Making Relationships Work: Love & Relationship workshop for couples

For most people, the primary template for our intimate relationships is the example provided by our parents. While this template remains unchallenged, what we witnessed them do (or not do) in their own relationship and the ways they related to others will influence our own relationship choices. So when we face relationship struggles in our own lives, we can often get a sense of ‘Groundhog Day’ and feel ill-equipped to deal with them…

Matthew Pruen has built on a decade of working with couples in one-to-one and group settings. He’s also worked as a Hoffman UK facilitator since 2008. Emma Pruen is a Family & Systemic Constellations coach, who did the Hoffman Process in 2001. Together, they host year-round personal growth and creative workshops at the French Retreat, their beautiful home and retreat venue in Bordeaux.

For this specially-developed Hoffman relationship workshop, Matthew and Emma will draw on their vast Hoffman experience, as well as a wider range of wisdom traditions, including the teachings of psychotherapist David Richo and Harville Hendrix’s Imago Relationship Therapy.

Who is the workshop for?

The two-day workshop is designed for couples wanting to develop their ability to enjoy life in their current intimate relationship. You do not have to have done the Hoffman Process to attend this workshop. It aims to support attendees in achieving real breakthrough. The intention of the course is to get couples connected again – through clear communication, witnessing each other and rebuilding respect, trust and intimacy.

What will the workshop cover?

The course will look at:

• Healthy versus unhealthy relationships – recognising co-dependency and how to be an adult in relationships
• Setting healthy boundaries in relationships
• Communication skills – learning how to express your needs healthily, and how to really listen and be heard
• Intimacy and commitment – fears we all share and how to overcome them
• How the past is present in relationships – exploring the impact of our past and learning ways to do things differently
• Healing our unmet needs from childhood – learning how to ‘self-parent’
• The introvert/extrovert or ‘maximiser/minimiser’ dimensions of relating
• From Transference to transformation – the role of Transference in relationships and how to work with it
• Developing our spiritual resources to support and guide us

Practicalities:

Date: Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 October

Times: Arrive from 9.15am for a 9.30am start each day. We’ll finish at 5.00pm.

Venue: TBC, central London

Price: £600 per couple

The day will feature two short refreshment breaks and a longer break for lunch, which is not provided. There are food shops and cafés within close range, or you are very welcome to bring a pre-prepared lunch with you.