Spring Workshop

Relationship Toolkit Workshop: Skills for Better Connection


Learn Practical Tools to Strengthen Communication, Resolve Conflict, and Deepen Your Bond.

  • Cost: $295 per couple

  • Time: Saturday June 7th, 10am-1pm

  • Location: Advance Psychotherapy Practice, Hadley Office: 4 Bay Rd Building B, Suite 101, Hadley, MA 01035

    • The small-group setting at our Hadley office ensures personalized attention and a supportive environment.

Don’t miss this opportunity to invest in your relationship and walk away with practical tools you can use every day. Register today—spaces are limited!


Who is this for

This workshop is open and affirming to all couples and partners, inclusive of all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, relationship structures, cultural backgrounds, and lived experiences. We are committed to creating a space that is welcoming and respectful of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ communities, neurodivergent individuals, and anyone seeking to strengthen their connection in a supportive and affirming environment.

Partners will learn:

  • Effective communication of needs and feelings

  • Conflict management and resolution techniques

  • Tools to build emotional safety and trust

  • Strategies to deepen intimacy and strengthen connection


Ariel E. Pliskin, LICSW Relationship & Sex Therapy Program Manager

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Join us for an engaging and practical three-hour workshop led by Ariel Pliskin, MSW, LICSW. This intimate workshop (limited to 4 couples) will provide research-based techniques to enhance relationship satisfaction.

Ariel is a Certified Sex Therapist (CST) and Certified Sex Educator (CSE) with the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Ariel has successfully completed the self-study courses Gottman Method Couples Therapy - Level 1 and Level 2. Ariel works to integrate personal and social liberation from suffering via both direct services and organizational development. They are passionate about promoting gender, sexuality, and relationship well-being through clinical services, advocacy, education, and research. Ariel has training and clinical experience in supporting individuals with diverse identities and sexualities, including heterosexual, LGBTQIA+, monogamous and polyamorous relationships.


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