Create Shared Meaning