Reconnect & Strengthen Your Relationship with
Hold Me Tight
Educational & Relationship Enhancement Workshops
Join us for an engaging workshop that helps couples enhance their emotional connection, improve communication, and deepen intimacy. move beyond the surface of their arguments and into the heart of what truly matters.
Some couples are preparing for marriage and want to build a strong foundation.
Others have been married for decades and want to deepen what they already share.
Others feel distant or regularly experience conflict in their relationship and want support in restoring closeness and connection.
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: The program uses EFT, a research-backed method, to help couples understand and reshape their emotional responses to foster safety and trust.
- Seven Conversations: The workshop guides couples through seven key conversations independently with the facilitator's support, focusing on: the science of attachment, recognizing the disconnecting dialog, the path to repair, bonding, and remaining connected.
- Activities: The weekend will also include educational sessions, couples exercises, and brief group discussions to help deepen the understanding of the concepts.
- Snacks/Lunch: Short breaks with snacks and beverages will be provided throughout the weekend. Lunch is provided on full days (usually Saturday).
September 25th - 27th
San Diego
Tamarack Beach Resort & Hotel
North Coastal: Carlsbad Village, CA
Friday | 6 - 8:30pm
Saturday | 9am - 5:30pm
Sunday | 9am - 11:30am
Reserve Your Spot for the Hold Me Tight Workshop
Beach View Solarium
We will be beach side throughout the weekend with break out space on an adjacent patio, a private bathroom, and kitchen.
Carlsbad Village
Walkable from the venue are many boutiques, great restaurants, live music, coffee shops, surf rentals, Carsbad State Beach & spa services.
Hotel Room Rate
Access a lower rate if you would like to make the workshop a full weekend getaway.
Rates + Tax until August 25th:
$234.00 interior view
$252.00 partial
ocean view
Practicing Attunement
Integrated into the workshop is a session on the beach, led by a local yoga teacher to practice attunement with your partner in a group. Accessible to all bodies.
2. Reserve Your Spot
Early Bird Price: $650
before July 26th!
Regular Price: $700
Register before September 6th
In order to reserve your spot, please complete payment for the workshop with the link provided.
Registration is per couple (not per person)
But... I Have Questions
If you are not quite ready to sign-up, talk with Heather first. Schedule a consultation with her and she would be happy to connect with you to answer any questions and make sure this feels like a good fit for you and your relationship.
About Your Facilitator
Heather Pederson is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, who has advanced training in and extensive experience supporting couples that are experiencing complex relational dynamics and struggles. She has over a decade of clinical experience working with couples and families. Her leadership style is warm, approachable, and inviting. She creates spaces that support growth and deeper connections with each other and with ourselves.
Hold Me Tight Workshops are based on: the book, established curriculum, and the Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy model by Dr. Sue Johnson. Heather has further developed and personalized the content and experience to facilitate lasting change.
Further Considerations
These Workshops are an educational resource for couples interested in enhancing the quality of their relationship. This program is not intended to be a substitute for individual or couples therapy with a trained professional therapist and does not establish a therapeutic relationship with Heather Pederson, Pederson Marriage & Family Therapy Inc., assisting facilitators, or hosting entities. If you and/or your partner are experiencing significant relationship distress, serious depression, or mental health issues, we urge you to seek professional treatment immediately and consider using this program only with the help of a trained mental health professional.
Heather has extensive experience and advanced training in supporting couples that are navigating additional mental health concerns, physical and/or emotional abuse, substance use, traumatic loss, and recovery from affairs and betrayals. When these dynamics are occurring in a partnership it can be more beneficial to have focused support in guiding these conversations than is available in a workshop setting.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to Heather to consider therapy before registering for a Hold Me Tight Workshop.