Dec 24 2011

February 7 and 21, 2012: Free Relationship Skills Workshops for Men and Women

Published by Bill Martin, LCSW at 12:03 pm under Counseling & Psychotherapy

Confused about a relationship or fighting too much?

Here’s a free workshop for you to learn what healthy talking and listening looks and sounds like, and how you might be able to turn things around in your relationships.
Designed for a comfortable, fun learning experience, the workshops are offered separately for men and women and will include video examples, a brief workbook and bibliography for future reading.

February 21, 2012
Relationship Skills for Men (2 places left)
7-9:00pm, Tuesday
1300 West Belmont, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Cost: Free

Specifically, participants will:

  • Review the research literature associating “feeling loved” (Harvard Mastery of Stress Study) with wellness and life longevity.
  • Understand basic systems of the human body, including the brain, respiratory, digestive, and hormonal and how they function to activate the “fight, flight, freeze” process.
  • Utilize the “Emwave” stress reduction system to determine their own level of stress.
  • Learn a research based 4-Step method of reducing stress, including: conscious breathing, progressive muscle relaxation, counting, personal place imagery, and wisdom figure image to build a calm place to improve ability to communicate.
  • Explore and practice communication concepts and skills, including reflective listening, making “I” statements, and problem-solving.
  • Identify the use of speaking-listening mistakes such as rehearsal, retaliation, defensive listening, blaming and criticizing.

Participants will  learn in a comfortable, safe workshop setting using power-point,  a workbook handout, discussion, and practice as some of the learning tools.

This workshop will serve as a basis for advanced workshops to be offered later.

Pre-registration required

Cost: Free

Light refreshments will served.

Bill Martin, LCSW Info:

I’ve been an active therapist, teacher, writer,  and workshop leader for many years.

My students in the graduate class I taught nominated me for a prestigious teaching award and I look forward to developing this workshop for men and women to learn more about communication, stress, and the important influence of the architecture of our brains.

I have been spending the last few years writing about ethics, abuse, impact of trauma on memory, and other psychotherapy related topics. I am in the process of completing several communication modules which will be offered as part of this free workshop to participants.

A member of the faculty of the Chicago Center for Family Health, I have a long history in the family therapy field of which I am very proud.

To register, click here, or send or email the completed form below:

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For more information, email Bill Martin at bmartin222@aol.com or call  312-409-0632

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