Relationships Ireland are delighted to announce

A State of the Art Conference

Making Relationships Work

30th June 2012  10am to 4.30pm

Family life in Ireland  has undergone unprecedented change in the last 50 years  and this is particularly so for couple relationships. Professionals who deal with couples and families increasingly witness the challenges couples face in making their relationship work and they are often called upon to help resolve difficulties or support families when relationships break down.

At Relationships Ireland we have been at the forefront of resolving relationship problems for the past 50 years.  To mark our 50th anniversary we invite professionals working with couples and families to join us at our Making Relationships Work conference when we welcome an expert faculty from Ireland and abroad to present the latest research-based strategies and tools on resolving relationship difficulties.

Conference Presentations
World  renowned expert on marriage and relationships, Dr John Gottman, will provide the keynote address. Speaking in Ireland for the first time ever, he will outline a research-based roadmap for practitioners to help couples to compassionately manage their conflicts, and deepen their friendship and intimacy.  His presentation will include strategies for working with couples to help them:

• Deal with their relationship issues and manage conflict
• Nurture the friendship between them
• Create shared meaning – building a shared sense of purpose
• Find ways to make each other's goals and  life dreams come true

  Charles Handy               © Liz Handy

He will be followed by Charles Handy,  one of the world’s most highly-regarded business and management thinkers and a bestselling author. Handy will reflect on how the rapidly changing world of work and technology is impacting on relationships and families.He is also giving a talk to the business community and members of the public on Thursday evening 28th June.

The conference will also feature presentations from two of Ireland’s leading speakers on family and relationships issues, Dr. John Sharry and Marie Murray.

They will offer expert analysis on the importance of
supportive couple relationships in family life and present practical
strategies to help couples and families respond effectively to the
challenges they face in developing healthy and satisfying relationships. 

The conference will include additional contributions from  Relationships Ireland experts in the field of relationships and family life.

 Presenters

Dr John Gottmann
Dr John Gottmann is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, including the study of emotions, physiology, and communication. Dr Gottman has spent over 35 years researching over 3,000 couples to identify what makes a relationship work? Now after watching a couple for only 5 minutes, he can predict with 91% accuracy whether they will happily stay together. He was recently voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists in the past quarter-century by Psychotherapy Networker magazine. He is the author of 190 published academic articles and author and co-author of 40 books, including his New York Times best seller, Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.

 Charles Handy
Charles Handy is  a writer broadcaster and lecturer. Best known as one of the world’s most influential management and organisational thinkers he was for many years a professor at London Business School. His books on the changing shape of work and its effects on our lives have sold over 2 million copies. worldwide.

 Marie Murray
Marie Murray is  one of Ireland’s best know and experienced  psychologists and family therapists. She has had a distinguished career as a clinician, lecturer and writer in the field.  Author of several best-selling books she is a well-know broadcaster and author.

Dr. John Sharry
Dr. John Sharry is a child and family psychotherapist. Author of 10 books John is a popular writer and speaker with over 20 years  experience in the field. He is a co-founder of the Parents Plus parenting programmes  which are used extensively in services and schools through Ireland and the UK.

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 Relationships Ireland is a trading name of the Marriage & Relationships Counselling Service (MRCS), a registered charity. Our services are supported by the Family Support Agency