What's New at this year's Smart Marriages Conference
Workshops and Institutes:
Thursday Workshops, July 3, 10–11:30am
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201
His Needs, Her Needs and Love Busters
Willard Harley, PhD
These two home-study courses make up the Marriage
Builders Recovery Program and teach couples how to
make Love Bank deposits, how to avoid making withdrawals,
and, if followed, are guaranteed to solve any marital problem.
203
THRIVE
Sherod Miller, PhD, Daniel Lord, PhD, MDiv
This new cost-effective, web-based assessment tool
provides a quick, comprehensive picture to increase
self/partner-relationship awareness and conversation.
Use pre, post, and follow-up for highly affordable evaluation.
210
Active Military Life & Resiliency – TOOB
Kelly Simpson, MA, Janie Illing, MA
Created in collaboration with military communities, this
skills-based program addresses the challenges of
reintegration for singles and couples and provides
resilience-building tools.
212
Leaving a Legacy
Terry Real, MSW
Help parents understand the emotional and relationship
legacies handed to them as children and what they can
do to become conscious in shaping the legacy they are passing on.
216
Take Back the Family Turf
George Doub, MDiv, Captn Richard Vasquez,
Christina Yee, Dan Rodriguez
Learn how to use the Family Wellness skills program
to help communities and families take back the turf
from gangs, build skills, put parents back in charge, and
support healthy family living.
218
Sliding vs Deciding: Within My Reach
Scott Stanley, PhD, Marline Pearson, MA, Natalie Jenkins
Relationship education can be tailored to teach individuals,
not couples, how to improve their odds of having healthy
relationships and marriage. For TANF, military, tech college,
and correctional settings.
219
PAIRS: For Our Future/For Our Family
Andrew Daire, PhD, Matthew Munyon, MS, Seth Eisenberg
Three key tools (Relationship Road Map, Daily Temperature
Reading, Good Will Umbrella) in this 12-session course teach
low income couples skills to communicate, problem solve,
and build trust and commitment.
220
Changing the World Through Marriage Ministries
Dennis Stoica, MBA
Learn how and why Marriage Ministries are the most effective
action churches can take to make a positive impact on the world.
Don’t just preach love, teach it! Includes a roadmap to success.
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301
Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence
Esther Perel, MA
Explore the paradoxical relation of domesticity and sexual desire
– when security needs clash with our pursuit of passion. Help
couples sustain desire over the long haul while respecting
needs for safety and stability.
302
The New Rules of Marriage
Terry Real, MSW
Teach a new art form of relationship empowerment
– akin to ju-jitsu – in which couples build on each other’s
momentum and get what they need by empowering
their partner to give it to them.
304
The Five Languages of Apology
Gary Chapman, PhD
Where do we learn whether or not, and how, to apologize?
Learn to help couples identify their own and their spouse’s
apology styles and how to speak their language.
305
Imago Dialogue
Harville Hendrix PhD, Tim Atkinson, MA
Structured dialogue is the very core of the powerful
Imago model. Help couples understand how to ‘stop
talking, and start connecting’ with each other and with
colleagues, friends, and family. Experiential.
319
Working with State Legislators
Carolyn Curtis, PhD, Chris Gersten, Maggie Russell,
Scott Haltzman, MD, and a panel of legislators
Learn to open doors, build relationships, and provide
compelling info on the benefits and feasibility of supporting
marriage. Plus what other states have accomplished including
"1% Solution" TANF set asides.
320
HHS: Lessons from the Field
Sharon Rowser, MA, Robin Dion, MA, Jay Otero
The Supporting Healthy Marriages (SHM), Building Strong
Families (BSF), and Oklahoma Family Expectations projects
share lessons about adapting programs and engaging diverse,
low-income, unmarried and married couples in marriage education.
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Friday Workshops, July 4, 10–11:30am
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401
At the Movies
Frank Pittman, MD
Everything we need to know about marriage can be
found at the movies: explore meaning, expectations, love,
insanity, brain chemistry, secrets, lies, deal breakers
– even clues about how to get it right. Bring popcorn.
404
Marriage Vitality
Ellyn Bader, PhD
Spouses crave intimacy; yet fear intensity. They crave
love; yet don't know how to be giving. Teach key attachment and
differentiation principles to help couples achieve loving teamwork.
