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Hold Me Tight 
COUPLES RETREAT

Everyone needs a secure bond with another. 

Sunset Love
Do you long to feel connected with your partner again? Do you wish to feel heard and understood and not so alone in your relationship? Do you often end up feeling like you can’t get it right? Or maybe you just want to make a good relationship even stronger.
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Join us for our transformative
couples weekend workshop. 
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Hold Me Tight will help you and your partner feel safe, secure and connected by enabling you to:
  • Understand the underlying reasons you get into struggles over and over.
  • Change negative patterns that leave you frustrated, angry and hurting.
  • Express needs and longings.
  • ​Engage in conversations keeping your love alive and secure.

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About Hold Me Tight

This workshop will help you better understand romantic love and the pivotal moves and moments that define your relationship. You will be able to shape the positive moments of reaching and responding that create a secure bond. A safe, loving, lasting bond is entirely possible if we have a map. This is a workshop that provides that map.

This workshop is for any couple who wants a better, stronger, intimate relationship. It is good for premarital couples who want to best be prepared for the road ahead to avoid common pitfalls in marriage, it is for struggling couples who want to get unstuck from negative patterns that leave both feeling frustrated and alone. And it is even for healthy couples who want to deepen their intimate connection with one another.

This workshop is not appropriate for couples where there is an active and ongoing affair, active or untreated addiction, or where there is active abuse in the relationship. If you are struggling with any of these issues, please contact us for counseling resources to guide you toward the help you need.

             What You Will Learn
Through a series of 7 conversations, as a couple, you will learn:

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  • The science of bonding and attachment, our wired in need for connection, acceptance and support from our intimate partner

  • The patterns of interaction that prevent or sabotage the very closeness we seek, how we spiral and get stuck

  • To become aware of those patterns when they appear, and learn how to stop them

  • To establish new ways of communicating and connecting, based on love and the need for closeness and connection

  • To carry new understandings and new skills forward, to continue to nourish, deepen and grow your relationship

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Workshop Registration
Hold Me Tight® Couples Workshop: Creating Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Led by Ha Alberti 
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Hold Me Tight® is a two-day intensive workshop based in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy by Sue Johnson, created for couples struggling with communication, intimacy and security. This workshop is held in Tampa, FL to help couples heal broken bonds and create a more secure, intimate relationship.

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This workshop will help you better understand romantic love and the pivotal moves and moments that define your relationship. You will be able to shape the positive moments of reaching and responding that create a secure bond. A safe, loving, lasting love is entirely possible if we have a map. This is a workshop that provides that map

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ONLINE

When: August 2, 9, 16, 23  2023

             Mon & Wed.

Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: Online (Zoom)

Registration OptionCost

Early Bird Registration
(at least 4 weeks in advance)$500 / couple

Regular Registration$550 / couple

Early Bird Registration + One-on-One Consultation**$640 / couple

Regular Registration + One-on-One Consultation**$690 / couple

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This online small group workshop is based on Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. This course is designed to guide you through each of those conversations with a multimedia approach. Through a combination of educational videos, written exercises, and 1:1 support, you will have conversations with your partner in a whole new way and get to know them on a level you never have before (even if you've been together for a long time).

This is a structured approach, so you will know exactly what you need to do for each exercise-no guesswork required.

The workshop material is divided into eight 2-hour sessions held twice weekly for four weeks.

I ask that you sign up for the workshop when you know you can make all the sessions, as each session builds upon the previous one, and I cannot offer makeups for missed meetings.

At this time, all of the workshops will be held online on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm for four weeks with 3 to 5 couples.

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2 DAY RETREAT

When: August 26 and 27, 2023

Time:  9:00am to 5pm

Where: Shiloh Farm

               Odessa, Fl

Early Bird Registration
(at least 4 weeks in advance) $895  + One-on-One Consultation/ couple

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Regular Registration $995 + One-on-One Consultation/ couple

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  • Hold Me Tight® workshops are held from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday, with an hour  break for lunch 

  • Lunch and  coffee, water and light snacks will be provided throughout the workshop.

