The research is in: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF, your health, and well being, IS TO MAKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP MORE LOVING AND SECURE.
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CONVERSATIONS FOR CONNECTION:
A HOLD ME TIGHT WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES
Testimonials from past Santa Barbara workshop participants:
"HMT workshop really helps demystify how to create and maintain a positive love relationship. I would highly recommend it to any couple wanting a deep, meaningful, and lasting relationship." - A.B.
"Madelyn is a wonderful facilitator, creating a safe container to explore. I am in a new relationship and this process helped us highlight possible road blocks down the road and at the same time provided solutions to deal with them." -R.L.
"This workshop offered a non-threatening alternative to psychotherapy. We used the opportunity as a couples retreat and took each conversation seriously. The result was a deepening of our bond which has taken 10 years to achieve. I feel we listened to each other's needs with pure hearts and offered each other exactly what we longed for." -Y.Y.
"Madelyn Swed is a loving, concise therapist and person. She has a soothing approach that feels natural and supportive. I feel the workshop helped us a great deal to set us on a course towards healing our relationship for a strong future. Thank you Madelyn!"
"This workshop allowed my wife and I to safely explore the many aspects of our relationship - both in length and breadth. We were helped immensely by the facilitators. The workshop made the book Hold Me Tight much more meaningful. BTW, the calibre of the fellow participants was impressive. Casa de Maria rocks...the ambiance was the best." -D.L.
" I have very little experience w/ therapy especially in a group setting and w/ my significant other present, so I was nervous coming into the HMT workshop. However I found the material and techniques presented as well as the safe space that was created, put me at ease and allowed me to focus on the important things to me: sharing, intimacy, honesty. At the end, I was very surprised that we ran out of time and I actually wanted to keep going! I would highly recommend this workshop experience to any and all who are searching for the next level of emotional intimacy. An open mind is all I needed." J.F.- 30 years old.
"Madelyn creates a very safe environment to allow all of us to explore how to give our partners and ourselves what we need in our relationship. Thank you for the gift!" -H.R.
"Madelyn is a wonderful facilitator, creating a safe container to explore. I am in a new relationship and this process helped us highlight possible road blocks down the road and at the same time provided solutions to deal with them." -R.L.
"This workshop offered a non-threatening alternative to psychotherapy. We used the opportunity as a couples retreat and took each conversation seriously. The result was a deepening of our bond which has taken 10 years to achieve. I feel we listened to each other's needs with pure hearts and offered each other exactly what we longed for." -Y.Y.
"Madelyn Swed is a loving, concise therapist and person. She has a soothing approach that feels natural and supportive. I feel the workshop helped us a great deal to set us on a course towards healing our relationship for a strong future. Thank you Madelyn!"
"This workshop allowed my wife and I to safely explore the many aspects of our relationship - both in length and breadth. We were helped immensely by the facilitators. The workshop made the book Hold Me Tight much more meaningful. BTW, the calibre of the fellow participants was impressive. Casa de Maria rocks...the ambiance was the best." -D.L.
" I have very little experience w/ therapy especially in a group setting and w/ my significant other present, so I was nervous coming into the HMT workshop. However I found the material and techniques presented as well as the safe space that was created, put me at ease and allowed me to focus on the important things to me: sharing, intimacy, honesty. At the end, I was very surprised that we ran out of time and I actually wanted to keep going! I would highly recommend this workshop experience to any and all who are searching for the next level of emotional intimacy. An open mind is all I needed." J.F.- 30 years old.
"Madelyn creates a very safe environment to allow all of us to explore how to give our partners and ourselves what we need in our relationship. Thank you for the gift!" -H.R.
For more information and to reserve your place contact:
Madelyn Swed, MFT 805-364-4364
madelynswedmft@gmail.com
For more information and to reserve your place contact:
Madelyn Swed, MFT 805-364-4364
madelynswedmft@gmail.com
More Testimonials:
"We have been closer than ever since your Hold Me Tight Retreat. We addressed and made a lot of progress in the biggest challenges we were facing before the retreat. Especially in the area of sexuality and physical closeness.....EFT and your retreat helped me open up and for it to be safe to talk about this and explore possibilities." - N. W.
