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Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreats
18 Hours Dedicated to your Relationship
Time to Focus on You and Grow Closer
Hold Me Tight®: A Workshop Designed for YOU and YOUR Relationship
​Based on Dr. Sue Johnson's book and research-backed Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Hold Me Tight® workshop curriculum helps couples have seven private conversations that are designed to help you understand where your connection is getting off-track and develop tools to build a more secure, more satisfying relationship. ​​​
The Seven Transforming Conversations of Hold Me Tight®
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The Demon Dialogues
Learning about the negative "cycle" of conflict that gets between us
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Finding the Raw Spots
Finding those really painful places that get hurt when we fight
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Revisiting a Rocky Moment
Practicing reconnecting and repairing after a conflict
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The Hold Me Tight® Conversation
How can we connect on the deepest level?
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Repairing Injuries
Repairing past hurts that seem to stick around no matter how much time passes
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Bonding Through Sex and Touch
Applying what we've learned to sex and touch
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Keeping Your Love Alive
How can we make these changes last?
What Will Happen?
Teaching
Learn the concepts and research underlying the conversation and how it can benefit your relationship
Showing
See an example video of Dr. Sue Johnson or another seasoned EFT therapist guiding a couple through the conversation
Practicing
Debriefing
Meet back together with the small group to process with other couples and ask the facilitators any questions that arise
Talk privately with your partner for 20-30 minutes to have the Hold Me Tight conversation. Support from facilitators will be available.
Are you a mental health professional?
You can earn CEU's by attending this workshop!
We've been approved for 15 CEU's for LMFTs.
Adapted to be more inclusive of​​​
LGBTQ+
Relationships
Non-Monogamous &
Polyamorous Relationships
Discounts offered for
BIPOC
Participants
Disabled
Participants
Low-Income
Participants
Contact Me
CONTACT
Simon Everest, MS, LMFT
1678 Selby Ave
Saint Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 612-440-9455
Fax: 612-484-4416
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