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Couples Workshops in Boulder, Colorado and San Diego (Carlsbad), California

Couples Workshops/Marriage Retreat

gtlyw_cover“Getting The Love You Want”: A Couples Workshop

Led by: Ben Cohen, Ph.D.

Upcoming Boulder, Colorado Workshop Dates:

  • April 12-14, 2024
  • August 16-18, 2024
  • December 6-8, 2024

Note: These are in-person Workshops.

Getting The Love You Want: Couples’ Workshops/Marriage Retreat

The most effective way to learn the relationship skills taught in Imago is by participating in the “Getting The Love You Want” Couples Workshop.

This workshop was developed by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., and is based on his best-selling book by the same name. It has been attended by hundreds of thousands of couples around the country, and around the world. This intensive, week-end workshop will help you deepen your intimate connection, and provide you with practical skills to enhance your relationship.  The format is a combination of  lectures, written exercises, demonstrations, and partners’ dialogue and communication processes. While couples are invited to share with the group, the workshop emphasizes partners sharing privately with each other. Confidentiality is emphasized in order to maintain a safe and comfortable environment.

Ben has been leading these Workshops since 2002, and has presented over 100 workshops in the Boulder area, as well as nationally and internationally, with over 1,000 couples participating.

This Workshop is designed to help any couple, whether you are deep in the “power struggle” or simply wanting to improve an already satisfying relationship.

The workshop is appropriate for you if:

      • You are beginning a relationship, and would like to create a strong foundation and avoid some of the frustrations you may have experienced in the past.
      • You want to turn a good relationship into a great relationship!
      • You are in a difficult relationship and want to resolve longstanding conflicts. (Most couples have just a few “core” issues that repeat over and over…)
      • You are near break-up, and want to decide if the relationship can be saved.

You Will Learn How To:

      • Develop effective new communication skills, using the “Couples Dialogue” process.
      • Resolve longstanding conflicts with compassion and ease
      • Use mindfulness and intention to experience a deep level of empathy, connection, and safety with your partner.
      • Understand the Stages of Relationship, Attachment Patterns, Neuroscience of Relationships, and much more.
      • Recreate the passion, attraction, and intimacy that brought you together at the start.
      • Identify core negative patterns in your relationship, and learn how to transform conflict into opportunities for compassion, forgiveness, healing and growth.
      • Experience a deep level of empathy and connection with your partner.

Boulder Information:

Workshop Location: TBA (North Boulder)

Boulder Schedule:
Friday Evening, 6:30-9:30 PM
Saturday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM;  Sunday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Fees and Registration:

The fee for all Workshops is $850/couple.  To reserve your space, please send a deposit of $200.00, and specify which weekend you wish to attend. Space is limited, so we recommend making your reservation at least 7 days prior to the workshop.

REGISTER HERE (CLICK ON THIS LINK)

Couples Workshop Deposit $200.00.       Or you may register by phone at: (303) 717-5651

Refund Policy:

If you cancel 8 days or more prior to the workshop, you will receive a full refund. If you cancel 7 days or less before the workshop, you will receive a refund minus a $75 administrative fee. In case of illness or emergency, your fee can be applied to a workshop within the next six (6) months. Your registration is non-refundable if you do not show up or do not complete the workshop. The presenter is not responsible for prepaid, non-refundable travel arrangements. In the unlikely event that the presenter cancels the workshop, a full refund will be made.

What Past Participants Say About the Workshop:

“Awesome! Thank you! You may have saved our marriage.”

“This was a positive life and relationship changing experience. Wonderful.”

“Excellent workshop. Even good marriages could use the tools learned to improve their marriage.”

“We wanted tools and strategies. We got tools and strategies.”

“This weekend may have changed our lives–it was worth every second for a chance of a new future.”

“Absolutely a must for couples that want to be their best.”


Getting More of the Love You Want: Advanced Couples Workshop This Workshop is intended for any couple who has completed the “Getting The Love You Want” Couples Workshop. In this Workshop, you will learn to deepen your skills with the dialogue process, and explore a variety of specific areas including:

          • Advanced dialogue techniques.
        • Working effectively with anger and reactivity.
        • Getting un-stuck from any frustration (really!)
        • Understanding your core relationship needs and wants.
        • Exploring what can/can not be changed.
        • The Forgiveness Process (for both large and small transgressions).
        • Let’s talk about sex.
        • Creating sacred space in your relationship.
        • Deepening your commitment (Accept, Commit, Take Action)

As you know, there is great power in doing this work with the support of a group. Together, we will create a safe environment do deepen our work together. Fee: $495/couple.  Dates: TBA Times: Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boulder Location: TBA Register OnlineCouples Workshop Deposit $200.00