Thriving Partnership: A Workshop for Couples

A 6-week skill building workshop for couples in their 20’s + 30’s

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Build a relationship that will last a life time.

This six-week in-person therapy group offers a supportive and skilled-based workshop to strengthen your romantic relationships for couples in their 20’s and 30’s.

Over the course of six sessions, couples will explore key principles that support lasting relationships. Each week will include brief teaching segments, couple exercises, and group reflection. Topics will include fostering admiration and appreciation, turning toward one another, managing conflict, creating shared goals, and sustaining intimacy. The group aims to create a supportive, growth-oriented environment where couples can learn, practice, and apply relational tools grounded in evidence-based Gottman Methods.

The Details:

  • Tuesdays, 6:00–7:30 PM

  • January 20th –February 24th, 2026

  • Meeting in-person at Kin Counseling Services in West Wash Park

  • $40 per couple per session + $15 workbook

Meet your facilitators:

Marcus Carter

Master’s Level Therapist & Gottman’s 7 Principles Leader

“I support individuals and couples who want to feel more secure in themselves and more connected in their relationships. Whether it’s healing attachment wounds, working through conflict, or realigning with your values, I help you move forward by creating space to explore what’s been buried or avoided.”

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Madison Murdock

Master’s Level Therapist

“I support clients in reclaiming their emotional wellbeing and finding joy in their lives. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, self-doubt, past trauma, or simply feeling stuck, I believe that you have inner strength to grow and heal - you just need the right support to get there.”

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Weekly Themes

    • The Truth About Happy Relationships

    • What Makes Long-Term Relationships Work?

    • Enhance Your Love Maps

    • Role-play Demonstrations

    • Skills Building

    • Turn Toward Each Other Instead of Away

    • The Stress Reducing Conversation

    • Coping with Your Partner’s Sadness, Fear, and Anger

    • Solve Your Solvable Problems

    • Soothe Yourself and Each Other

    • Move through stuck conversations

    • Dreams + Goals

    • Create Shared Meaning

    • Rituals of Connection

FAQ

  • This workshop will be part teaching and part doing! There will be times you will be learning about latest research on how to build a strong relationship, and then putting it in practice by doing skills based activities with your partner.

  • You will not be sharing intimate information about yourself or your relationship with the group. This workshop is aimed at getting to know our partners better, and no intimate or specific information about your relationship will need to be shared with the group.

  • This workshop is for couples aged 25-35 who are feeling pretty good about their relationship, don’t have a history of abuse, who want to be in the relationship long-term, and wish to  strengthen their relationship.

Growth is possible.

You can build a love that lasts.

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