"If you want to see and be seen by your partner, this "Hold Me Tight" dialogue cuts right to the heart of the issue. This workshop teaches repair and enhancement for a relationship in a way that everyone can learn and understand. 10+ " C. P.
"The HMT Workshop gave me new tools to much more successfully communicate and deeply attach to my wife, and together we shared breakthroughs that are beginning to un-stick us after more than 20 years."
"Excellent workshop, mainly due to the insightful, sensitive, process oriented capacities of Madelyn. You are very intuitive, humanistic, and truly believe in the beauty and importance of intimacy and relationship." -Jungian Psychotherapist
"I felt there was a great balance between lecture-style presentations, videos, and time for directed conversations. It was a warm, non-threatening environment in which to explore these issues."
"Really nurturing and healing. The workshop gave us exactly what we were looking for to help get back to our connection with each other." -A. Z.
"This workshop was very helpful in developing greater understanding of the dynamics in our relationship - also creating more empathy and compassion for one another."
" I have been learning about EFT from my therapist for awhile. It was so satisfying to experience this workshop with my husband, to get on the same page, to learn together how to meet each other's needs. It all came together for me, and for us!
"Very good workshop! We feel we still have a lot of work to do, but now we have a place to start."
" Great - I like the couple time to work through conversations. All instructors/therapists were very helpful. Thanks for not requiring sharing in group - some of us like to deal with our relationship issues in private."
"I thought the content and materials were excellent. The presenters were well prepared, very knowledgeable, and comfortable with the material. I would highly recommend this to any couple who is committed to building the best relationship they can have."
" EFT had been recommended by a couple of therapists. It feels much better than our previous attempts at couples therapy. I would recommend it to others."
" Thank you for the atmosphere of comfort and safety." -D.D.
" Madelyn's soft voice is wonderfully contrasted with the immense value of the content. We were eased into great depth. That's not easy, but it is wonderful." -Z. D.
"We have been closer than ever since your Hold Me Tight Retreat. We addressed and made a lot of progress in the biggest challenges we were facing before the retreat. Especially in the area of sexuality and physical closeness.....EFT and your retreat helped me open up and for it to be safe to talk about this and explore possibilities." - N. W.
"If you want to see and be seen by your partner, this "Hold Me Tight" dialogue cuts right to the heart of the issue. This workshop teaches repair and enhancement for a relationship in a way that everyone can learn and understand. 10+ " C. P.
"The HMT Workshop gave me new tools to much more successfully communicate and deeply attach to my wife, and together we shared breakthroughs that are beginning to un-stick us after more than 20 years."
"Excellent workshop, mainly due to the insightful, sensitive, process oriented capacities of Madelyn. You are very intuitive, humanistic, and truly believe in the beauty and importance of intimacy and relationship." -Jungian Psychotherapist
"I felt there was a great balance between lecture-style presentations, videos, and time for directed conversations. It was a warm, non-threatening environment in which to explore these issues."
"Really nurturing and healing. The workshop gave us exactly what we were looking for to help get back to our connection with each other." -A. Z.
"This workshop was very helpful in developing greater understanding of the dynamics in our relationship - also creating more empathy and compassion for one another."
" I have been learning about EFT from my therapist for awhile. It was so satisfying to experience this workshop with my husband, to get on the same page, to learn together how to meet each other's needs. It all came together for me, and for us!
"Very good workshop! We feel we still have a lot of work to do, but now we have a place to start."
" Great - I like the couple time to work through conversations. All instructors/therapists were very helpful. Thanks for not requiring sharing in group - some of us like to deal with our relationship issues in private."
"I thought the content and materials were excellent. The presenters were well prepared, very knowledgeable, and comfortable with the material. I would highly recommend this to any couple who is committed to building the best relationship they can have."
" EFT had been recommended by a couple of therapists. It feels much better than our previous attempts at couples therapy. I would recommend it to others."
" Thank you for the atmosphere of comfort and safety." -D.D.
" Madelyn's soft voice is wonderfully contrasted with the immense value of the content. We were eased into great depth. That's not easy, but it is wonderful." -Z. D.