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Bringing Baby Home (BBH) Workshop

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Helping new parents with the transition to parenthood

Before baby arrives, most parents spend a great deal of time working on a registry to ensure they have everything they need as they prepare for the baby to come home. Many parents attend classes to learn the intricacies of the birthing process, and while this is very valuable, many parents neglect to prepare for what to do once the baby arrives. Many parents find themselves coming from a hospital or birthing center holding their baby and thinking “well what do I do now?”

This workshop helps to answer that very question.

The Bringing Baby Home (BBH) workshop is a research-based and research–tested psychoeducational workshop that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for babies and children by strengthening their families.

Developed by renowned relationship and parenting experts, Drs. John and Julie Gottman, the BBH program is perfect for those who are:

– Interested in having a baby
– Expecting a baby
– Already parenting an infant or toddler (age 0-3)

The goal of BBH is to equip you with the knowledge and skill sets needed to constructively cope with the various changes that typically occur during the first three years after your baby is born.

In the BBH workshop you and your partner will learn how to do the following:

– Strengthen your friendship
– Increase intimacy and affection
– Work through conflict with greater ease
– Maintain relationship satisfaction
– Reduce hostility
– Create positive baby-child interactions
– Ensure quality involvement for both parents
– Reduce the incidence of severity of postpartum mood disorders

Not only will this program teach you what to expect during the transition to parenthood, it will also help you do things like:

– Better understand child development
– Create co-parenting strategies with your partner
– Improve the way you and your partner communicate, connect and compromise
– Recognize signs of postpartum mood disorders and gain awareness of treatment options

For more information about upcoming workshops: Click Here. 

Sign Up today by calling Thrive Therapy at (813) 291-4975 or reach out using the contact form.

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7 Principles for Making Marriage Work Frequently Asked Questions

Considering joining our class? Often couples wonder:

Will we have to share our personal problems and issues with the class?

No. The class does not include sharing problems or issues publicly. Couples exercises are done privately.

Must both partners attend or can I come alone?

Since the class involves couples doing exercises together, both parents must participate. If the class is offered over a period of time and one partner must miss a particular class meeting, then the other partner is encouraged to attend the lecture portion of the class. He or she may use the Couples Exercise time to do part of the exercise and then do the full exercise with their partner later. They may also use the exercise time to read the Seven Principles book.

My partner isn’t a reader. Can we still come to the class if he/she won’t read the book?

Yes, still come to the class. While the book provides very valuable information, the class lectures will summarize the content of the book. Each person will need a Couples Guide, however, to do the Couples Exercises efficiently.

Should we do the exercises in the book at home or save them for class?

The class will involve doing some of the exercises from the book so doing them at home first would duplicate some of them. In some cases, the directions for doing the exercises in class have been revised and updated from those presented in the Seven Principles book. The Leaders also role play how to – and how not to – do some of the exercises in order to help participants get the most out of each exercise. There are some exercises in the book that the class will not have time to do and couples are encouraged to them at home after that chapter has been covered in class.

Sign up today! Contact Thrive Therapy by phone at (813) 291 – 4975 or reach out via our contact form. 

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