Upcoming VIRTUAL Relationship Workshops: TBD
The Seven Principles Program for Couples
Are you having trouble communicating or truly understanding each other? Do you find yourselves stuck in the same arguments, going in circles without resolution? Or maybe your relationship is strong, and you’d like to deepen your connection even further.
This workshop is designed to help couples build clearer communication, strengthen emotional connection, and develop practical tools they can use in everyday life—whether you’re working through challenges or simply want to grow closer.
This two-day couples workshop is led by the area’s only Gottman Leader and is built on decades of research about what truly helps relationships work. Based on Dr. John Gottman’s book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, the workshop offers practical tools in a relaxed, supportive setting—giving couples space to slow down, better understand each other, and strengthen their connection in meaningful ways.
What Will Be Presented In This Class
The Seven Principles Program offers practical, research-based tools to help couples strengthen their friendship, deepen emotional connection, and improve how they handle conflict. You’ll gain new insight into your relationship and learn skills that support healthier, more respectful communication.
The class includes teaching, demonstrations, and guided one-on-one exercises where you and your partner work privately on your relationship. Your personal discussions stay between the two of you—confidentiality is strictly respected.
You’re welcome to ask questions or share comments, but there is no pressure to speak or participate out loud. Many couples find it helpful simply to listen, reflect, and practice the skills together at their own pace.
Key Take-Aways From This Workshop
Rebuild a sense of respect, affection, and closeness at a pace that feels right for you.
Better understand each other’s inner world—thoughts, feelings, and needs—without pressure or blame.
Have difficult conversations in ways that feel calmer, safer, and more productive.
Gently move out of stuck patterns and long-standing conflicts.
Strengthen the progress you make so positive changes last beyond the class.
The Seven Principles
Enhance Your Love Maps
Learn how to better understand your partner’s inner world—their hopes, stresses, values, and what matters most to them—so you can feel more connected in everyday life.
Nurture Fondness and Admiration
Strengthen your friendship by noticing and expressing appreciation for each other, even during difficult seasons.
Turn Toward Each Other Instead of Away
Practice responding to small moments of connection in ways that build closeness, rather than drifting apart over time.
Let Your Partner Influence You
Develop greater openness and shared decision-making by valuing each other’s perspectives and experiences.
Solve Your Solvable Problems
Learn practical tools to work through conflicts that have clear solutions, with less tension and more cooperation.
Overcome Gridlock
Understand and soften long-standing conflicts by exploring the deeper needs and values underneath them—without pressure to “fix” everything.
Create Shared Meaning
Build a life together that reflects shared goals, traditions, and a sense of purpose that grows with your relationship.
Is This Workshop Right for Us?
The Gottman Seven Principles Program is designed for couples in committed relationships who want to strengthen their connection, improve communication, or learn healthier ways to manage conflict.
This Workshop Will Be A Good Fit If You Are:
Married, engaged, pre-engaged, or in a long-term committed relationship
Newly together or have been partners for many years
Looking to strengthen an already “good” relationship
Wanting practical tools to improve communication and manage conflict
Curious about couples therapy but not ready for weekly sessions
From any background, age, faith, or sexual orientation
This workshop is educational and skills-based, not therapy. Because of that, it may not be the right setting if there is ongoing emotional abuse, domestic violence, unwanted sexual contact, or active substance abuse. In those situations, individual or couples therapy can offer the safety and support that’s needed first.
If you’re unsure whether this workshop is a good fit, you’re welcome to reach out and ask questions before registering.
Additional Workshop Information
This couples workshop is presented in a seminar format and is designed to be educational rather than therapeutic. While it offers research-based information and practical relationship tools, it is not a substitute for couples therapy.
For those who feel they need more personalized support, we also offer in-person and virtual couples therapy, consultations, and additional resources through Connections Counseling Service, LLC.
The material in this workshop is grounded in well-established research and clinical principles. That said, every relationship is unique, and there is no guarantee that the workshop will address all concerns or meet every couple’s specific needs.
If you have questions about whether this workshop is the right fit for you, we encourage you to reach out before registering.
Meet Your Instructor
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Joe has completed advanced training in the Gottman Method, including Level 1 Couples Therapy, Treating Affairs and Trauma, and the Seven Principles Program Leader Training. He has been working with couples since 2023 and brings these approaches into sessions with care, patience, and respect for each couple’s unique story.
Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, Joe uses these tools to help couples feel more understood, communicate more openly, and reconnect in ways that feel genuine and sustainable.
Pricing For Workshop
Upcoming two -day VIRTUAL Workshops that consist of 12 hours of class time over a weekend.
TBD
$250 per couple / $225 Early Bird (Early Bird discount ends 72 hours before event).
Materials with be provided and included in the cost:
The Seven Principles Box Set
(includes one book, two workbooks, plus the Love Maps and Open Ended Questions Card Decks)
Allows you to fully experience the Seven Principles together during and long after the workshop.
*Please call 715-496-6273 to sign up and submit payment through a secure client portal.
From time to time and upon request I will be offering different formats:
Weeknight Classes - The same information as the 2-day workshop, only presented in a series of shorter weeknight classes. (8 days/90min each or 4 days/3 hours each)
Private Group (5 couples) - Presented at Joe’s office in the group room. This 2-day workshop is more intimate and offers an opportunity to connect personally with Joe.
Semi-Private Workshop (10 couples) - Same great information, presented in smaller, more intimate groups in a private setting (hotel or similar accommodations).
Private Retreat (15 couples) - In the planning stage, Joe offers 2-day private retreats where you are presented the same great information over a weekend with accommodations.
Contact Joe for more information and pricing for these special formats.
Your Questions, Answered-
We do not offer standard discounts for couples at this time. We are exploring more options in the future.
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Depends. The registration fee is for a couple. There are opportunities to actively engage with your partner during the workshop. However, if your partner decides not come, or if you wish to sign up on your own, you are welcome to attend. The registration fee is the same if you attend with your partner or by yourself.
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The group workshops can be anywhere from 5-16 couples virtually.
We are planning in the future to hold more in-person options.
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Cancellation Policy: If cancellation is made on or before the Early Registration Cut-off Date, a full refund will be given. After the cut-off date, your registration will be converted to a credit to a future workshop within that calendar year.