Course Programme

The course has twelve sessions each lasting about 60 - 75 minutes. The material is based on extensive research on what strengthens relationships.

Session	Title	Content
1	Communications	Good and bad listening habits. Overcoming Barriers. The language of feelings
2	Love Languages	Sometimes love can be like a foreign language; we want to communicate, but somehow we get it all wrong. Learn how to speak your partner’s love language.
3	STOP Signs	Four danger signals for behaviours that can corrode relationships.
4	The Love Tank	How our emotions affect our decisions and reactions and how to invest actively in our relationship in advance

Session	Title	Content
5	Premier Parenting Principle	Setting the scene and atmosphere for effective parenting.
6	Maintenance & Repair	Assertive Parenting and managing conflict.
7	The Power of Forgiveness	Different levels of relational damage and the steps to moving past them.
8	Resolving Conflict	Recognizing different anger types and learning strategies to resolve conflict

Session	Title	Content
9	Communicating about money	Background to money disputes; how our past affects the present.
10	Character types	Identify classic 'spending patterns' and associated stresses and strains.
11	Choices	Exploration of how we make choices and exercising this power for good in the relationship
12	Commitment	Planning for the future. The power of making good and lasting choices 'into the sunset'.