Program Overview

Compassion for Couples Online is a hybrid six-week program, adapted from the popular Compassion for Couples instructor-led retreat program. This online hybrid offering provides more flexibility for couples on their journey to deeper awareness and compassion. During this hybrid program, you will:

  • Meet live, online with your instructor
    Each week, you will meet with your instructor and your cohort in a live virtual room. Your instructor is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Cohorts are limited to 20 couples.

  • Gain access to self-paced online modules
    You will gain access to ~30 minutes of self-paced online modules each week. The online modules are a mix of learning activities that include interactive modules that teach conceptual topics, recorded guided meditations, and home practices.

What Will You Learn?

To relate, to love, to connect is to be human. Who among us does not need to be loved and belong? As important as our relationships are, they are not always easy! Partners attend together and will learn to:

  • Be more present with each other

  • Identify shared values

  • Build a base of warmth, security, and connection

  • Communicate with kindness and compassion

  • Skillfully relate to your partner in times of difficulty

  • Gain a greater understanding of yourself, your partner, and shared relational patterns

What's Included?

  • Licensed Instructor

    Expert guidance and interaction from your teacher, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

  • 6 Live Meetings

    15 hours of instructor-led training. Classes meet online, led by your teacher, once a week for the 6-week duration of the course.

  • 7 Guided Meditations

    Access and download meditations for developing a stronger relationship between couples.

  • 6 Self-paced Modules

    Interactive self-paced lessons that explore important conceptual topics for greater awareness and compassion.

  • 11 Practices

    Structured, step-by-step home practices that cultivate mindfulness and self-compassion.

Course curriculum

    1. Course Overview

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. A Message From Your Instructor

    3. Preparing For the First Live Session

    4. Introduce Yourself

    1. Week 1 Overview

    2. CONCEPTUAL TOPICS

    3. > Topic: Relational Patterns

    4. > Topic: Threat, Drive, Care

    5. > Topic: Loving-kindness and Self-compassion

    6. HOME PRACTICE

    7. > Practice: Soothing Touch

    8. > Practice: Soothing Your Partner

    9. Check Your Knowledge

    10. Wrap-up Discussion

    1. Week 2 Overview

    2. CONCEPTUAL TOPICS

    3. > Topic: Fears of Compassion

    4. HOME PRACTICE

    5. > Practice: Mindfulness in Daily Life

    6. > Practice: Sense and Savor Walk

    7. > Practice: Partner Walk

    8. > Practice: STOP

    9. MEDITATIONS

    10. > Meditation: Affectionate Breathing for Couples

    11. > Meditation: Giving and Receiving for Couples

    12. Check Your Knowledge

    13. Wrap-up Discussion

    1. Week 3 Overview

    2. CONCEPTUAL TOPICS

    3. > Topic: Core Relational Values

    4. HOME PRACTICES

    5. > Practice: Loving-Kindness Stones

    6. > Practice: Compassion in Daily Life

    7. > Practice: Self-compassion in Daily Life

    8. MEDITATIONS

    9. > Meditation: Loving-kindness

    10. > Meditation: Loving-Kindness for Couples

    11. Check Your Knowledge

    12. Wrap-up Discussion

    1. Week 4 Overview

    2. CONCEPTUAL TOPICS

    3. >Topic: The Importance of Repair

    4. >Topic: Misgivings of Forgiveness

    5. >Topic: LOVE

    6. MEDITATIONS

    7. >Meditation: Loving-kindness for Couples

    8. Check Your Knowledge

    9. Wrap-up Discussion

    1. Week 5 Overview

    2. CONCEPTUAL TOPICS

    3. >Topic: Cultivating Happiness

    4. >Topic: Savoring, Gratitude, and Appreciation

    5. Week 5: Check Your Knowledge

    6. Wrap-up Discussion

About this course

  • $790.00
  • 56 lessons

Meet Your Teacher

Michelle Becker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Michelle is the developer of the Compassion for Couples program and a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice in San Diego, California, USA and is the author of: Compassion for Couples: Building the Skills of Loving Connection (Guilford Press). 

Additionally, she is a certified teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion, Compassion Cultivation Training, and The Daring Way™ and Rising Strong™ programs, and a senior teacher trainer, mentor, and co-founder of the teacher-training program in Mindful Self-Compassion. She teaches and speaks on the topics of compassion for self and others nationally and internationally.


Enroll in July Course Now

Enrollment is closed for the May course. Enrollment is open for the July 2023 cohort. This 6-week program will begin on July 16, 2023.

Enroll - $790/couple

Testimonials

A Warm and Safe Environment

“I loved the warm and safe environment created in this workshop and left feeling so much closer to my partner and inspired to work out our future together in a more harmonious and caring way.”

An Unforgettable Experience

“This workshop is a must for any couple. It brought me and my partner much closer together and helped us discuss and process issues that we have been struggling with. Thank you for an unforgettable experience.”

Something shifted...

“I was quite skeptical that we will achieve anything major in this program. I went with my wife only because she wanted me to go. But something very deep happened. Something shifted inside me during the workshop. I am really grateful for that.”

From difficulties to compassion

“This workshop allows you to gradually go from difficulties to compassion, discomfort to connection! Excellent material, highly relevant for those who want to create deeper ties!”

FAQ

  • Is the price per couple?

    Yes, the course fee ($790) includes both partners. Each parter will get their own access to the self-paced portion of the course. If you have any questions about enrollment, email [email protected].

  • Are there any prerequisites?

    No. Some background knowledge in mindfulness and compassion are recommended, but not required. This program uses the skills of mindfulness and compassion to teach how to build a strong and healthy foundation for relationships, and provides skills to help navigate the difficulties that arise within us and between us.

  • When do the live meetings occur?

    Live meetings with the teacher and your cohort occur once a week, for six weeks. Each meeting will be two and a half hours. Weekly meetings will occur on Sundays at 4pm Pacific Time.

  • How long will I have access to the online materials?

    You will have access to the interactive online modules for the duration of the 6-week program plus one month. You will have full access to download the meditations.

  • Do we have to be in the same location every session?

    While couples usually prefer to attend from the same location, if there are times you are unable to be in the same location, you can still attend.

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