Enhancing Sexual Intimacy
Join us for a transformative day dedicated to deepening your connection, enhancing communication, and reigniting passion in your relationship. This intimate workshop, limited to three couples, ensures personalized attention and a safe environment to explore and grow your intimacy together.
Where: 4726 Park Rd. Ste. C, Charlotte, NC 28209
Date & Time: Friday, October 4, 2024 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT
Cost: $475 per couple
Prerequisite: Completion of the 2-day “Hold Me Tight” workshop led by Karen Naegel, LMFTA
Presenter: Karen Naegel, LMFTA, currently working toward a Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology.
If you’d rather schedule a private 1-day with Karen to focus on this material, her rate is $950. Please contact us to discuss scheduling options.
Workshop Objectives
Keep growing together and optimize your relationship by strengthening your emotional and sexual bond.
- Deepen Emotional Connection to Enhance Physical Intimacy
- Explore the link between emotional closeness and sexual satisfaction.
- Engage in exercises that foster vulnerability and trust, setting the stage for a more fulfilling sexual relationship.
- Understanding desire & key insights to understand both you & your partners personal motivation for sex
- Learn techniques to openly discuss sexual needs,
- Learn both your & your partners sex style and how understanding this can help strengthen your relationship.
- Reignite Passion through Mindful Practices
- Introduce mindfulness and sensory awareness exercises to heighten intimacy.
- Discover ways to break routine patterns and introduce novelty into the relationship.
Who this is for:
- Couples who have attended the HMT workshop and want more content & relationship building in the sexual area of their lives.
- Couples who are fully committed to each other and neither partner is what we would say leaning out of the relationship.
- Couples interested in building the sexual bond for increasing lifelong monogamy and satisfaction in marriage or long term committed relationship.
Who this workshop is not for:
- Couples who are not committed to each other.
- Couples who are in high relationship distress due to one partner threatening to leave the relationship.
- Couples where one person in the relationship is not interested in growing the sexual bond.
Workshop Schedule
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM:
- Welcome & Icebreaker Activity
- Introduction and review of objectives.
9:30 AM – 11:00 AM:
- Session 1: Deepen Emotional Connection & Physical Intimacy
- Discussion and activities focused on the link between emotional and sexual intimacy.
11:00 AM – 11:15 AM:
- Break
11:15 AM – 12:30 PM:
- Session 2: Understanding desire & key insights to understand both you & your partners personal motivation for sex
- Facilitated communication exercises on sexual desires and understandings.
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM:
- Lunch Break
- (Lunch not provided.)
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM:
- Session 3: Reigniting Passion & Rituals of Connection
- Workshop on sustaining passion and creating intimacy rituals.
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM:
- Break
3:15 PM – 3:45 PM:
- Final Exercise: Creating a Shared Vision for Intimacy
- Couples set goals and intentions for their ongoing sexual relationship.
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM:
- Closing & Reflections
- Group reflection, questions, sharing, and wrap-up.
Presenter: Karen Naegel, LMFTA, currently working toward a Ph.D. in Clinical Sexology.
If you’d rather schedule a private 1-day with Karen to focus on this material, her rate is $950 / 1 on 1 personalized couple workshop (Intensive).