Bringing Baby Home (BBH) is a program designed for expectant and new parents making the transition to parenthood.
Although the arrival of a baby is a joyous occasion, there's no denying that it can also be a stressful time for relationships. In fact, statistics show that 67% of new parents report increased conflict and decreased satisfaction in their relationship after the birth of a baby.
World renowned experts in the field of couples counseling and parenting, John Gottman and Julie Schwartz-Gottman, have created this research-based and researched-tested workshop to teach couples the necessary skills to strengthen their friendship, maintain intimacy and manage conflict. In addition to these skills, couples learn about child development, co-parenting, and emotion-coaching with children.
Couples who participate in the the BBH Workshop can expect to:
- Learn how to stay connected emotionally.
- Learn how to strengthen trust, commitment and friendship.
- Learn how to manage conflct and avoid the 4 predictors of marital unhappiness and divorce.
- Learn how to maintain intimacy and romance.
- Learn to co-parent productively.
- Manage the "Baby Blues" and decrease chances of Postpartum Depression
- Talk about Traditional Gender Roles vs 21 Century Gender roles with understanding and empathy
- Understand your own emotional heritage and how it influences present day relationships.
- Understand what your child learns from obseving your relationship.
- Create ritual, legacy, and a sense of shared meaning as you and your partner move through time together.
Bringing Baby Home was recently featured on CBS news and Good Morning America.
To learn more about this workshop coming to Ocean County in the spring, please call Nancy Abramson at 848-333-8511.