About Hold Me Tight® Workshops

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Hold Me Tight® Workshops are weekend workshops for couples based on the best-seller, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love written by Dr. Sue Johnson. Wine Country Hold Me Tight Workshops are hosted by therapists who are experts in working with couples--whether you are  looking to strengthen your relationship or experiencing  distress. Over the course of a weekend couples work through these seven transformational conversations:

1. Recognizing Demon Dialogues: Identifying negative patterns that block true connection and intimacy.
2. Finding the Raw Spots: Looking below surface reactivity to better understand the deeper emotions behind the negative pattern.
3. Revisiting a Rocky Moment: Practicing de-escalation of conflict and repairing relationship with emotional safety.
4. Hold Me Tight: Becoming more accessible, emotionally responsive, and deeply engaged with each other.
5. Forgiving Injuries: Finding and offering forgiveness of past relational injuries to strengthen the bonds between partners.
6. Bonding Through Sex & Touch: Learning how emotional connection creates great sex and how good sex deepens emotional connection.
7. Keeping Your Love Alive: Creating mindful intentions to continue the process of understanding and deepening relational connection.

Dr. Sue Johnson is a leading researcher, clinical psychologist, and the founding Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy.  She is the primary developer of the gold standard for Couples Therapy - Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).