  • The workshops are held at Shiloh Farm in Odessa, FL

  • For those coming from out of town, recommended area hotels and restaurants will be provided.

  • The cost for the weekend is $995 per couple. (Early Bird Pricing Available)

  • The workshop format will be broken up into multiple segments where you will have opportunity to work on exercises privately as a couple.

  • Group size is limited to 5 couples. You will not be asked, or required, to share during the group portions of the weekend.

  • It is highly recommended that you read Hold Me Tight, the 7 Conversations of Love by Sue Johnson prior to attending the workshop.

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Refund and Cancellation Policy

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If the workshop fills up, individuals will be put on a waitlist and notified of future events. 

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Cancellation Policy: You will receive a full refund (minus a $100 administration fee) if you cancel up to one week before the workshop. The full registration cost is non-refundable within one week of the first day of the workshop.

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Refund Policy: If enrollment is low for this section, then you will receive a 100% refund. You will have the option to get this refunded your original payment method or apply it to different date to be scheduled at a later time within 12 months.

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Online 
Retreat

When: August 2, 9, 16, 23  2023

             Mon & Wed.

Time: 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: Online (Zoom)

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Early Bird Registration
(at least 4 weeks in advance)$500 / couple

Regular Registration$550 / couple

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This online small group workshop is based on Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love. This course is designed to guide you through each of those conversations through a combination of educational videos, written exercises, and 1:1 support, you will have conversations with your partner in a whole new way and get to know them on a level you never have before (even if you've been together for a long time).

  • This is a structured approach, so you will know exactly what you need to do for each exercise-no guesswork required.

  • The workshop material is divided into eight 2-hour sessions held twice weekly for four weeks.

  • There are no makeups for missed meetings.

  • All workshops will be held online on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm for four weeks with 3 to 5 couples.

  • If the workshop fills up, individuals will be put on a waitlist and notified of future event

1 Day
Retreat

When: August 26, 2023

Time: 9:00am to 5pm

Where: Shiloh Farm  

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Early Bird Registration
(at least 4 weeks in advance)$350 / couple

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Regular Registration$400/ couple

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Hold Me Tight® workshops are held from 9:00 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, with an hour lunch .

  • Lunch will be provided

  • Coffee, water and light snacks will be provided throughout the workshop.

  • For those coming from out of town, recommended area hotels and restaurants will be provided.

  • The workshop format will be broken up into multiple segments where you will have opportunity to work on exercises privately as a couple.

  • Group size is limited to 5 couples.

  • You will not be asked, or required, to share during the group portions of the weekend.

  • It is highly recommended that you read Hold Me Tight, the 7 Conversations of Love by Sue Johnson prior to attending the workshop.

  • If the workshop fills up, individuals will be put on a waitlist and notified of future event

2 Day 
Retreat

When: August 26 and 27, 2023

Time: 9:00am to 5pm

Where: Shiloh Farm  

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Early Bird Registration
(at least 4 weeks in advance)$895 / couple

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Regular Registration$995 / couple

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Hold Me Tight® workshops are held from 9:00 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, with an hour and half lunch break each midday.

  • Lunch will be provided

  • Coffee, water and light snacks will be provided throughout the workshop.

  • For those coming from out of town, recommended area hotels and restaurants will be provided.

  • The workshop format will be broken up into multiple segments where you will have opportunity to work on exercises privately as a couple.

  • Group size is limited to 10 couples.

  • You will not be asked, or required, to share during the group portions of the weekend.

  • It is highly recommended that you read Hold Me Tight, the 7 Conversations of Love by Sue Johnson prior to attending the workshop.

  • If the workshop fills up, individuals will be put on a waitlist and notified of future event

Refund and Cancellation Policy

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If the workshop fills up, individuals will be put on a waitlist and notified of future events. 

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Cancellation Policy: You will receive a full refund (minus a $100 administration fee) if you cancel up to one week before the workshop. The full registration cost is non-refundable within one week of the first day of the workshop.

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Refund Policy: If enrollment is low for this section, then you will receive a 100% refund. You will have the option to get this refunded your original payment method or apply it to different date to be scheduled at a later time within 12 months.

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