Are you curious how you’ll maintain your
relationship satisfaction as you grow your family?
Becoming parents can be an amazing experience, but it can also impact the connection and relationship between you and your partner. Whether you are just thinking about starting a family, pregnant, or already parenting – this course is an amazing resource to help couples to feel more emotionally connected, increase their relationship satisfaction, communicate effectively and work through conflict.
Based on the highly acclaimed parent preparation course by the Gottman Institute, “Bringing Baby Home.” Available in-person in Campbell River or online across Vancouver Island & BC.
Designed to offer you essential skills and information to strengthen your relationship
as you grow your family.
The “Bringing Baby Home” Course is designed for couples who are:
- Thinking about starting a family
- Pregnant, and/or welcoming a new baby to your family
- Already parenting with your partner
Why is this course important?
Research shows that 67% of couples experience a significant drop in the quality of their relationship during the first three years of their baby’s life.
A healthy relationship with your partner is one of the most important foundations of your baby’s social and emotional development.
My goal is to support you to maintain and increase your relationship satisfaction, emotional connection, respect, and appreciation for each other during this unique life transition.
What will you learn?
Information, exercises + activities to help you:
- Maintain and strengthen the foundation + friendship in your relationship
- Improve your communication skills
- Effectively work through conflict
- Increase your relationship satisfaction
- Improve the quality of parent-infant interaction with a responsive parenting approach
- Recognize emotional, psychological and developmental needs of your infant/child
Course Outcomes
This course is based on over 50 years of research from The Gottman Institute, an international leader in research on what makes relationships last. Dr. Gottman’s research shows that families who have participated in this workshop experience:
- A significantly lower rate of postpartum mood disorders and depression
- A higher level of relationship satisfaction
- A decrease in relationship hostility
- A decreased likelihood of divorce/relationship dissolution
I am currently offering this parenting course through couples counselling sessions, in-person in Campbell River, or across Vancouver Island and BC via virtual sessions.*
Time Commitment: 6 – 10 hours, split into 1 or 2 hour sessions
This course is relevant and welcoming to couples of all genders + sexual orientations.
* These sessions are usually covered under extended health benefits (insurance) + FNHA.
Book a free 15 minute consult to see if this course is right for you.
Available in-person in Campbell River, virtually across Vancouver Island and BC.
Email to get on the mailing list to hear about the next in-person group workshop in Campbell River:
Katiestjeancounselling@gmail.com
Looking for other pregnancy resources in Campbell River?
Bloom into Mothering – Prenatal Yoga, Birth Preparation Courses, Newborn Care Class
Ocean Grove Midwives – Pregnancy Care until six weeks postpartum
Baby’s Best Chance