Couples
Love is not enough to build the relationship. It is rather the other way around: the way of interacting builds love.
The work with couples, focused on strengthening the relationship, solving, or preventing obstacles, is approached in two possible ways:
- Private work with a couple:
- Group workshops with several couples:
1. Private work with a couple
Interpersonal relationships are essential in every human being. I seek to help the couple through an experience of personal and interpersonal knowledge that will help them to understand each other’s attitudes and to learn how to speak the most important language in the relationship: love.
The couple will learn the necessary tools to overcome obstacles by themselves, to handle disagreements and to have effective conversations that will strengthen their bonds.
I will foster the couple to practice empathic listening, helping them to see the world from the partners’ eyes and, hence, to build the necessary bridges to experience the concept of “us” and to accompany each other on their journey through this life.
How does it work?
- 1 hour length sessions
- These sessions can be held either in person in Barcelona, or through videoconference (Zoom, Teams, Skype) or by phone. The possibility of traveling to another city is not excluded if the clients prefer so.
- The frequency of the sessions will be agreed with each couple, based on their own needs. Normally, a session is held every 15 days.
- The number of sessions will depend on each couple, as everyone has their own progress pace. Normally, 6-8 sessions are enough to verify if coaching is being effective or it is better to refer the couple to another professional.
Conversation guidelines
- The couple decides which topic they want to work on, and they lead the conversation.
- The topics mentioned within the sessions are protected by absolute confidentiality.
- Depending on the topic to deal with, the coach might ask for permission to explore some other personal matters if he thinks it will help. In any case, he will first ask the couple if they feel comfortable with that.
- The purpose of the conversation is that the couple comes out with new insights and with a concrete action plan that will lead them to overcome the trouble that has driven them to the coach.
2. Group workshops with several couples:
In these experience-based group communication workshops, I create a safe space of trust and active listening where, in addition to providing knowledge and conversational skills, the couple will have the opportunity to put the tools they have just learned into practice. They will hold conversations of great positive impact on their relationship. Conversations that normally cannot be held on a day-to-day basis due to the busy schedules we all have.
How does it work?
- 1-day workshops: from 09:00 am to 7:00 pm
- The number of participants is limited, in order to ensure adequate accompaniment by the workshop facilitators.
- Couples going through different situations will participate in the same workshop: couples who are about to get married, couples who have already been together for many years, couples who are quite well in their relationship and who just want to spend a day learning about each other, couples who are going through a tough moment and who wish to take advantage of the workshop to talk in a serene and safe environment, etc. From my experience, I can assure you that this array of personal circumstances, rather than hindering the development of the workshop, enriches it.
- During the workshop there are some dynamics and activities that are held together with other participants, but you will only have intimate conversations with your own partner, in a privacy ambience.
- These are not testimonial workshops in which other people’s experiences are heard. We do not expose anyone in public and we respect the total privacy of each couple.