Communication in Marriage

Enhancing Intimacy Communication in Marriage

Session One: Improving Intimacy in Marriage by Learning and Speaking Your Mate’s Love Language

In this fun, insightful and entertaining session, we present the Five Love Languages of Dr. Gary Chapman and how these can enhance, deepen and strengthen a marriage. Couples take the Love Language inventory in the session to discover their mate’s love language and then learn from others how to speak love into the life of their mate.

Session Two: How to Improve Intimacy Through Good Listening Part 1

In this session couples learn about communication damaging filters, take a Listening Test to learn how good of a listener they are and then learn and practice the “Listening Position: SOLER” to help their minds listen to their mate by body position.

Session Three: How to Improve Intimacy Through Good Listening Part 2

In this session couples learn about the five levels of communication and learn and practice the Speaker/Listener Technique from the book A Lasting Promise: A Christian Guide to Fighting for Your Marriage, from the PREP marriage seminar.

Session Four: Improving Intimacy in Marriage Through Good Talking

In this session couples learn how to use “I” statements when speaking to avoid causing defensiveness and the power of validation and expressing appreciation for their mate.

Session Five: Improving Intimacy in Marriage Through Meeting Needs

Taken from the book His Needs Her Needs by Dr. Willard Harley, couples learn the five most important needs of a wife and five most important needs of a husband in marriage and how to meet those needs.