Renew    Reconnect     Recreate
A Couples Retreat Weekend
 March 2 - 4, 2007

The Riverview Counseling Center will be co-hosting a Couples Retreat Weekend on March 2-4, 2007 with Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy whose work with couples and families and has been featured on Oprah, 20/20, Dateline, and PBS. Dr. Hardy, a professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at Syracuse University, will bring years of experience as will co-facilitator Mary-Michael.

Retreat Objectives
   Describe the impact of each partner's ancestors on their marriage, to give couples more control.
   Define intimacy in terms of gender differences, to increase understanding and reduce conflict.
   Demonstrate problem-solving communication.
   Inspire empathy, compassion, support, harmony and hope as positive coping skills in times of stress.

Facilitators / Co-Sponsors:

Communication is to a relationship
what breathing is to maintaining life

Do You Want to...
   Communicate and manage conflict without arguing!
   Dissolve power struggles and create co-operation!
   Feel closer to each other!
   Come talk with other couples and recharge your potential for working together.

If you understand that...
   Needs can often be heard as criticism
   Withdrawal can be perceived as not caring
   Anger is an invitation to be more involved in the relationship
   Withdrawal can be a non-verbal request for privacy
   Some partners speak as they are thinking, while others think and then discuss

Then you will respond
more positively!

Location:
Join Us at The Art Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, NY.
The Retreat, located in a large 1860 renovated Italian farmhouse stands high atop a bluff overlooking the Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountain Range. On its 300 acres, there are meadows, woody knolls and wetlands. Throughout this glorious natural setting are 70 sculptures on display by notable artists. Cross country skiing and sleigh riding for recreation.

REST  *  PLAY  *  SOCIALIZE