Love without Hurt Boot Camp
Turn Resentment, Anger, or Emotional Abuse into
Compassion and Love
Sept. 12-14, Gaithersburg, MD (near Washington, DC)
Stop Walking on Eggshells!
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To meet the overwhelming requests for the Boot Camp treatment demonstrated on three recent Oprah Winfrey shows, Dr. Steven Stosny is pleased to repeat his highly successful group version. (Register early; the group boot camps usually fill up fast.)
The Boot Camp begins each morning at 10 and lasts until 6 pm. Each day is a full day of intensive information, profound concepts, with time allotted for in depth exploration of your questions.
Why your anger management course didn't work
Why marriage counseling has failed
Anger, resentment, emotional abuse in relationships
If you have anger or resentment
If you live with someone who has anger or resentment
Getting Your Partner to a Boot Camp
Boot Camp Content
Resentment, anger, and abuse are infections of the heart. They attack the very foundation of our humanity, which is our ability to form bonds of compassion and love with the most important persons in our lives. This Boot Camp approach to healing the heart is an intensive “psychosurgery.” Like physical surgery, it produces dramatic change in a short time. The workshop goes far beyond anger control, violence or anger management classes.
As
many as one-third of all American women tiptoe through life as if they are walking
on eggshells. At home, they spend most of their time trying to avoid criticism,
anger, put-downs, or cold shoulders from their husbands or boyfriends. This
verbal and emotional abuse can erupt over anything and everything, matters large
and small: housework, cooking, work, spending money, buying household items
and clothes for the kids, and going out. Clearly, verbal and emotional abuse
is a serious problem. And the negative effects of walking on eggshells can persist
for years and also hurt the children in the family. To resolve it involves getting
rid of the resentment.
Take the Walking on Eggshells Quiz
Drawing on his 18 years of experience
treating more than 6,000 clients, Dr. Stosny explains the many different forms
a verbally and emotionally abusive relationship can take, and offers advice
on:
• Why marriage counseling, individual psychotherapy, anger-management,
and abuser groups make resentment and abuse worse.
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How to prevent resentment from turning into emotional abuse.
• How to identify abuse and change abusive behavior.
• How to stop resentment from affecting your children.
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How to recover from the pain of abuse and reclaim your natural sense of competence
and confidence.
What you’ll learn:
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You can be abusive without intending to be
• The hidden role of fear and shame in relationships
• Core hurts make us feel powerless, inadequate, unlovable, and resentful
In addition, you’ll learn how to:
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Remove the thorns from your heart and regain your true self
• Automatically regulate resentment, anger, and the impulse to
abuse
• Replace power struggles with mutual empowerment and loving reconnection
• Establish a deeper connection based on compassion
• Prevent relapse
• Know whether your partner’s change is permanent.
Getting Your Partner to attend a Boot Camp
Testimonials
from Participants: “My husband and
I are so grateful for Dr. Stosny and his program. Both of our lives have dramatically
changed for the better. I have also received a tremendous physical healing since
the Boot Camp. I have suffered terribly with Fibromyalgia for many years but
since I began Dr. Stosny’s program, all of my FM pain and symptoms have
gone. My doctors are amazed and so am I. Thank you, Dr. Stosny!”
“Attending Dr. Stosny’s Stop Walking on Eggshells Workshop was a
life-changing experience. First, I learned that my husband and I were both walking
on eggshells, and this class was applicable to both of us. Though the abuse
was his problem, we both were angry and resentful towards each other. We arrived
fairly hopeless and unsure of what to expect. Since the workshop, we have a
newfound peace in our home and appreciation for each other. We have re-discovered
compassion for each other. I have learned how to stop walking on eggshells.
I have learned how to care for myself which allows me to care for others. Thank
you Dr. Stosny. I can't recommend this program enough!”
