Happy and healthy family relationships benefit the young and old alike. While most adults want lasting love, this is a dream unfulfilled for many. Millions of children have their life chances damaged by poorly handled parental conflict and by changes to their family structure – changes such as their parents splitting up, or the parent they live with cycling through numerous romantic attachments.
For over 25 years, Professor Scott Stanley (with Howard Markman and colleagues) have been researching what it takes to form and maintain strong and healthy couple relationships, and how we can teach people skills to improve their odds of love that lasts. This conference is a unique opportunity to hear these insights, together with those of leading speakers working with many of the most challenging family situations in the UK.
Whether you’re in the private, public or voluntary sector, if couple relationships are part of your work, then this conference offers an opportunity to:
- Learn from the very best research and practice
- Build stronger links between organisations and practitioners working in Couple Relationships Education
- Send a message to opinion formers/shapers about the benefits of Couple Relationships Education
Key Speakers:
Professor Scott Stanley – co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies, University of Denver, Colorado, USA;
Katharine Hill – Director of Family Policy, Care for the Family, and co-chair of the ‘Kids in the Middle’ coalition;
Andrea Boden – Relationships Manager, Romance Academy;
Ceri Willmott – Managing Partner, Life HQ;
Kathy Jones – Head of Training, The Fatherhood Institute;
Honor Rhodes – Director of Strategic Development and projects, The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships;
Simon Pellew – Chief Executive, Time for Families coalition and others.
Chairman: Sir Paul Coleridge, High Court judge in the Family Division.
When: Thursday 9th February 2012
Where: One Wimpole Street London W1G 0AE
Book before 1 January 2012 and receive 10% discount