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4.7
(3 ratings)
11 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Please join me to learn the best skills and interventions to keep your relationship(s) healthy and happy in this six part workshop.
Class is in session
4.7
(3 ratings)
11 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Please join me to learn the best skills and interventions to keep your relationship(s) healthy and happy in this six part workshop.
Course overview
I will teach you the best evidence-based skills and interventions to keep your relationships happy and healthy. You will practice these skills to develop good habits to prevent problems from spiraling and to keep the communication flowing in the right direction.
This first Module in my series is called “The Groundwork.” I will be teaching you how to do basic cleanup and regular fine-tuning on your communication, and what yellow or red flags to look out for.
You will learn along with others who are invested in improving their relationships and you will learn from me and we will learn from one another!
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You are queer, poly, kinky, or transgender (or in a relationship with someone who identifies this way), and you want a safe learning space.
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You are vanilla, monogamous, heterosexual, or cisgender and you are excited to work along with a diverse group of people.
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You're in a new relationship & you want to keep the good stuff flowing! Or you're single and seeking tools to improve future relationships.
You will learn about how physiological distress can disrupt your thinking and block communication. You will learn skills for identifying if this is happening to you and your partners, and learn what to do about it.
You will learn about healthy complaining and how to increase the chances that your complaints will be heard. Nobody is happy with everything their partner(s) do all of the time. But complaints need to be made (and heard) gently and with care. I'll show you how.
You will learn a script for repairing and healing from a conflict with your partner(s). So many people get stuck arguing about what really happened or who is right in their memory of a conflict. I will teach you a better way to process a fight.
You will learn how to identify key patterns that you and your partner(s) enact together and how to exit the problematic dance and learn a few new helpful dance moves.
Relationship Skills for All Genders and Orientations
Week 1
Mar 9—Mar 10
Events
Sat, Mar 9, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM UTC
Modules
Week 2
Mar 11—Mar 17
Nothing scheduled for this week.
Week 3
Mar 18—Mar 24
Events
Sat, Mar 23, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM UTC
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Week 4
Mar 25—Mar 31
Nothing scheduled for this week.
Week 5
Apr 1—Apr 7
Events
Sat, Apr 6, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM UTC
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Week 6
Apr 8—Apr 14
Nothing scheduled for this week.
Week 7
Apr 15—Apr 21
Events
Sat, Apr 20, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM UTC
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Week 8
Apr 22—Apr 28
Nothing scheduled for this week.
Week 9
Apr 29—May 5
Events
Sat, May 4, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM UTC
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Week 10
May 6—May 12
Nothing scheduled for this week.
Week 11
May 13—May 18
Events
Sat, May 18, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM UTC
Modules
4.7
(3 ratings)
I have been providing psychotherapy to relationship partners since 1997. I did my dissertation on assessing bias in mental health services to consensually kinky folx, which I published in 2003. It was later published in a journal. Since then, I founded Bay Area Open Minds (in 2009) which was established to affirm that sexual, gender, and relationship diversity are natural expressions of the human experience. I served as President of the organization for ten years.
I have taught nationally to mental health professionals about understanding consensual BDSM at the American Psychological Association. I have published a peer reviewed paper on evidence-based treatments for a consensually non-monogamous couple.
Most importantly, I have been working with people in many different relationship configurations for almost three decades, and it is the most fulfilling and rewarding work I do.
It has been my longing and my dream to take this work out of the therapy office and into your living room to help teach these skills outside of a psychotherapy context.
12pm - 1:30pm Eastern
We will meet every two weeks, starting on Saturday, March 9th with our last session on Saturday, May 18th.
12:00 - 1:30pm Eastern
March 9, 2023
March 23, 2023
April 6, 2023
April 20, 2023
May 4, 2023
May 18, 2023
45 - 60 minutes a week
You will be given specific practice modules to try between sessions. The length of time will vary. Then you can come back with questions or troubleshooting. Doing this practice work will greatly accelerate your fluency in using these skills.
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
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Robin S. Rosenberg, Ph.D., ABPP
Michi Fu, Ph.D. 傅美蓁
Akhila E. A. Kolesar, Ph.D.
Richard A. Sprott, Ph.D.
Ryan G. Witherspoon, Ph.D.
Thomas S. Roche