MULTICULTURAL COUPLES
Bridge Your Cultural Gaps
Bridge Your Cultural Gaps
Come to our workshop and explore the role of your cultural selves in dealing with some day-to-day issues that confront you. Listed below are issues which are often sources of conflict in mixed relationships. We will try to understand the cultural roots of how we respond to these issues and then find ways to work through our differences. Use this new knowledge and awareness to enhance your relationships.
FAMILY LOYALTY vs. INDEPENDENCE
Do you feel that you and/or your partner are spending too much time or money with his family of origin? Or does her values of self-reliance and independence leave even you feeling excluded?
MONEY
To be spent only when necessary? Or to be enjoyed? How do you deal with two different money cultures?
SEX and INTIMACY
How do sexual attitudes and beliefs affect the intimacy of your relationship? Are you comfortable expressing affection?
RACISM, PREJUDICE and DISCRIMINATION
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of being in a mixed relationship is the lack of family support. Do you know how to turn to each other for your ultimate support system?
EMOTIONAL STYLES
Are your emotional needs being met? Are you expressive, demonstrative, or intense? Or are you restrained, stoic and reserved? How do you live harmoniously with someone who behaves so very differently?
THE DECEMBER DILEMMA
What traditions do you honor during the holiday season? How are you spending the holidays and with whose family? Or would you rather travel to a tropical paradise and get away from it all?
MONEY
To be spent only when necessary? Or to be enjoyed? How do you deal with two different money cultures?
SEX and INTIMACY
How do sexual attitudes and beliefs affect the intimacy of your relationship? Are you comfortable expressing affection?
RACISM, PREJUDICE and DISCRIMINATION
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of being in a mixed relationship is the lack of family support. Do you know how to turn to each other for your ultimate support system?
EMOTIONAL STYLES
Are your emotional needs being met? Are you expressive, demonstrative, or intense? Or are you restrained, stoic and reserved? How do you live harmoniously with someone who behaves so very differently?
THE DECEMBER DILEMMA
What traditions do you honor during the holiday season? How are you spending the holidays and with whose family? Or would you rather travel to a tropical paradise and get away from it all?
If these questions interest you, this workshop will serve as a forum for finding some answers!
Open to COUPLES, INDIVIDUALS, and SINGLES and to anyone who is curious about cultures, couplehood and bridges!
Open to COUPLES, INDIVIDUALS, and SINGLES and to anyone who is curious about cultures, couplehood and bridges!
2:00-5:00 PM, Saturday, November 15, 2008
$125/couple; $75/individual if check postmarked by Oct 24,
$150/couple; $100/individual after Oct 24;
$200/couple; $150/individual at the door (if there is space)
$125/couple; $75/individual if check postmarked by Oct 24,
$150/couple; $100/individual after Oct 24;
$200/couple; $150/individual at the door (if there is space)
Location will be in Torrance 90503 area.
Confirmation will be sent upon receipt of payment.
Complimentary refreshments will be provided.
Please make checks payable and mail to: Louella Chapman
3820 Del Amo Blvd., Ste. 348, Torrance CA 90503
Confirmation will be sent upon receipt of payment.
Complimentary refreshments will be provided.
Please make checks payable and mail to: Louella Chapman
3820 Del Amo Blvd., Ste. 348, Torrance CA 90503
Facilitated by: Louella Chapman, MA, LMFT. Louella is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who helps people in their journey through selfhood and couplehood. With her personal experience as a partner in a mixed marriage for more than 15 years and mother to a biracial child, she is sensitive to these issues and populations.
www.101emotions.com
Questions: 310-902-9223 louellachapman@101emotions.com
Questions: 310-902-9223 louellachapman@101emotions.com
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