“It’s a great thing to do for couples at any stage.”

Participants Share Their TRS Workshop Experience

At the conclusion of each TRS Couples Relationship Workshop, participants are given an opportunity to share their insights in five areas. Learn more about TRS from the experience of couples like you:

What I appreciated most about the workshop

"We have been given the power, not to reclaim, but to create a new, meaningful relationship."

"Here we have a tool to empower us as a couple and a freedom to control it among ourselves, and not depend only on a therapist/patient mode."

"The gentle way of bringing us to a new awareness of communication. A ‘how-to’ that we can use ourselves. The gift of empowerment."

"The chance to take time out for ourselves as a couple."

"The opportunity to get close to the difficulties we’re experiencing and the realization that there’s a really positive way forward."

"The practical approach with theory and exercises."

"The chance to spend time working on my relationship in a safe and dedicated space."

"The opportunity to be truly heard and my needs validated and empathized with."

"The openness, honesty and willingness to share by the other participants. Also the new hope given by the tools."

"The safety to express myself to my partner in full."
"The creation of a secure environment to work in with my partner."

"The take home workbook. The structure. The safe and confidential space. The reasonable price for the weekend workshop."

"The atmosphere in the group: the level of participation and sharing."

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What I learned from the workshop

"It is important to give time to nurture my relationship and not have it as a low priority."

"Love between two people needs nourishment, like a plant, for it to grow. The importance of understanding childhood wounds."

"A clear concise set of “do’s and don’ts” to get ‘the love you have always wanted,’ given in a gentle, warm way."

"We learned as a minimum and maximum that we are ‘normal’."

"The tools to be able to communicate in a way that works without conflict and to ask for what I need."

"How much feeling and actions relate to my childhood wounds and hurts and how I act out on them."

"An increased experience of how my experience of childhood impacts on my intimate relationship with my wife. The tools made available which will facilitate us going forward."

"How to conduct dialogue without confrontation."

"How to “listen” and “receive” in intentional dialogue."

"That what difficulties we are experiencing as a couple are normal. The skills, for example, Intentional Dialogue and Behavior Change Techniques to improve our relationship. That we have already come a long way."

"To dialogue using the tools and talk about issues we could not previously discuss."

"I didn’t know how wounded my husband was and how I was causing that wound to remain open and unhealed."

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What I’m committed to do going forward

"To listen and appreciate my wife. To spend more time together (just the two of us)."

"To change my relationship with my partner by making little concrete steps such as we discussed today."

"To start to change myself and use the tools given me this weekend to try and make my relationship stronger and better."

"To practice new skills and invest in my relationship."

"To engage frequently in intentional dialogue. To continue with the follow-up course.

To follow up on those areas that create blocks in the relationship."

"To stop reacting and stop taking things personally.

To work and to build my relationship with my partner."

"To use the dialogue learned this weekend. To give my partner his space. To learn that we are two individuals but yet are one."

"To trust in the process. Practice."

"To share intentional dialogue and behavior request conversations with my wife."

"To explore, experience and express who I truly am. To create a loving, intimate relationship with my partner."

"To be there more in my relationship. To put my relationship no.1 in my life."

"To be more appreciative; an ‘attitude of gratitude’."
"To keep talking and listening to each other."

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My experience of Mary Butler as a presenter/facilitator

"You were excellent! You created a space that felt completely safe for me. You imparted information and wisdom so clearly and thoroughly and you facilitated the demonstration work so sensitively. Well done. Thank you!"

"Excellent: strong, wonderful to listen to, ability to impart knowledge, wholesome, wise. She put her whole self into the weekend. Thank you, Mary!"

"Wonderful: warm, welcoming, laid back, always to the point, humorous, insightful, encouraging. It felt really like she wanted us to work as a couple. Thank you, Mary. You are a beautiful person."

"Mary has a special gift of unfolding the real magic that each of us held within to bring about our best relationship ever."

"Her clear delivery, in-depth knowledge, ability to read the group, her earthiness and practical approach."

"She was an open, generous facilitator who continually kept us challenged and focused."

"Powerful, gentle, empowering, supportive, a wonderful, wonderful facilitator and a human being of great insight and compassion."

"A truly gifted person who communicated in a precise and open manner the tools to a better relationship."

"Experienced, knowledgeable, understanding, giving, compassionate, spiritual, grounded, centered, passionate, open and loving."

"Wonderful! You did a fabulous job. To see you meet and connect with people at a deep level is just fabulous to see. I learned a huge amount from you and treasure it and you very much."

"Wonderful! Mary does a wonderful job of creating a safe environment in which participants can enter into their own journey. She is a wonderful presenter and facilitator."

"Great: open, empathetic, no judgments, deep experience."

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What I will tell others about the TRS workshop

"It is a life changing experience. If you need help or just wish to improve your relationship, don’t miss it! You will be enriched so much that your family and theirs to come will benefit."

"It is a process that works; that does not lead to recrimination of each other; that gives both partners deeper insight into themselves and their partner that lead to growth."

"Quite intense. Good skills for working things out."

"The workshop will change and deepen any relationship if each partner is open to the process. Everyone should do this."

"It is a great thing to do for couples at any stage."

"It is vital to their health, relationships, their families and their future."

"Clarifying, life-changing personally and in my relationship."

"If you want to deepen and grow your relationship, this workshop is a must!! Go for it!"

"Well worth it. Gets your relationship back on the track!"

"It was profoundly new learning and will be deeply rewarding as new ways to relate as a couple. The tools and insights are really helpful."

"It will help to re-ignite relationships and defuse major blocks."

"It certainly is great. It gets you thinking in a new way."

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