Two truths about marriage:
Not every marriage will not need you to bring it to therapy.
Every marriage will need your attention and care to keep it strong.
The Marriage Wellness Clinic is a response to these truths. The Marriage Wellness Clinic is designed to build, grow, heal, and strengthen your marriage. It has a strengths-based perspective, meaning that each service it provides is based on the premise that building upon the strengths in your relationship will help your marriage thrive.
The Marriage Wellness Clinic is the best prevention you can give your marriage. With divorce rates somewhere between 40-50% (and higher for second marriages), isn’t it nice to know you are doing something to protect against it? And more importantly (because I’m sure your vision is about more than just not getting divorced), The Marriage Wellness Clinic will help you create a conscious marriage – one where you work together to fulfill your dreams.
Hopefully you don’t wait until things break down to go to your doctor, dentist or mechanic. Routine care for your health, your teeth, and your car keeps them strong. Your marriage deserves this too!
is the best prevention you can give your marriage. With divorce rates somewhere between 40-50% (and higher for second marriages), isn’t it nice to know you are doing something to protect against it? And more importantly (because I’m sure your vision is about more than just not getting divorced), The Marriage Wellness Clinic will help you create a conscious marriage – one where you work together to fulfill your dreams.
Hopefully you don’t wait until things break down to go to your doctor, dentist or mechanic. Routine care for your health, your teeth, and your car keeps them strong. Your marriage deserves this too!
The Marriage Wellness Clinic is not a replacement for therapy. If you are experiencing significant tension in your relationship, please contact me to discuss how I can help.
The Foundation is a one-day workshop designed to provide couples with the knowledge and skills to navigate the challenges of marriage. Informed by modern neuroscience, you will learn essential communication tools – including the Imago Dialogue – to strengthen your foundation, dissolve areas of tension and deepen your connection.
NEW IN 2023! Dr. DiPaolo coordinates with a team of newly married couples to launch The First5 Ministry at St. Monica! First5 is designed to provide couples in the first 5 years of marriage the tools and support to build lifelong, life-giving marriages.
The Marriage Tune-Up begins with you completing a brief questionnaire to reflect upon important areas of your marriage and ways you have grown together. The Marriage Tune-Up session gives you an opportunity to explore these areas, affirming your strengths and identifying areas for growth. Recommended annually although can be done more or less frequently.
The Monthly Maintenance is great for couples who value having an ongoing process for staying conscious about their marriage. A brief, three-question Marriage Maintenance Questionnaire provides the chance to reflect ahead of time about their goals for the session. The Monthly Maintenance session can then target both areas of strength and desired areas to explore. Recommended monthly although can be done more or less frequently.
FREE Zoom webinars are offered quarterly on a wide array of topics. In every Zoominar you will be guided through an exercise to strengthen your connection. There will be a brief presentation to provide talking points for the two of you. You also can “Ask the Expert” any question you would like.
Check out this blog for some great ideas that you can implement today!
Are you the tiger or the turtle in your relationship? Take the quiz and learn more.
Here’s a great date night! Learn how watching a film and having a discussion can make your marriage better!
Coming soon…
Marital Home Repair
Dealing with tension is part of marriage. Sometimes managing it is difficult – be it due to your background experiences or life circumstances. This workshop will help you understand what’s going on beneath the surface tension and give you tools you can start using right away to restore the connection.
Additional Resources
Recommended Books
Harville Hendrix, in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, developed Imago Relationship Therapy, a process for promoting healing in relationships. Core to this process is the Imago Dialogue, a communication tool which promotes expression of one’s deeper feelings and desires in tandem with listening by one’s partner in a way which provides understanding, empathy and support. Also has an accompanying workbook.
This “practical guide from the country’s foremost relationship expert” outlines the essential ingredients for a healthy relationship. Easy to read and includes homework exercises for the couple. Gottman has been studying couples for years in his “love lab” where he and his research team can observe couples’ interaction to learn what works, and what doesn’t work, in relationships.
Other recommended books:
Recommended Workshops/Retreats
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Getting the Love You Want
Weekend workshop created by Imago founders Harville Hendrix & Helen LaKelly Hunt
The Art & Science of Love
Weekend workshop developed by research guru John Gottman & Julie Gottman
Hold Me Tight
Workshop developed by Emotion Focused Therapy founder Sue Johnson
Worldwide Marriage Encounter
Weekend retreat experience which has served over 3.5 million people in 50 countries
Retrouvaille
Retreat experience for couples in struggling marriages. No marriage is beyond hope.
Feel free to contact me with questions… that’s what I’m here for.
Happy to guide, support, and empower you every step of the way.
(310) 268-7792
PSY16269@gmail.com
11704 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 245 Los Angeles, CA 90025
