Couples University

Essential Tools to Build a Solid Relationship

Time: 10AM to 5PM

Location: Affinia Hotel. 166 E. Superior St. Chicago IL 60611

Cost: $295 per couple

For more information, please email couplesuniversity@gmail.com or call 312 416 6191

Foundations for relationship success

Creating "we-ness"

Managing differences and conflict

Communication 101

Connection and intimacy

The workshop has a didactic portion and a skill building portion. This means that part of the time, couples are listening to the instructors and participating in discussions, and in the other part the couples are talking to each other, doing interesting exercises and learning new skills. During the exercises part, the instructors are going around the room answering questions and giving feedback.

There is time for one break in the morning, a lunch break and another break in the afternoon.

At the end of the workshop, we issue a certificate of attendance.

What is Couples University?

Why take a Couple Relationship Education course?

Almost all committed relationships begin with high levels of satisfaction that decline over time. However, the erosion of satisfaction is not inevitable.

Couples who develop core relationship skills can stay ahead of the divorce curve. Couple interaction is the most important factor in predicting relationship satisfaction.

Couple Relationship education has shown play a crucial role in helping couples to sustain a stable relationship.

Being in a mutually satisfying relationship is associated with physical health, psychological well being and financial stability. Additionally, children benefit from a strong relationship between their parents.

How do CU workshops differ from Couples Counseling

Couples Counseling is for couples in moderate to severe distress who are looking for individualized treatment for their marital or relational problems and who are looking to change their interactions.

CU consists of information and education for couples who are either not in distress or who are at a low to moderate level of distress and who wish to learn what constitutes a successful relationship and the tools to achieve it.

The education workshops of CU are conducted in classroom style settings. Counseling is provided to individual couples in confidential office settings.

Who can benefit from the Couples University workshops?

Dating couples

Engaged couples

Couples who are living together

Married couples

Same sex couples

How is CU different from other programs?

Our workshop offers skills training and feedback in a classroom like atmosphere.

CU offer a religious-neutral curriculum.

Who are the founders of CU?

Sara Schwarzbaum is a professor at NEIU in Chicago where she trains the next generation of counselors. She is the founder of Couples Counseling Associates in Chicago. click here. Julienne Derichs is the founder of Couples Counseling Today and her practice is located in the Northern suburbs of Chicago. She specializes in work with couples. For more information about Julienne Derichs, please visit her home page

http://www.jbdcounseling.com/

Sara and Julienne decided to expand their practices on the premise that there are crucial skills, attitudes and knowledge that give partners a better chance of developing and sustaining a healthy and mutually satisfying relationship.

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