405
Marriage Builders Accountability Program
Willard Harley, PhD
It’s one thing to teach marriage skills, another to motivate
couples to follow through. This interactive, internet-based
program holds both couples and instructors accountable
and builds success.
411
Children in the Middle – TOOB
Don Gordon, PhD
Use this award-winning online divorce education program to
maximize community divorce prevention efforts. Plus how
to recruit parents in failing marriages and form partnerships
with pastors, schools, physicians.
412
Genograms – TOOB
Rita DeMaria, PhD
Easy-to-use tools explore family patterns (cut-offs,
legacies, addictions, etc.) that influence relationships
plus 5 exercises to strengthen love and commitment.
417
In Sickness and In Health
Lorraine Wright, RN, PhD, Janice Bell, RN, PhD
Couples often experience emotional suffering when
confronted with serious illness. Learn 5 healing
practices to help couples understand & manage
constraining beliefs & improve their odds.
418
Accidental Prophets
Waverly Farrell, MFT, Vicki Doolittle, MS
Learn how gay and lesbian couples, freed of the
roles and rules of conventional partnerships, have
become the pioneers of a more egalitarian model
of relationship. Lessons for any setting.
419
Cultura y Valores: Marketing to Hispanics
Frank Fuentes, Lisa Trevino Cummins, MBA,
Rolando Diaz-Loving, PhD, JoAnne Eason
Understand Hispanic cultural values and develop
effective marketing messages to attract Hispanics,
our largest minority group, to marriage education
services. National examples.
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Friday Workshops, July 4, 2:30–4pm
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503
The Marriage Preparation Course – TOOB
Nicky & Sila Lee
Learn to teach the course and also to recruit & train mentor
couples so that the program basically runs itself. Practical,
5-session, DVD-dinner format, inventory, and mentor-couple based.
504
Who Am I and Who Are You?
Scott Stanley, PhD
Learn how to use personality testing like The Primary Couples
Personality Tool to build understanding and acceptance in
marriage. Covers myths, research, and strategies for teaching acceptance.
505
Marriage Builders: Applications
Willard Harley, PhD
Learn how the Marriage Builders Home Study
programs have been adapted for use in other cultures
including with black and Latino couples.
508
Infidelity Recovery Strategies
Rick Reynolds, MSW, MPA
Learn to identify the motivations of both hurt and unfaithful
spouses and help them develop empathy, stop intrusive
thoughts and endless questions, and reach forgiveness and healing.
514
Boot Camp for New Dads
Bob Ruthazer, CFLE, Cesar Vera, Lamar Henderson
This acclaimed father-to-father program builds confidence
in expectant dads as it connects them, not only to their
infants, but to the moms. Also builds connections with the
medical community.
515
Money Education Program – FOOB
Bill Bailey, PhD, Rebecca Wiggins
Learn how to help couples improve their financial well
being by learning about money. This grant-funded program
provides FREE web-based training and resources for use
in your community.
516
Divorce Reform Legislation Strategies
David Levy, JD, Mike McManus, David Prince, JD
Three concepts: replace no fault in cases with children with
mutual consent divorce; presumption of joint custody; and
TANF set-asides for marriage & divorce education, have the
potential to slash family breakdown by 50%.
517
Healthcare Connection Strategies
Jennifer Baker, PsyD, Duane Nelson, MS,
Carolyn Curtis, PhD, Don Ferguson, PhD, Jana Staton, PhD
Learn how to provide marriage & relationship education
in health care settings – Relationship First Aid Kits, ob-gyn
connections, PPT for busy docs, and training health care
providers for brief interventions.
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Saturday Workshops, July 5, 10-11:30am
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601
Boomers on the Edge
Terry Hargrave, PhD
Boomers have always been out front, leading the
revolution. They now face three enormous challenges.
Explore how boomers can use these issues to strengthen
rather than destroy their marriages.
606
Lasting Love
Chris Gersten, Ruth Lambert, PhD
8-hr, 4-part course, created by an architect of the
Federal Marriage Initiative, suited to low-income couples,
teaches 10 relationship rules and 4 skill sets: communication,
anger management, fidelity, and financial literacy.
613
Foundations for Marriage – TOOB
Tim Gardner, MA, DMin
This comprehensive, affordable, faith-based, lively, DVD
program has everything you need to prepare couples for
satisfying life-long marriage including the new BUILD couple assessment.
