"hold me tight" workshops

  The Hold Me Tight Couples workshop is based on the renowned couples research of Dr. Sue Johnson and her book, Hold Me Tight, Seven conversations for a Lifetime of Love.   The Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT) model for couples has a success rate of 70-75% and results have been shown to last, even in the face of significant stress.  This groundbreaking work can help to renew trust and intimacy within your relationship and deepen your emotional connection and closeness with one another to create a secure base for both people to flourish.

The retreat is designed to provide the safety and privacy for you to renew trust and intimacy within your relationship, as well as get you out of negative, stuck cycles. This 2+ day format will allow you the opportunity to communicate your need for connection and come to know your partner on a deeper, more secure level. You will walk away with more knowledge of your emotion as well as your partner's emotion. You will find ways to problem solve without arguing, and stand up for yourselves without defending. You will be able to forgive injuries that keep you from really opening up with your partner. You will establish a more secure and intimate bond with one another. 

In the privacy and comfort of a Bainbridge Island home, you will gather as a group with Peggie providing a presentation on the subject. From there, you and your partner will retreat to a private space to engage in the exercises described in the presentation. Peggie will be available if you get stuck in the exercises and can help facilitate the flow of that, but it will be up to you how much you would like her to engage in your process. This is a workshop for the two of you, and Peggie will act as the facilitator. It is not therapy. Once you have completed the exercise everyone reconvenes as a group to debrief. It is at this point completely up to you whether you will share with the group or keep your experiences to yourself. There is no wrong way of doing this, nor pressure to share with the large group. For some it is helpful to share, for others keeping the experience private with a partner is exactly what is needed.  

 "This is the greatest gift I ever gave to my partner and my marriage. It was truly transformational for my wife and me"  Hold Me Tight workshop participant, Seattle, WA 

"This workshop may have saved my marriage. Thank you for giving us the chance to have the relationship I've always  dreamed of. “Hold Me Tight workshop participant, Bainbridge Island, WA. 

$1500 per couple early bird pricing. $1750 per couple after December 1st