COUPLES WORKSHOP IN MINNEAPOLIS

Discover what makes love last in relationships.

Live couples workshop via Zoom June 7th, 2025 via Zoom-9:30 AM- 4:30 PM

Registration Deadline: May 28th

Happy couple against wall Minneapolis
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Ready to put relationship research into practice?

Do you have difficulty communicating and understanding each other? Are you stuck, arguing in circles about the same issues? Or are you in a good relationship and would like to make it even better?

Based on the New York Times best seller, by Dr. John Gottman and Nan Silver, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, this is a workshop for all couples.

This LIVE virtual workshop is developed from 40 years of research with more than 3,000 couples. It’s grounded on what actually works in relationships that are happy and stable. This educational workshop has been offered across the US and internationally, and has strengthened the relationships of tens of thousands of couples. It’s specifically designed to help couples improve their friendship and learn powerful communication and conflict management skills.

The couples workshop includes lectures, demonstrations, videos and private couples exercises. The activities are fun, insightful and informative. And there is no need to worry about sharing your personal problems in front of others… we don’t do any group sharing at this workshop.

This couples workshop is open to anyone in the United States or Internationally. (Note the workshop will be held in Central Standard Time).

COUPLES WILL LEARN & PRACTICE RESEARCH-PROVEN SEVEN PRINCIPLES TOOLS TO:

Foster respect, affection, and closeness

Make conflict work for your relationship

Learn to communicate clearly and effectively

Deepen intimacy and build trust

Strengthen your foundation of friendship and connection

The Gottman Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work:

  1. Enhance Love Maps

  2. Nurturing Fondness and Admiration

  3. Turning Towards Each Other Instead of Away

  4. Let Your Partner Influence You

  5. Solving Your Solvable Problems

  6. Overcoming Gridlock

  7. Creating Shared Meaning

Here’s what you get

  • 6 hours of couples work with the Seven Principles

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work couples Guide (2 Copies)

  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work- one book copy

  • Love Maps and Open-Ended Questions Card Decks

This is a workshop based format and the focus is for you and your partner to focus on your relationship using the Seven Principles. Your relationship confidentiality is important. There is options to ask questions about the principles used in this workshop. Although participation is not required to attend.

Couples who could benefit from this workshop:

  • Committed dating relationships

  • Pre-marital or engaged couples

  • Relationships that need improved conflict and communication skills

  • Couples who want to make their relationship better

  • Committed relationships from newlyweds to seniors

Couples who this workshop is not for:

  • Severe emotional distress

  • Emotional abuse

  • Domestic Violence

  • Active addictions (substances, gambling, etc)

  • Serious mental health problems in one or both partners

  • Single people or only one partner of a couple in attendance

Jeana Wescott LMFT Seven Principles Leader
Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work Leader

Meet your Gottman Seven Principles Couples Workshop Leader

Jeana Wescott, MDiv, MA, LMFT will lead the workshop and teach you what successful couples specifically do to create long-lasting loving relationships, as well as benefits of a stable, committed relationship. She is a Certified Gottman Therapist with The Gottman Institute and has witnessed many couples transform their relationship from this method.

Registration

Event date: June 7, 2025

Via Zoom @ 9:30 AM -4:30 PM CST (w/ one hour lunch break)

Registration deadline: May 28th to ensure digital product package arrives on time.

Relationship Investment: $250 Per Couple

Questions? Email jeana@luminatetherapymn.com

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