Passionate Partners Workshops
 Exploring the Essentials of Marriage
Premarital Counseling and Individual & Marital Therapy

Separating emotionally from your family of origin, investing fully in the marriage, and redefining connections with both families of origin Creating and balancing intimacy and autonomy needs while learning both your own and your partner's preferred style of communication Considering the ramifications of children and childcare on the marital bond with the inevitable demands of shared time and energy Understanding the life cycle and using the crises that life presents to strengthen both individual character but also the marital bond Honoring differences while learning how to speak your own truth in the face of conflict and disagreement Developing a healthy attitude toward your sexual relationship and incorporating new and pleasurable ways to relate sexually Using laughter and humor to help keep problems in perspective and for helping to for creating a space where creative problem solving can take place Exploring your own spirituality and learning how it manifests in your marriage and in your life work Keeping romance alive amidst the many tendencies toward boredom and alienation that always remain a possibility