BUILDING A HEALTHY
RELATIONSHIP
Topical Outline
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No.
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TITLE OF SESSION
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TOPICS FOR SESSION
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1
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Visions of Relationship
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Orientation, logistics, course/staff/participant
introductions, setting your intentions, identifying
your vision of relationship, homework
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2
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Getting To Know Yourselves
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Self-understanding, baggage, factors of
compatibility, getting to know another person
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3
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Stages of Relationship
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Identifying the stages of relationship,
challenges pertinent to each
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4
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Boundaries and Self-Esteem
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Why self-esteem is so important, how to maintain
it, how to support it in your partner, the
importance of healthy boundaries
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5
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Talking and Listening
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Assertiveness, how to communicate well,
understanding how you may be hindering
communication
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6
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Communication Styles
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Appreciating gender communication styles,
knowing your "love languages," identifying "exit"
patterns
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7
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Resolving Differences
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Win-win agreements, handling conflicts, "fair
fighting," learning through adversity
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8
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Sex
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Lust and love, right timing, communication,
making sex better
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9
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Intimacy and Love
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Commitments, trust, addressing blocks to love,
balancing independence and intimacy
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10
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Healthy Partnership
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Responsibility vs. attempts to control,
components and processes of a healthy relationship,
creating a new vision of relationship
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