“I went to the seminar hoping my husband could change...I left realizing
it I was who had the power to change, it was I who needed to have compassion,
not only for my husband but mostly for myself. Thank you Dr. Stosny for showing
me there is so much life to live. Now even the smallest things I see mean so
much, realizing that I have been created to enjoy this and so much more. Because
of you I am slowly realizing the value in so so much....more importantly the
value in myself.”
“Dr. Stosny’s approach to changing the patterns of emotional and
verbal abuse works; regardless of the role you have in the relationship. I have
hope for the first time in many years. He gave me practical tools to apply to
my relationship.”
“I saw the Oprah shows last fall, when Dr. Stosny was a guest. They were
discussing the different types of relationship abuse, and the CompassionPower
program that Dr. Stosny developed to help abusers learn to change their abusive
behavior. After the show, I logged on to this website. After doing more reading
I came to the realization that Verbal/ Emotional abuse towards me, by my spouse,
was the reason for the problems in our marriage. I have since then visited this
website for information many times. My spouse has finally given up the denial,
and is ready to accept help with changing his behavior. It would be an answer
to my prayers if a CompassionPower program is available in our area for him
to attend. Your appearance on The Oprah Show, and the existence of your website,
have been almost like life savers to me!”
“Dr. Stosny taught us how to stop the abuse as well as how to open the
door to a happier, healthier and more compassionate relationship with our loved
ones and with everyone else in our lives. I witnessed and experienced, first
hand, the success of Dr. Stosny’s brilliant program. I recommend Dr. Stosny’s
program to anyone and everyone.”
“My husband and I attended the Chicago Boot Camp this past January and
it was an amazingly positive experience. Our marriage/relationship has made
quantum leaps in the areas of respecting and valuing each other and our children.
The ‘reconnection’ aspect of the program has been awesome. There’s
so much more fun, connectedness and compassion in our relationship. Everyone
in our family is a ‘happier camper.’ Dr. Stosny is a genius. I recommend
his Boot Camp to every couple.”
“I am so grateful to Dr. Stosny. You were able to reach my husband in
a way no one ever has before, and he said so. And I am working on my approaches
from new ways that you taught.”
“I just want to say that I believe in what you are doing! I believe that
this was the only way to help my husband. He had gone to two different anger
management counselors (court ordered for a year at a time). They never helped.
The counseling we started would always end when it seemed like the counselor
would start to deal with him and what he needed to change and work on. It was
a venting session and he would try to portray me as the villain and it was all
my fault—he had reasons to justify his actions. I have gotten an extra
book and given it to my counselor. I am reading the information over and over
and pick up some more every time. Thank you for all that you did and have done.
May God Bless you greatly!”
“Dr. Stosny has a brilliant program. He is a dynamic and fascinating lecturer,
with a strong knowledge base in psychology, neuropsychology, anthropology, and
animal behavior. His program for abusers is the work of a genius…and it
is proving to be the most successful program for the abusers out there.”
What
happened to love, honor and cherish? There's help for marriages
mired in mutual resentment - article about the boot camp in the
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Registration includes Manual, handouts, Powerpoint and audio downloads, beverages, snacks.
Information: Email is best for the fastest response - CompassionPower@CompassionPower.com. If you wish to speak to someone on the phone, enclose your phone number in your email.
NOTE: The June boot camp is sold out. You may purchase a reservation for the Sept. 12-14 boot camp.
Single registration $699
If accompanied by spouse $849
Cancellation policy: Full refund until 4 weeks prior, half refund until 3 weeks, no refund thereafter. However, credit for unused reservations will be issued.
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The Compassion Power Boot Camp will be held at the Holiday Inn, Gaithersburg, at 2 Montgomery Village Ave. Russell Ave., Gaithersburg, MD, 20879. Call 301-948-8900 -- ask for the CompassionPower rate of $79 per night.
Spacious
room that combines comfort and functionality, including free
high-speed Internet access
Large desk with conveniently placed lighting and outlets and an ergonomic
chair for comfort
All rooms include in-room coffee makers, hair dryers, irons, and ironing
boards