| 5 month course | | | FAVORITE PART: Having some tools to work on specific concerns
LEAST FAVORITE PART: The book and the course need to be synched better. The book was a little cumbersome to work though.
HOMEWORK: There was a good bit of homework. We did not always get through it.
RECOMMEND: Yes, very helpful.
OTHER COMMENTS:
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| 5 month course | Vickie Wingard | | FAVORITE PART: Doing it with my partner.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: My partner's resistance to doing the work.
HOMEWORK: The homework was useful, but my partner did not have the buy-in that I had to do the work.
RECOMMEND: I have already recommended it to a friend.
OTHER COMMENTS: I thought this course was very valuable. Hopefully, my partner and I can continue to work with the tools we have learned and continue to grow in our relationship.
WEB RECOMMENDATION: The Couples College was quite valuable to us in addressing stumbling blocks in our relationship. I highly recommend this course as a means for learning tools to improve communication and connection with your significant other.
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| Stephanie Day | | FAVORITE PART: The section on turning toward and resolving conflicts.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: Reading from the slides was sometimes boring.
HOMEWORK: Yes, we did the homework and found it very useful. It was an opportunity to learn more about each other.
RECOMMEND: Yes, I absolutely would. The information is invaluable for a successful marriage.
OTHER COMMENTS:
WEB RECOMMENDATION: This workshop brought my husband and I closer together and greatly improved our communication. We would not be in the healthy place we are without this class. Thank you!
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| 10 month course | | | FAVORITE PART: There is so much of the workshop that is beneficial. The resolving perpetual conflicts and finding common ground was my favorite part. I wish I could take it all again. Just understand that we are not alone in so much that we struggle with was helpful. And, it was so helpful having other couples involved to hear their interpretations.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: There were times where we were asked to go off line. My husband and I struggled at times during that part. But, for the most part, we were able to come together and Murray offered solutions to that in terms of being able to reach out to him etc.
HOMEWORK: I actually wish I spent more time than the week before on the homework. Once a month was a manageable time commitment, but it was easy to forget about the homework and daily rituals that we were supposed to implement. I'm not sure how to improve that except spoonfeeding to us weekly or sending weekly reminders/tips about the homework. You may have even done that and I missed them. There was only one month that I didn't get to the homework.
RECOMMEND: I thought the workshop was amazing! I would and have recommended the workshop to couples. I think it's probably particularly helpful for couples who have grown apart and don't have the level of conflict that we seem to have. Even with that, we got an immense amount out of the workshop. I wish we had 2 months and each chapter to reinforce everything as it was a lot to cover each month. The material was phenenomenal.
OTHER COMMENTS: It was just wonderful hearing from Allyson too who isn't our therapist who was very real and authentic about your relationship and how you've overcome some of the things that we struggle with. The same is true for Murray.
WEB RECOMMENDATION: Feel free to use bits of anything Ive said. I would 100% recommend this workshop. Murray and Allyson are both phenomenal teachers, facilitators and presenters. You will definitely learn many tools to improve your relationship. The format is perfect with presentation, actual couplehood work and then group discussion. All of that helps to put into practice the tools you will learn. Also, hearing from other people share their perspectives helps incorporate other solutions and make you not feel so alone.
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| 10 month course | Mike & Michelle Steadman | | FAVORITE PART: Exposure to many of the problems/issues experienced by couples throughout our society. Suggested perspectives and then techniques how to address such issues was useful/enlightening ... highlighted by the obvious experience and professionalism of our 2 instructors, Elena & Lucas.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: Background: due to uniqueness of our particular relationship ... recently married, older than all other participants ... polar-opposite backgrounds and cultures and personalities ... severe difficulty with our communication, primarily due to Korean wife's inability to process in real-time most aspects of anything other than the most basic of our daily/routine communications. Although very intelligent, our ability to genuinely communicate at any mature level is greatly hindered ... almost always resulting in frustration, then flooding, then arguments; made even worse since she is unwilling to disengage, even when I'm pleading for it.
So, bottom line: she was unable/incapable of dealing with the advanced level of English in the texts, even worse with the exercises. Completely unable to keep up in real-time with even a fraction of the zoom lessons. So unfortunately, although I feel like I gained a fair amount of valuable/useful information from the classes, I can't honestly say how much, if anything my wife got out of it. I attempted to prep her prior to each of the zoom sessions (after I first went through the homework), but even that effort proved mostly fruitless and frustrating. It probably didn't help that she didn't really feel this program was for both of us ... am convinced she's felt all along that this was only about/for me ... in addition to the therapy sessions which we had with Dr. Kim. Wish it were otherwise. But although this was a less-than-successful effort, I will hopefully be able to use some of those techniques to continue working through our issues. I'll never give up!
HOMEWORK: See all comments above. The advanced level of your program requires 2 committed partners, each with an excellent handle on the English language, and willing to expend the potentially great deal of mental and emotional effort necessary to get the most out of such a program. If any of the links are weak or missing, it's likely doomed to failure (or at least lots of frustration and probable waste of time and money).
RECOMMEND: Would, if the situation were appropriate.
OTHER COMMENTS: See all above.
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| 5 month course | Jennifer Farmer | | FAVORITE PART: Doing the exercises in real time.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: The manual. Chunky not numbered correctly.
HOMEWORK: Yes. Helpful.
RECOMMEND: Yes. Already recommended it. Wanted to take it for years.
OTHER COMMENTS: It was great. Loved it.
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| 5 month course | Stacy Watson | | FAVORITE PART: Maci Daye meditation; section on repairs
LEAST FAVORITE PART: Chatting between modules
HOMEWORK: Couldn’t find the time to do all of the HW between each session unfortunately. It was too much in quantity. It was beneficial when done however.
