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Lessons In Love
Lessons In Love
Looking to build a happy, lasting partnership? Learn essential skills to make your next, or current relationship a successful one with this workshop. Based on Dr. John Gottman’s New York Times bestseller, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, this workshop has adapted the proven Principles to help you learn the key to building successful romantic relationships.
Participants will learn proven tools to:
Strengthen friendship, fondness, and admiration
Enhance romance and intimacy
Manage conflict constructively
Address both solvable and perpetual problems
Create shared meaning in relationships
Maintain healthy relationship patterns over time
Improve dating skills and decision-making
The workshop includes brief lectures, individual reflection exercises, and optional group discussion.
Participants are not required to share personal issues unless they choose to do so.
What to expect:
7 hours of total content, including breaks
Comprised of videos, personal reflections, guided exercises and small group discussions
Digital Lessons in Love workbook included
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Previous Audiences
Previous Audiences
Universities and Colleges: Boston College School of Social Work Continuing Education program, Boston University School of Social Work, Bridgewater State University School of Social Work, Simmons University School of Social Work, Harvard University's undergraduate psychology class
Hospitals: Boston Medical Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital
Non-Profits/Organizations: Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance (MOVA), National Association of Social Workers- MA Chapter Symposium, Elder Services of Merrimack Valley
"Sophie is an excellent presenter, and the course content was so rich, and varied! I got so much out of this workshop and felt very inspired afterwards!"- Making the Most Out of Macro
"I appreciated the topic, especially having recently moved into a new job where advocacy and development are a greater part of what I do. Not knowing much about the whole process from a political standpoint, this was an immensely helpful intro/primer!"- Demystifying the State House
"I thought the presentation was very informative and helpful in understanding all layers of government in Massachusetts. I felt very inspired to become more involved in advocating for certain bills." - Demystifying the State House
Teaching Experience
Boston College School of Social Work
SWK 8805, “Policy Issues in Family and Child Services”- Spring 2022, Spring 2024
SWK 7762, “Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work”- Fall 2023
SWK 7701, “Social Welfare System”- Spring 2020, Spring 2021 (two sections), Spring 2022
Boston University School of Social Work
WP 701, “Social Welfare Policy II: Contemporary Social Policy Analysis”- Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Summer 2021
WP 700, “Social Welfare Policy I: Conceptions, Scope, History, and Philosophies”- Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2020
"Professor Hansen is absolutely top tier. She did a fantastic job of relating the material to both a micro and macro context. Her own personal work experience gave her the ability to share a breadth of practical examples. She is extremely good at explaining concepts, creates a really open and positive environment, and somehow got a class of students to actively engage at 8am on a Friday. She always gave us the opportunity to write comments or questions on anonymous notecards after class, which is just one way that she truly made sure that everyone was getting the most out of the class. I would recommend her to anyone..."- Fall 2023 [Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work]
"Professor Sophie Hansen is an outstanding educator, one who cultivated a classroom environment where students could be
curious, vulnerable, and welcomed. She's attuned the diversity of experiences within a space, and possesses a singular capacity in
facilitating difficult conversations with both grace and respect. For subject matter that can sometimes feel a little dry to a clinical
student, she manages to make all of us enthused and engaged through vignettes and examples... As a student of color, it was deeply meaningful to have an educator like Professor Hansen who was committed to anti–racist practice in both action and word."- Spring 2022 [Social Welfare System]
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