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Upcoming Class Schedule
Reston, Virginia

PAIRS Passion Weekend
[Please Note: Attending PAIRS Relationship RoadMap Course (See below*) is a pre-requisite for participation in this workshop.]

This new offering provides couples with the structure, the information, and the positive process to enhance and improve this vital aspect of your relationship. You will learn such things as:

   *   Understanding your true needs & desires and how to achieve them
   *   Saboteurs, myths and stereotypes that can cause distancing
   *   Specific information on our biological differences
   *   How to deal with stress and apparent desire incompatibilities
   *   ... and much, much more!

This class will be on Saturday & Sunday, May 2 & 3, 2009 from 10 am - 6 pm
in Sterling, VA. Completion of PAIRS Relationship RoadMap Course is a pre-requisite for attending the PAIRS Passion Weekend.

Tuition is $295 per couple, including materials.
Contact Ellen Purcell, PAIRS Master Teacher for registration information by email at ePAIRS@aol.com or phone at: 703-476-5644.

 

PAIRS Classics For Couples

    Also great as Pre-Marital class for engaged couples!

    • Learn powerful skills you’ll enjoy
    • Learn how to keep your marriage happy & strong!
    • Smooth out the stresses of wedding planning, retirement planning or just everyday living!

    This positive, solution-oriented approach lets you understand the natural dynamics of close relationships and teaches key skills drawn from the nationally renowned PAIRS program:
     

       Sunday, February 22, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
       Sunday, May 17, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
       Sunday, November 15, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 pm

    This special 4 hour workshop is offered for only $85 per couple.
    For more information or to register,
    email ePAIRS@aol.com or call 703-476-5644

Riding Relationship Cycles:
How to keep your balance and not fall off!

    This workshop is recommended for sustaining pleasure And joy – it’s also GREAT for dating and engaged couples!

    • Are you determined to avoid or stop the slide into broken relationships like you see around you?
       
    • Does it seem like the person you fell in love with has changed somehow?
       
    • Do conversations sometimes end up in hurt feelings, misunderstandings or arguments?

    Come to a special workshop to learn how to handle the natural ups and downs of relationship, and NOT lose a good thing!

    This special 4 hour workshop is offered several times in the Spring and Summer in Reston, Virginia:

       Sunday, June 21, 2009 1:00 - 5:00 pm
       Sunday, September 13, 2009, 1:00 - 5::00 pm
       Sunday, October 4, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
       Sunday, October 18, 2009, 1:00 - 5:00 pm

    We offer this special 4 hour workshop for only $85 per couple.
    For more information or to register,
    email ePAIRS@aol.com or call 703-476-5644



    * PAIRS Relationship RoadMap Program 

    A New Offering this year! 
    This program is a two-weekend workshop (see dates below). It develops and strengthens skills needed to sustain joyful, healthy, lasting relationships. It is a powerful change agent, through which pleasure, healing, heightened self-esteem and personal growth can emerge. The material in this program is drawn from the first three weekends of the highly acclaimed PAIRS Relationship Mastery Program, and focuses on Communication and Conflict Resolution.
     
    Important topics covered include:
    The Logic of Love; How we process emotions; Power struggles; Stress Styles of communication; Conflict resolution; Skilled listening; Safe anger expression; Understanding our hidden expectations.

    We will offer this Program twice this Spring:
    Saturday & Sunday - Jan. 10-11 & Feb 7-8, 2009
       and
    Saturday & Sunday - March 7 - 8 & April 4-5, 2009
         Class hours: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

    For more information or to register email: epairs@aol.com or call Ellen Purcell at 703-476-5644.


    PAIRS Relationship Mastery Program

     This acclaimed series of weekend workshops starts in the
    Fall each year. Our next offering will begin November 6, 2009.

    For more information or to register,
    email ePAIRS@aol.com or call 703-476-5644

  • PAIRS in Virginia is an effective marriage counseling alternative to help couples restore clear communication, avoid fighting, diffuse anger, solve problems together and reenergize intimacy.  Our classes teach you the skills you need to sustain a happy relationship! Call 703-476-5644.

 

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ABOUT ELLEN’S PRESENTATIONS!

“Everything I expected a speaker to be and more: personal, lively and with a passion for her subject. Ellen knows how to pass along her enthusiasm to her audience.” -Dennis Chazelle,
Chazelle Consulting

“Feedback has been terrific. People walked away with real skills to help their relationships.”
Dale Rampell,
MITRE Corporation


“…well organized, focused and relevant to the issues. As a result, I have seen staff begin to communicate more directly with their colleagues on difficult issues and resolve problems. “
 
-Sarah Ogilvie,
 Holocaust Memorial Museum


 “Informative and constructive, but also fun! “ Karen Smith
Gourley & Gourley, LLC

“Ellen did a wonderful job! She is a talented speaker and an accomplished teacher. Our staff gained insights they want to put into practice.” -Brian Cobb,
Inno-Space Architects