617
Understanding the Heart of a Man
Clarence Shuler, MDiv, Rozario Slack, DMin
Understand the new challenges facing millennium men,
their 4 non-negotiable needs, and strategies to create a
Safe Place and help them grow into responsible behaviors
and solid relationships.
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703
The Couple Check Up
David Olson, PhD, Ron Deal, MMFT, Peter Larson, PhD
Using research from 100,000+ couples, understand the
unique differences between biological and stepfamilies
and learn to use the Check-Up to create dynamic Couple
Positioning Systems for premarital, married, and remarried couples.
705
Taming the Tempest: Learning Emotional Regulation
Rob Scuka, PhD
Teach couples to contract in advance about how they
will manage spontaneously erupting, out-of-control conflict,
and emotional flooding using RE skills of empathy, disengagement
and self-calming.
706
21st Century Marriage
Sam Bradley, PhD
A powerful color metaphor helps couples understand commitment
as the key to individuation and put into action the crucial axioms
of successful marriages: choice, responsibility, equality, and fulfillment.
708
From Couple to Couple Mentor Training
Krsnanandini Dasi, Tariq Ziyad
Learn an affordable, nuts and bolts course that gives
mentor couples all the tools, training, and support they
need to work with couples of any class or culture before
and after marriage.
710
When Parents Hurt
Joshua Coleman, PhD
It’s hard to be happy, or happily married, when you're feeling
unloved/unappreciated by your adult children. Help parents
learn how to improve communication, manage conflict, and
rebuild family intimacy.
711
Don’t Expect Me to Love Her
Jean Turner, PhD, Carolyn Young, MDiv, Bill Bailey, PhD
Mother-in-law/daughter-in-law harmony is critical to
a happy marriage. Learn strategies for healing this volatile
relationship and how (and why) to add MIL/DIL workshops
to your community marriage initiatives.
713
Life Puzzle: A Coaching Model – TOOB
Ann Kramer, EdS, Bridget Brennan, MA, CFLE
Help couples tackle seemingly insurmountable, chronic
problems by defining their Self - their own shape and edges,
and then put the pieces together for a true and lasting intimacy.
715
Relationship Skills: Doing Time
Judge Jim Sheridan, JD, MBA, John Van Epp, PhD, Kelly Sigler
Ex-offenders with successful intimate relationships are less
likely to re-offend. Learn about teaching PREP and Pick-A-Partner
skills to inmates and how to sell this idea to local officials.
718
Hit Your Targets
Jennifer Baker, PsyD, Derek Gwinn, MA
Learn to adapt marriage/relationship programs to reach
a range of populations: good ole boys, newlyweds, stepfamilies,
couples owning a business, planning a wedding, having a baby, etc.
719
Texas: How’d They Do It!?!
Daphine Lambert, PhD, Jeff Johnson, Maggie Russell, Erin Kincaid
In 2007, a grassroots coalition passed major legislation that
provide $15 million in state marriage education funding. Lessons
learned, challenges, and guidelines for your state.
Smart Marriage & Family Expo® - Seminars Saturday July 5, 2008, 4 – 5:30pm ______________________ Learn the latest techniques to fight fair, turn conflict into intimacy,
rekindle passion, really talk to your kids, improve your odds of
success and happiness – all under the skilled guidance of the country’s
top experts. Attend alone or with a partner. If you are registered
for the conference, the seminars are included. Or, you can attend only
the seminars: $15 per person. Register for the seminars only, or buy
tickets for your guests, at: http://gotomylist.com/cme/smc05/smc07rf2.cfm
801
Close Calls: Avoiding Adultery
Dave Carder, MA
Advice from thousands of adulterers help us identify
our own high risk situations and “Dangerous Partner Profiles”
and provides ideas for using Close Call experiences to
actually strengthen marital intimacy.
806 The Mother-In-Law Conundrum
Leanne Braddock, MEd, MA
Research and conventional wisdom say the mother-in-law
relationship is critical to happy marriages. Brainstorm and
add your own tips to those gathered from 1,000+ mothers
and children about how to get it right.
808
101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married
Charles and Linda Bloom, MSWs
Learn simple but invaluable lessons – about vulnerability, privacy,
motivation, myths – to make love last and how to integrate the
lessons into a new or seasoned marriage.
816
Stop Arguing/ Start Loving
Lee Raffel, MSW, Arlie Albrecht, MSSW, MFT
Learn about five unique conflict styles and seven
steps to manage conflict that will help you better
manage disagreements with friends, lovers, colleagues,
and family members.
