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Retreats for Siblings
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Whether or not you like your siblings, at some point, you will be the only remaining members of your original family. You are the only ones who
remember when mother found her lost keys in the medicine cabinet, when you drove the car into the garage but it kept going right into the living room.
The types of issues you might want to address include:
- Old grievances that now interfere with your getting along better
- Preparation for dealing with aging parents
- Childhood experiences – from a sibling or your parents, such as sexual abuse, violence, alcoholism
- Family business or inheritance that is causing problems among you
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About Your Workshop Leader:
Dr. Karen Gail Lewis has been a marriage and family therapist for more than 36 years. She has offices in Bethesda, Ohio and Silver Spring, MD. She also
specializes in working with adult and singles. She is author of seven books, including
With or Without a Man: Single Women Taking Control of Their Lives
and the upcoming
The Secret to a Good Marriage: Study the Gender Dictionary
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Siblings are caught in the frozen images they had of each other in childhood. No matter how much you have changed, your brothers and sisters
still see you as back then. And, you react to them now as you did decades ago.
Whatever your specific concerns, in the weekend retreat, you will have a minimum of 15 hours of discussion and exercises. You might need help in
understanding the effect and impact of your old relationships and how to move forward today. You might discover why each of you has a different
perspective on current and past situations. You probably will learn how your parents (perhaps inadvertently) caused ill feelings among you as
children and the carry over effect of that into your adulthood.
By the end of the retreat
- You will clear up misperceptions
- You will come away with a better appreciation for what each of you has experienced -- in childhood and in your adult life.
You may or may not end up best friends, but the air will be cleared and any awkward tensions will be eased. Moving into being the oldest generation
will be easier with good lines of sibling communication.
Sibling Retreats are scheduled by request. For more information Please fill out your name, email address
and a quick summary of the issues you wish to explore with your siblings.
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