Couples Skills Workshop
with Daphna Peterson, LCSW

Tuesdays | 6:00pm – 7:30pm
10 Weeks | 90 minutes

Presented by
Heal THRIVE Grow Behavioral Health

TO REGISTER

The first step to getting started with our Couples Skills Workshop is to fill out our secure Electronic Referral Form.

Electronic Referral Form

GROUP DESCRIPTION

We believe that couples can be extremely effective problem-solvers and communicators. This weekly group educates couples about the barriers to problem-solving and communication including: information on how conflict arises, which responses increase this conflict, what skills calm the conflict, and how underlying emotional dysregulation weakens clear communication and fuels relationship dissatisfaction. In addition to educating couples about conflict, this group teaches couples how to improve their relationship with the use of specific skills that increase validation and communication, increase intimacy and closeness, increase problem-solving life’s demands as a couples, and move individuals towards a more secure and fulfilling relationship. Psychoeducational in format, this group resembles more of a classroom than a therapy group. Each week the couples learn new skills and share their experiences implementing the skills that they learned from the week before.

This group, limited in size to no more than 6 couples, is drawn from the evidence-based practices of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), the work of Alan Fruzzetti, Ph.D.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This group is for couples who are having difficulty in their relationship related to frequent misunderstandings, mild to intense conflict, not feeling heard and understood by each other, or for those couples who want to improve the quality of their relationship. The format, language, and skills of this group often reflect that of DBT. Thus, this group can be especially helpful for those couples in which one or both individuals have interest in DBT skills. 

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

We ask couples to commit to attending the full 10-week workshop. The workshop begins on February 6th. In order to maintain a comfortable group atmosphere that is conducive to learning, February 13th will be the last day to enroll. Given the highly limited capacity of the workshop, we require each couple to pay a non-refundable $500 enrollment fee at the time of enrollment and each workshop session will cost $50 per session due at the time of service.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Electronic Referral FormThe first step to getting started with our Couples Skills Workshop is to fill out our secure Electronic Referral Form.

Contact Daphna Peterson at (503) 290-3264 or dpeterson@healthrivegrow.com
For registration information, contact Intake at (503) 290-3297