Enjoy leisurely walks along the beautiful coastline of California while nurturing your most important relationship in the Hold Me Tight® Workshop.

Join Drs. Silvina Irwin and Lisa Blum at the idyllic Cambria Pines Lodge, where you will experience the Hold Me Tight® workshop and care for your most important relationship while enjoying the breathtaking beauty of this California Coastal town. Leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind, and enjoy walks on the unmatched splendor of the coastline, gourmet dining, and romantic strolls through the town of Cambria.

Workshop Description

Hold Me Tight® is a weekend retreat for nurturing emotional closeness with your partner. This workshop is based on the international best-selling book "Hold Me Tight: 7 Conversations for a Lifetime of Love" by Dr. Sue Johnson. We welcome all couples to join us, and aim to create a space where folks feel welcome in all identities, in all forms of relationship, and all shapes, sizes and abilities.

The educational and experiential workshop introduces core concepts of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, heralded as one of the most effective couples therapies. 

• Get unstuck from repeating patterns of arguing or silent distancing that cause frustration and pain

• Make sense of the strong emotions and needs that can surprise both of you in the relationship

• Begin the process of repairing relationship injuries, even old ones, and understand how to move forward

• Change how you communicate so you can really open up to each other with your true feelings and wishes

• Increase feelings of trust and intimacy, playfulness, and fun

• Learn how to take the great conversations you start at the workshop and keep them going at home

• Begin to talk about your sexual relationship and ways to continue to address this important aspect of your relationship (A follow-up workshop to address sex and sexuality is available)