Heal & Grow Together, is a series of transformative monthly workshops for couples.
During these 2 hour workshops, you and your partner will have the opportunity to engage and deepen your bond. The topics are varied and carefully chosen to reflect the needs of close relationships. If something comes up frequently in your relationship, and you'd like to work on, please let me know and I'd be happy to work on a workshop.
Rich from my extensive training in research based and proven methodologies for individuals and also for couples and families, I look forward to supporting you on your own personal journey.
- When: Saturdays, 10:30am - 12:30pm
- Location: Just Be Wellbeing Centre, Umm Suqeim 1, Dubai
- Price: 680 AED Per Couple, including VAT
- Discount for existing clients: 25% (please email contact@evelynelthomas.com for a discount code before booking)
Workshop Dates:
- 5th July: Co-create the Life of your Dreams - Build your Relationship Vision
- 2nd August: The Repair Workshop - Turning Disconnection into Deeper Bonds
- 27th September: Transforming Criticism - Finding the Emotional Needs Behind the Words
- 4th October: Healing Attachment Wounds
- 1st November: Understanding Your Inner World Together - Navigate Triggers
- 13th December: Intimacy - There is More than Physical!
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Details for Each Workshop Below:
5th July - Co-create the Life of your Dreams - Build your Relationship Vision
2-Hour Relationship Workshop
Design a shared blueprint for your partnership that aligns your values, dreams, and deepest desires. When you transform vague hopes into a concrete vision you can guide your relationship through challenges and growth.
What you'll experience:
- Identify what truly matters to each of you in creating a fulfilling relationship
- Craft a meaningful shared vision that honours both partners' needs
- Develop practical commitments that bring your vision to life
- Create rituals to regularly reconnect with and refresh your relationship vision.
This workshop is for you if:
- You want greater clarity about where your relationship is heading
- You feel disconnected from your partner's dreams and aspirations
- You're seeking to align your relationship with your core values
- You want to build a stronger foundation for navigating future challenges together.
"Creating our relationship vision gave us a north star to navigate by. Now when we face difficulties, we have a shared understanding of what we're working toward." — Previous Participant
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2nd August: The Repair Workshop - Turning Disconnection into Deeper Bonds
2-Hour Relationship Workshop
Transform relationship disconnections into opportunities for profound connection and growth. Conflicts are inevitable! Master the essential skills of repairing and create even stronger bonds through conflict.
What you'll experience:
- Understand the neuroscience of relationship disconnection and repair
- Learn a step-by-step process for effective emotional repair
- Develop personalized repair rituals that work for your unique relationship
- Practice turning moments of conflict into opportunities for deeper understanding
This workshop is for you if:
- You find yourselves stuck in the same conflicts without resolution
- You struggle to reconnect after disagreements
- You want to heal past hurts that continue to affect your relationship
- You're seeking to build greater resilience as a couple
"We used to avoid conflict, but now we see it as an opportunity to understand each other better. The repair process we learned has been transformative." — Previous Participant
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27th September: Transforming Criticism - Finding the Emotional Needs Behind the Words
2-Hour Relationship Workshop
Discover how to identify the vulnerable feelings beneath criticism and defensiveness, transforming triggering interactions into opportunities for compassion and connection.
What you'll experience:
- Learn to recognize and work with the different "parts" that emerge in conflict
- Develop skills to identify the unmet needs behind critical comments
- Practice translating complaints into requests that can be heard
- Create a framework for more compassionate communication even during tension
This workshop is for you if:
- You find yourselves trapped in cycles of criticism and defensiveness
- You want to respond to your partner's criticism with understanding rather than reactivity
- You struggle to express your needs without sounding critical
- You're seeking more compassionate ways to communicate difficult feelings
"Understanding the vulnerable parts beneath our criticism changed everything. What used to trigger arguments now leads to heartfelt connection." — Previous Participant
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4th October - Healing Attachment Wounds - Build a Secure Connection
2-Hour Relationship Workshop
Uncover how early attachment patterns shape your adult relationships and develop practical strategies to create secure connection, even if you didn't experience it growing up.
What you'll experience:
- Identify your attachment style and how it impacts your relationship dynamics
- Understand how your partner's attachment needs differ from your own
- Learn practical techniques to create safety and security for each other
- Develop strategies to break free from reactive patterns during triggering moments
This workshop is for you if:
- You notice recurring patterns of insecurity, anxiety or avoidance in relationships
- You struggle with trust or emotional vulnerability
- You find yourself reacting strongly to perceived abandonment or engulfment
- You want to create a more secure foundation for your relationship
"Recognizing how my early experiences shaped my reactions was eye-opening. I'm now able to respond from a place of security rather than fear." — Previous Participant
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1st November: Understanding your Inner World Together - Navigate Triggers
2-Hour Relationship Workshop
Learn to explore your emotional landscapes together, developing the skills to navigate triggering situations with compassion and clarity rather than reactivity and withdrawal.
What you'll experience:
- Recognize your unique emotional triggers and their origins
- Develop a shared vocabulary for discussing difficult emotional states
- Learn techniques to stay present and connected during triggering moments
- Create personalized strategies for co-regulation during emotional intensity
This workshop is for you if:
- You find certain situations consistently trigger emotional reactivity
- You struggle to stay connected when emotions run high
- You want to better understand your partner's emotional responses
You're seeking to create greater emotional safety in your relationship "We used to get locked in our triggered states with no way out. Now we can recognize what's happening and find our way back to connection." — Previous Participant
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13th December: Intimacy - There is More than Physical!
2-Hour Relationship Workshop
Explore the nature of intimacy and discover pathways to connection that transcend the physical, creating a relationship rich in emotional, intellectual and spiritual closeness.
What you'll experience:
- Understand the five dimensions of intimacy beyond physical connection
- Identify your primary intimacy needs and how they differ from your partner's
- Learn practices to deepen non-physical forms of connection
- Develop rituals that cultivate multidimensional intimacy in daily life
This workshop is for you if:
- You want to experience greater depth and variety in your connection
- You feel your relationship relies too heavily on physical intimacy
- You're seeking new ways to feel close and connected
- You want to develop a more holistic approach to intimacy in your relationship
"This workshop opened our eyes to forms of intimacy we'd never considered. Our connection now feels richer and more fulfilling on every level." — Previous Participant
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FAQs
These workshops are educational and experiential in nature, designed to teach specific skills and concepts in a group setting. While they may be therapeutic, they are not therapy. Workshops focus on learning and practice rather than ongoing treatment of specific conditions. They can complement individual therapy but do not replace it.
No prior knowledge is required. Each workshop is designed to be accessible to beginners while still offering value to those with some familiarity with the concepts.
Workshops are limited to 12 participants to ensure a safe, intimate environment and allow for personalized attention.
Please bring a notebook and pen for reflections, water, and wear comfortable clothing.
Once you book a workshop it is non-refundable. If you can’t attend a workshop, it can be transferred up to 48 hours before the original workshop. Transfers will not be possible with less than 48 hours’ notice of the original workshop. A workshop can only be transferred once to another workshop of the same value.
Let's Start the Journey Together
The path to healing and growth can feel overwhelming on your own. Let's work together to navigate life's challenges, cultivate resilience, and create the life you want.