Building Stronger Families
All relationships can be made stronger. This course will help you enjoy each other's company more and help you avoid negative communications that can so easily damage a relationship.
We will spend some time looking at some of the main tension points, especially how to talk together about parenting and money.
This course is for you as a couple. We won't be expecting you to do anything in public and nearly all the discussions are between the two of you.
Course ProgrammeThe course has twelve sessions each lasting about 60 - 75 minutes.
Day 1
| Title | Content | |
| 1 | Communications | Good and bad listening habits. Overcoming Barriers. The language of feelings |
| 2 | Love Languages | Five different ways of giving and receiving love. Couples and children. |
| 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 |
Day 2
| 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 |
Day 3
| 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'. |
The programme for the day will be:
| 09:10 - 09:15 | Introduction & welcome |
| 09:15 - 10:30 | Session 1 |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | Session 2 |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | Lunch |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Session 3 |
| 14:00 - 14:10 | Coffee break |
| 14:10 - 15:05 | Session 4 |
| 15:15 - 15:15 | Reflection |
Telephone: 020 8778 8556
London Address: c/o "Here for Good" 17 Sydenham Road, London SE26 5EX
E-mail: info@timeforfamilies.org.uk
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