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Couples

Course Price: $154.00

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A roadmap for happy resilient relationships

Fly-In, Fly-Out (FIFO) relationships are relatively unique. Many in FIFO situations enjoy some of the distinctive aspects and opportunities that this type of relationship brings. Some savour the extra time for individual development and growth apart from their partner; for others the financial benefits that sometimes go along with this type of work are an incentive; while others still say that they appreciate their time together even more as a result of the time apart. As in all relationships, your relationship is entirely unique and there will be pleasurable and more difficult elements.

FIFO relationships share the challenges of more traditional relationships and can potentially hold some additional pressures. Worries about the safety of your partner; loneliness; parenting pressures and differing expectations for the time you spend together are just some of the challenges commonly faced by both partners in FIFO relationships. PeopleSense HealthSteps Couples program highlights some of these elements and provides practical, proven strategies for their prevention or improvement. The program assists couples as they work together to nurture and maintain their relationship and overcome any problems that the pressures of FIFO produce.

What the Program Offers

PeopleSense HealthSteps Couples program provides an opportunity to learn about:

  • Common challenges in FIFO relationships;
  • Improving your relationship;
  • Effective communication skills and techniques;
  • Managing conflict; and
  • Nurturing intimacy.

What's involved?

Couples: A roadmap for happy resilient relationships is a clearly presented and practical program. It involves 4 weekly sessions of approximately 45 minutes each. Sessions involve:

A questionnaire

This provides you with personalised information about key aspects of your relationship. It monitors the changes in these over the course of the program and provides you with a graph so you can track your progress.

Session notes

These provide accurate information about FIFO relationships, as well as skills and strategies to improve your relationship.

Worksheets and exercises

You will have an opportunity to practice the skills outlined in the sessions by completing the worksheets and exercises, both during sessions, and as between-session tasks.

Email reminders

You will receive an email to remind you to complete your scheduled session.

Program overview

Session 1

  • How do I know if this is relevant for me?
  • Common challenges faced by couples in fly-in, fly-out relationships
  • Reaching for a lifejacket
  • Common relationship myths.
  • Essential qualities of a happy relationship.

Building on your relationship strengths:

  • Remembering what you liked about each other
  • Doing the small stuff
  • The important qualities for my relationship
  • List of positive things I can do to make a difference

Session 2

  • Understanding communication
  • Barriers to effective communication
  • Gender differences in communication
  • Expressing yourself: Assertive communication
  • The 6 steps to communicating assertively
  • The importance of listening
  • Active listening
  • Assertive communication
  • Active listening

 

 

Session 3

  • Preventing conflicts
  • Problem solving
  • Negotiation
  • Fair fighting
  • Steps to fair fighting
  • Rules of fair fighting
  • Problem solving

Session 4

  • Coupling and having fun
  • Sex
  • Common myths about sex
  • Sensate focus
  • Sexual communication
  • Intimacy from a distance
  • How to maintain your gains and continue improving
  • Personal management plan

Benefits

PeopleSense HealthSteps Couples program provides you with skills and information to maintain or repair the positive and supportive aspects of your relationship. The program enables you to learn from the experiences of others in FIFO situations and get the most out of your relationship despite the challenges. The program provides strategies to feel more comfortable in your relationship and roles, which can result in an improvement in mood, communication, and the behaviour of children and the ability of you and your partner to enjoy each other.

Who is this for?

The information and tools in this program are essential for employees at any organisational level whose work involves a fly in-fly-out component.

How do I get started?

For those with PeopleSense as their Employee Assistance Provider (EAP), this program may be available at no cost to you. Contact PeopleSense on +61 8 9321 7299 to clarify if you have sessions available. PeopleSense HealthSteps programs are also available personally and can be easily accessed following a credit card payment.
For further information or inquiries, please contact PeopleSense on reception@peoplesense.com.au or call +61 8 9481 1950.

Privacy and confidentiality

PeopleSense HealthSteps Corporate respects and protects individual privacy and is committed to the highest ethical standards. No information is provided to an organisation about which program an individual has completed, nor about individual progress through a program.  If you have any questions about privacy or confidentiality, please feel free to contact PeopleSense HealthSteps in confidence.