RECOMMEND: Would highly recommend this workshop to others. There were many beneficial parts and lots of skills learned.
OTHER COMMENTS: None
WEB RECOMMENDATION: This course was wonderful and exceeding both of our expectations! We learned many tools and insights into improving our relationship.
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| 5 month course | Stacy Watson | | FAVORITE PART: Maci Daye meditation; section on repairs
LEAST FAVORITE PART: Chatting between modules
HOMEWORK: Couldn’t find the time to do all of the HW between each session unfortunately. It was too much in quantity. It was beneficial when done however.
RECOMMEND: Would highly recommend this workshop to others. There were many beneficial parts and lots of skills learned.
OTHER COMMENTS: None
WEB RECOMMENDATION: This course was wonderful and exceeding both of our expectations! We learned many tools and insights into improving our relationship.
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| 10 month course | Barbara Mooney | | FAVORITE PART: For some reason the form isn’t letting me choose the rating options above. All would be rated “Excellent”
I loved the blend of material and especially enjoyed the time hearing from other couples.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: The time allotted to work on things during the class felt too long and i would have preferred more time with participants in dialogue. Shared experience and mutual reinforcement is what’s most helpful for me personally.
HOMEWORK: The homework was great, it was hard to find the time to fully complete all of it, but it’s great to circle back to.
RECOMMEND: I have already recommended it to friends and clients!
OTHER COMMENTS: I would have enjoyed and benefited from more time hearing from participants and their experiences (wins/challenges/questions) with the material. Chuck and I talked about something we would have enjoyed as an addition or adjunct to the monthly meeting…. Weekly peer support meetings with the other couples between the monthly sessions to reinforce the learning and more sharing on a volunteer basis. Since we’ve both come from 12-step background we both love the benefit and learning from shared experience and reinforcement of repeating new concepts and principles over and over.
WEB RECOMMENDATION: This workshop was packed full of so much useful information. The facilitators are very knowledgeable and authentic. Sharing with other couples helped to normalize our struggles and helped us not feel so alone in them. We learned a lot and will continue to benefit from all the materials provided in the workbook. I would highly recommend this course for anyone who wants to improve functioning in all relationships!
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| 5 month course | Jessica Apple | | FAVORITE PART: My favorite part was the role playing that we did. Giving us the time to practice the things that we were learning was super helpful. The conversations that I had with my spouse were so insightful and I'm extremely grateful for the experience.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: I wish that some of the class could have been done in person. Although convenient to schedule via zoom, it would have been nice to meet some of the other couples in person.
HOMEWORK:
RECOMMEND: I would absolutely recommend this workshop. It exceeded my expectations and has made a significant and lasting impact on my marriage.
OTHER COMMENTS: 4 hours was a long time to sit still and focus. The time that we spent breaking out to work as couples was helpful in breaking up the time, but I still struggled for the last 30 minutes or so.
WEB RECOMMENDATION: I was highly skeptical of this course when my husband first recommended it, but it turned out to be one of the best things we've ever done for our marriage. We learned so many fundamental skills that have already helped our communication and conflict resolution. My only regret is that we didn't do it sooner. Having these skills earlier in our marriage could have prevented a lot of the conflict we have experienced.
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| 5 month course | AMY HUBERT | | FAVORITE PART: videos
LEAST FAVORITE PART: we needed to spend more time at home working on the activities- not a workshop issue - but a personal/time issue
HOMEWORK:
RECOMMEND: yes- if you have time to do the activities at home-
OTHER COMMENTS:
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| 5 month course | KAY | | FAVORITE PART: The section on issue resolution and the section on bids were extremely helpful. I really liked the Zoom format as it allowed us to have discussion between us that could not have happened in a group format.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: Honestly the book was very confusing and often not in the correct order. I think that the sex portion should come a little earlier in the program. It felt like that section was an afterthought but everyone does believe its super important.
HOMEWORK:
RECOMMEND: Absolutely! Especially for a new relationships as it sets the table for success.
OTHER COMMENTS: Thank you!!!!
WEB RECOMMENDATION: The course is enlightening no matter your age or your relationship's age. Whether you're a new couple or have been together forever, you will learn more about your partner and more about interacting more successfully with your partner. Highly recommend!
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| 10 month course | | | FAVORITE PART: I love that it was research-based. Loved that there was time spent in each session to do "worksheets", followed by a group discussion about the exercise.
LEAST FAVORITE PART: Found it hard to find time for "homework assignments" between sessions b/c... life / routines / etc
HOMEWORK:
RECOMMEND: Weekly reminders about homework assignments would've been great!
OTHER COMMENTS:
WEB RECOMMENDATION: Couldn't have been happier with Murray and Allie. Both are incredible people who are truly changing lives with their work.
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| 5 month course | Elena Kim | | FAVORITE PART: I learned about exactly what makes a relationship or not work, and I learned skills that I can do when the interactions with my partner do not go smoothly the first time. I can reset and try again with the tools I learned in the class.
LEAST FAVORITE PART:
HOMEWORK:
RECOMMEND: Yes! Lots of couples go to therapy and learn what they're doing wrong, but they don't learn how to make it right. That's the pattern my partner and I were stuck in for many years, like we were going around and around in circles, and it was very frustrating. I'm so glad we now have a common language we can use to talk about our issues and skills that we can implement for when we get off-track.
OTHER COMMENTS:
WEB RECOMMENDATION: All couples want to fall in love and stay in love. Falling in love is the easy part, staying in love is not. The concepts and skills that you learn in this class will help you keep the love that you work so hard to get, and may even enhance it. Through the lectures, assignments, and discussions, you'll learn new things about yourself and your partner. Eventually, that's what keeps a relationship going -- the curiosity spirit of what new thing will I learn about my partner today?
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