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NEW TRAINING INSTITUTES IN 2008:
111 Two Days - Tuesday & Wednesday, July 1 & 2
IMAGO: CASP, ImagoConnects, and DialogFirst
Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD
Learn to coach couples using the transformative power of Imago Dialogue
as you qualify to teach a completely revised Couplehood as a Spiritual Path,
the 3-hr IMAGOConnects for couples and the new DialogFirst program for coaches.
Designed for congregations and communities. $100 spouse discount. Click for more information: http://www.smartmarriages.com/casp.html
115 Two Day - Tuesday & Wednesday, July 1 & 2 - half price! School & Youth Marriage Education Programs Kay Reed, chair Essential Disciplines for Teens - Stephen Judah, PhD CONNECTIONS - Char Kamper, MA
Loving Well - Nancy McLaren, MAT We have to start with the kids! These research-based, best practice,
developmentally appropriate programs – being taught
across the country – teach students the skills and knowledge that are
central to building and maintaining healthy marriages. Curricula are
easily adapted to classroom, church or community and youth
group settings. Teens encouraged to attend.
Click for more information
on half-price discount and full tuition rebate:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/school.html
904 One Day - Sunday, July 6
Hold Me Tight: Strengthening the Bonds of Love Sue Johnson, EdD
Understand the exquisite logic of love – the concept of "effective dependency"; the cycles
that sabotage a felt sense of connection; the music of the relationship dance; and, finally, how
to shape conversations that will foster a secure lasting bond between partners. $50 spouse discount.
Click for more information: http://www.smartmarriages.com/eft.html
906 One Day - Sunday, July 6
Working with Couples and Sexual Addiction
Mark Laaser, PhD, MDiv
Learn crucial tools for working with couples that are dealing with the pain of sexual addiction.
Recognize the symptoms and develop a recovery plan for the addict, spouse and couple.
$50 spouse discount.
Click for more information:http://www.smartmarriages.com/laaser.html
909 One Day - Sunday, July 6
Divorce Prevention: Controlled Separation
Elsie Radtke, MA, Kate van Dyke, MA
Help couples move beyond crisis and stalemate to repair their relationships using a
time-limited period of controlled separation, a customized contract, 12 guidelines
and the concept of "active waiting". $50 spouse discount.
Click for more information: http://www.smartmarriages.com/controlled.separation.html 910 One Day - Sunday, July 6
Father-Friendly Strategies for Marriage Initiatives
Erik Vecere, MS, National Fatherhood Initiative
Dads are crucial to healthy marriages. This five-point system provides the knowledge, skills,
and resources to integrate father-friendly support into any marriage education program.
$50 spouse discount.
Click for more information:http://www.smartmarriages.com/fatherhood.nfi.html
911 One Day - Sunday, July 6
Couples Sexual Awareness: Developing a Premarital and Marital Sexuality Program
Barry McCarthy, PhD
Sexual problems are the major cause of separation and divorce in the first 4 years
of marriage. Learn to help couples develop their sexual style, eroticize their marriage,
prevent affairs, decide on family planning, confront sexual secrets, understand gender differences in
intimacy and eroticism, and address sexual dysfunction. For premarital or marital education,
and marital enhancement. $50 spouse discount.
Click for more information: http://www.smartmarriages.com/mccarthy.html
One Day - Sunday, July 6
PREP In the Workplace: The PREP Approach for Business
One Day - Sunday, July 6
RE and MML for Therapists
Mary Ortwein, MS, Rob Scuka, PhD, Dennis Stoica, MBA
Therapists already trained in Relationship Enhancement or Mastering the Mysteries of Love programs
will learn how to apply these skills in therapy and qualify for the RE/MML-therapist designation
on the California Coalition and RE referral websites. Get listed! $50 spouse discount.
Click for more information: http://www.smartmarriages.com/mml.therapists.html
914
One Day - Sunday, July 6
LoveU2: Relationship Smarts PLUS
Marline Pearson, MA
Activities, media, stories, and PREP help teens build healthy relationships. Teach the
crucial connections between marriage, fathers and child wellbeing and give them
good reasons to avoid unwed childbearing. Use Parent-Teen Connection activities
to partner with parents.$50 spouse discount.
Click for more information:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/loveu2.html
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