(Queens, NY) What is the Shalom Workshop that people all over New York and New Jersey have been talking about? Why would almost 2000 couples take time out of their busy schedules to attend a Shalom Workshop?
The Shalom Workshop has been providing couples within the frum community with couples’ communication workshops for over seven years. If you are married seven years or less, our upcoming day-long marriage seminar is designed especially for you. In partnership with Chazaq, experts in the field of marriage will demonstrate practical hands-on tools to enrich your marriage. Guest appearances, and a gourmet buffet lunch will enhance the day. For more information, contact BasyaKovacs@shalomtaskforce.org. To register, click here.
“This workshop really helped me communicate more effectively”, relates Sarah, a married woman from Monsey. “It helps me stay on the same page as my husband emotionally.” Chaim, a chosson from Lawrence agrees. “The workshop gave me a better understanding of myself as well as my kalla. It taught us how to see things from each other’s perspective, and made us more empathetic and appreciative of each other.”
While the umbrella organization, Shalom Task Force, originally began as a Hotline for domestic abuse, it later expanded to include educational prevention programming. The Shalom Workshop is one of these programs. It is a two part workshop given to couples throughout the New York and New Jersey area, at absolutely no cost to participants. The syllabus is based on a national evidence – based program and has been specially modified to suit the needs and sensitivities of the frum community.
The workshop also helps couples negotiate behavior change in a way that will be effective, and well- received. It help reduce frustration and resentment, and provides skills for feeling close and connected to one another. “I was so frustrated,” explains Chana, a participant from Passaic. “We were stuck in a rut and had no idea how to move forward. Shalom Workshop gave us tools that help us both feel heard, understood, and supported. We can’t thank you enough!”
The Shalom Workshop has the haskamos of noted rabbanim and therapists including Rav Reuven Feinstein, Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky, R Matisyahu Solomon, Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, Rav Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Rav Moredechai Willig, and Dr. David Pelcovitz and even that of Rav Chaim Pinchas Sheinberg, ztl.
Shalom Workshop presenters are volunteers, trained by Shalom Task Force. They are all experienced and sincere, dedicated, and professional. They give the workshop in either their own homes, or in Shuls and other community centers, making attendance as convenient as possible for participants.
“The mission of Shalom Workshop to teach healthy couples these skills at whatever stage of the relationship they are” explained Mrs. Basya Kovacs, Director of Shalom Workshop. “By attending a Shalom Workshop, you are really giving yourselves a gift – one that will last long after the workshop is over.”
