Building

Relationship Education

The skills developed in The Third Option are helpful for any marriage, and couples attending the program range from those on the brink of divorce to those yearning to make a good marriage even better. Many couples assume that their marriage is strong and e ective, and don’t invest the time to ensure that it grows better over time. Then, all it takes is a new stressproblems with jobs, kids, parents, or health- and even the best marriage becomes frayed or unraveled. Developing the right skills and sensitivity is the best way to ensure that a good marriage grows even better.

• Building a Climate of Respect

• Responsibility and the Blame Game

• Understanding Expectations

• Redefining the Power Struggle

• Control Issues in Marriage

• Listening Beyond the Words

• Personality Differences in Marriage

• Childhood Issues and Emotional Baggage

• Handling Anger Constructively

• Speaking the Truth in Loving Ways

• Resolving Conflict in Healthy Ways

• The Hurt Cycle in Marriage

• Forgiveness in Marriage

• Building Trust in Your Marriage

Vince and Angela Schwindt FOFM Famly Life Educators

The Third Option Facilitators

“We know a couple that was in the Third Option program and told us how it saved their marriage. They started to go to this program and are back together again.”

Anonymous

Nearly- and Newly- Wed Workshop

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

Marriage Mentoring

Many marriages today are hurting. And the more ways we can help the better! Along with o ering professional counseling and a variety of marriage enrichment workshops and retreats, Friends of the Family is growing a network of trained Marriage Mentors.

Preparing a couple for marriage

Taking a marriage from good to great; and even Helping couples work through di cult issues and heal past hurts

Marriage Retreats

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

Bringing Baby Home

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

Relate Strong

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

Love & Logic

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

Comedy Date Night

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.

Couples in Cars Getting Closer

To start new marriages o right, we hold an annual workshop each spring for engaged and newly married couples which includes:

• Online pre-workshop assessment

• Lunch at the workshop

• Workbook and helpful tools

• Three 60-minute post-workshop sessions with one of our quali ed counselors.