Sessions
- Friday, May 3 - Sunday, May 5, 2024. To register call: 651-213-4605
Back Together After Addiction
Center City, MN
Join Bob Bernu and Alan Braverman for a weekend of insights, sharing and togetherness to help couples rebuild and reprioritize their relationship after the blame, shame, and isolation of addiction (and other compulsive behaviors). Together, Bernu and Braverman will help couples build a bridge back to healthy again, providing a much-needed blueprint to communicate better, love louder, and rally around your hopes and dreams as a couple.
Throughout the weekend, you’ll learn:
- The Impact of addiction on relationships and how recovery offers new hope for couples to move from surviving to thriving.
- How we are set- up in our relational life based on the roles we took on in our family of origin.
- The main characteristics of a healthy, mature relationship—and the four elements of a healthy marriage.
- The five losing strategies in a relationship – including focusing on what not to do and what "dis”-ease in a marriage looks like.
- How using the talking/listening boundary facilitates intimacy in your marriage.
Couples will be given multiple opportunities throughout the weekend to spend time one-on-one to share their thoughts and feelings with each other around the various topics. Couples will also have the opportunity to meet individually with the presenters.
*Please note: Due to the nature of this retreat, both partners are required to attend.
Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5, 2024
Hazelden
Dan Anderson Renewal Center
15251 Pleasant Valley Rd.
Center City, MN 55012
To Register, Call 651-213-4605
Meet Your Presenters
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Alan Braverman, MSW A clinical social worker for the past 50 years and has worked in multiple settings but most recently has been in his own private practice working with individuals, couples, families and groups. He had the privilege of training extensively with Pia Mellody for 25 years at the Meadows in Arizona and watched her work with couples in recovery helping them "catch" their trauma reactions as they talked and listened to one another. She developed a communication model that helps couples to be more mature as they talk and listen to one another and, as a result, they can experience a level of intimacy that was missing when they were actively in their addictions. He has taught this model to hundreds of couples in the past 17 years and is currently mentoring couples therapists who want to use this model with their clients. |
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Bob Bernu, MA, LADC For the past 8 years, Bob has worked for the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation as a Family Program staff member and at the Dan Anderson Renewal Center as a Retreat Specialist. Helping individuals and families recover from the impacts of addiction and early childhood trauma are Bob’s passions. Prior to his second career at Hazelden, Bob founded and sold several IT businesses. Bob and his wife Kathy have been married 40 years, have 5 adult children, and three grandchildren. Bob enjoys family time at the cabin, hiking, socializing with friends, and a great book. |
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