Two truths about marriage:
- Not every marriage will not need you to bring it to therapy.
- Every marriage will need your attention and care to keep it strong.
The Marriage Wellness Clinic is a response to these truths. The Marriage Wellness Clinic is designed to build, grow, heal, and strengthen your marriage. It has a strengths-based perspective, meaning that each service it provides is based on the premise that building upon the strengths in your relationship will help your marriage thrive.
The Marriage Wellness Clinic is the best prevention you can give your marriage. With divorce rates somewhere between 40-50% (and higher for second marriages), isn’t it nice to know you are doing something to protect against it? And more importantly (because I’m sure your vision is about more than just not getting divorced), The Marriage Wellness Clinic will help you create a conscious marriage – one where you work together to fulfill your dreams.
Hopefully you don’t wait until things break down to go to your doctor, dentist or mechanic. Routine care for your health, your teeth, and your car keeps them strong. Your marriage deserves this too!
The Marriage Wellness Clinic is not a replacement for therapy. If you are experiencing significant tension in your relationship, please contact me to discuss how I can help. Or CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COUPLE THERAPY.
The Marriage Wellness Clinic provides a menu of options. My goal in creating it is not that you must do everything that is listed here. My goal is that you be proactive. Identify what works for you. Create a plan that fits with your marriage. But do commit to something and put it on the calendar. Build it as a structured part of your lifestyle. Then, follow through and do it.
My mission is to build strong marriages. I hope yours will be one of them.
The Marriage Wellness Clinic
Menu
- The Foundation: Wisdom & Tools to Build a Conscious Marriage
- The Annual Marriage Tune-Up
- The Monthly Maintenance
- The Quarterly Zoominar
- Great Ideas & Date Nights
- Additional Resources (including Book Recommendations)
The Foundation:
Wisdom & Tools to Build a Conscious Marriage
The Foundation is a one-day workshop designed to provide couples with the knowledge and skills to navigate the challenges of marriage. Informed by modern neuroscience, you will learn essential communication tools – including the Imago Dialogue – to strengthen your foundation, dissolve areas of tension and deepen your connection. Originally designed for engaged couples, The Foundation Workshop is great for any couple wanting to build the foundational tools
First5 Ministry
NEW IN 2023! Dr. DiPaolo coordinates with a team of newly married couples to launch The First5 Ministry at St. Monica! First5 is designed to provide couples in the first 5 years of marriage the tools and support to build lifelong, life-giving marriages.
The Annual Marriage Tune-Up
The Marriage Tune-Up begins with you completing a brief questionnaire to reflect upon important areas of your marriage and ways you have grown together. The Marriage Tune-Up session gives you an opportunity to explore these areas, affirming your strengths and identifying areas for growth. Recommended annually although can be done more or less frequently.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE MARRIAGE TUNE-UP & MONTHLY MAINTENANCE
The Monthly Maintenance
The Monthly Maintenance is great for couples who value having an ongoing process for staying conscious about their marriage. A brief, three-question Marriage Maintenance Questionnaire provides the chance to reflect ahead of time about their goals for the session. The Monthly Maintenance session can then target both areas of strength and desired areas to explore. Recommended monthly although can be done more or less frequently.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE MARRIAGE TUNE-UP & MONTHLY MAINTENANCE
The Quarterly Zoominar
FREE Zoom webinars are offered quarterly on a wide array of topics. In every Zoominar you will be guided through an exercise to strengthen your connection. There will be a brief presentation to provide talking points for the two of you. You also can “Ask the Expert” any question you would like.
CLICK HERE FOR UPCOMING ZOOMINARS AND VIDEOS OF PAST ZOOMINARS
Great Ideas & Date Nights!
(Click on photo or title to see more)
10 Things You Can Do For Your Relationship Right Now!
Check out this blog for some great ideas that you can implement today!
Tigers & Turtles
Are you the tiger or the turtle in your relationship? Take the quiz and learn more.
Movies Can Make Your Marriage Better!
Here’s a great date night! Learn how watching a film and having a discussion can make your marriage better!
Coming soon…
Marital Home Repair
Dealing with tension is part of marriage. Sometimes managing it is difficult – be it due to your background experiences or life circumstances. This workshop will help you understand what’s going on beneath the surface tension and give you tools you can start using right away to restore the connection.
Additional Resources
Recommended Books
Getting The Love You Want: A Guide for Couples
by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D.
Harville Hendrix, in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, developed Imago Relationship Therapy, a process for promoting healing in relationships. Core to this process is the Imago Dialogue, a communication tool which promotes expression of one’s deeper feelings and desires in tandem with listening by one’s partner in a way which provides understanding, empathy and support. Also has an accompanying workbook.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
by John Gottman, Ph.D.
This “practical guide from the country’s foremost relationship expert” outlines the essential ingredients for a healthy relationship. Easy to read and includes homework exercises for the couple. Gottman has been studying couples for years in his “love lab” where he and his research team can observe couples’ interaction to learn what works, and what doesn’t work, in relationships.
Other recommended books:
- The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman
- Wired for Love by Stan Tatkin
- Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
- A Daring Promise: A Spirituality of Christian Marriage by Richard Gaillerdetz
Recommended Workshops/Retreats
Click on the workshop title for more information
Getting the Love You Want
Weekend workshop created by Imago founders Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt
The Art & Science of Love
Weekend workshop developed by research guru John Gottman & Julie Gottman
Hold Me Tight
Workshop developed by Emotion Focused Therapy founder Sue Johnson
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Weekend retreat experience which has served over 3.5 million people in 50 countries
Retrouvaille
Retreat experience for couples in struggling marriages. No marriage is beyond hope.
Feel free to contact me with questions… that’s what I’m here for.