520 Mission St, Santa Cruz, Ca.
amftamb@gmail.com
510-335-5222

RELATIONSHIP AS A REFUGE FROM LIFE
NEW! 10 WEEK ZOOM CLASS ON HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS!
Learn the foundational information that I teach in couples and family therapy
CURRENT CLASS IS FULL & CLOSED
NEXT CLASS STARTS IN THE FALL
SLIDING SCALE DISCOUNTS
FOR THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED
10 ninety minute classes
-Communication skills - NVC, reflective listening - really GETTING the other person's world, communicating
from softer, more vulnerable and primary emotions
-Learn TRRIUUNFH - Timing, Regulation, Refrain, Individual, Utilize, Understand, Needs, Feelings
-Learn about the cycle and pattern you replay - I utilize the EFT (emotionally focused therapy) model to explore
and transform challenging communication cycles
-The relationship brain & nervous system - which is part of PACT-informed therapy - learn about the amygdala,
pre-frontal cortex, implicit memory (related to "wounding" and trauma) sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous
system, auto, self and co-regulation and REWIRING THE BRAIN FOR GREATER HAPPINESS.
-Cultivating and living a relationship of gratitude, fondness, admiration
-Childhood issues - find out how what happened to you then is playing out now
-Love practices, Love languages, the 5 A's, SELF-LOVE & SELF-CONNECTION
-Attachment & Attachment styles - are ALWAYS at play in relationships - learn how
-Your thinking mind: Affirmations/Declarations, Beliefs & Stories - Discover how beliefs and stories are running
your "relationship show" and how affirmations/declarations can be used to create new intentions to steer you
and you relationship in a new direction.
-Internal Parts - We all have a whole family of parts inside contributing to our relationship - Who's driving your
relationship bus?
-Somatic Awareness - Discover the wisdom your body has to share with you
-Self Awareness - Develop a deeper understanding of yourself so that your beliefs, patterns, behaviors,
trauma, etc. aren't in charge.
-Feelings & Needs - Identify the feelings and universal human needs that are present in all relationship
challenges
-Secure-Functioning Relationship - Gain an understanding of how to create a relationship that is a
refuge, secure base and safe-haven from life, rather than an additional source of struggle.
-Authenticity-Transparency-Honesty: Learn to be your truest and whole self in relationship and experience the
beauty and power of being FULLY YOU, rather than putting up a persona, playing a role or living in fear of
communicating and BEING your authentic self:)
-Showing up as a compassionate, understanding, kind, forgiving, accepting and allowing partner
-Ownership-Taking Responsibility-Accountability: Learn how this practice is one way to take the blame, shame
and criticism off of the other person and help meet their KUSH needs instead - feeling known, understood, seen
and heard
Cost for course:
$395 per couple/two people (bring a friend)
$245 per individual
Discount pricing - register/pay within 24 hours of an intro class:
$365 per couple/two people
$225 per individual
CAN'T AFFORD IT? SLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED
payments accepted through venmo or paypal
Class will be limited to 30 people.
Thank you - excited to meet you all, learn and grow!