How to Have Extraordinary Relationships

One-Day Online Workshop, Five Hours

Cultivating thriving relationships isn’t easy, but they are worth the effort and achievable when we are empowered with skills to enhance our connections with partners, family members, friends, and even colleagues.

Join trauma-informed intimacy coach and educator, Dr. Alison Ash for a transformative experiential workshop on how to have extraordinary relationships. Dr. Ash offers a blend of insightful instruction, interactive discussions, and experiential exercises designed to empower you with the tools and insights necessary to enhance your connections.  

Participants explore the nuances of seeking and giving ongoing consent, how to feel empowered to say no, explore your limits, and share your boundaries with confidence. Discover how to identify and own your wants and needs, explore overlapping yeses, and make requests in unpressured and inviting ways. Learn to titrate vulnerability, understanding when and how to authentically open up to cultivate intimacy while attuning to the availability and capacity of others.  

Increase your ability to empathize with others and learn why giving empathy is one of the most important skills for creating emotional safety and connection. Explore the roots of shame and learn practical strategies for releasing its grip, fostering self-compassion and acceptance in yourself and others. Learn effective strategies for resolving conflict and why repair work is essential for deepening trust and transforming ruptures into opportunities for growth and intimacy. 

Whether you’re looking for tools to enhance your romantic partnership(s), deepen your friendships, or get along better with your colleagues, this workshop provides you with the tools to take your relationships to the next level.  
 

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Dr. Alison Ash, aka Dr. Aly, is a trauma-informed intimacy coach and educator, Stanford University Lecturer, author, and founder of TurnON.love. As a sociologist with a Ph.D. from Stanford, she has a comprehensive understanding of the complex societal challenges that often lead to unsatisfying and disempowering intimate experiences. She has helped pioneer research into the orgasm gap and has written on topics ranging from pleasure in heterosexual dynamics to queer and trans identities and experiences. She also draws on her extensive training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach, and Somatica Method of sex and intimacy coaching to support her clients to radically explore and courageously express themselves. Dr. Aly designs workshops, courses, and retreats and offers individuals and couples coaching to give others the tools to be able to cultivate and sustain nourishing emotional and sexual intimacy. Dr. Aly invites you to TurnON pleasure, intimacy and love at by exploring her website.  

Important Workshop Information

Accessibility

If you need to request accessibility accommodations, please email publicprograms@ciis.edu at least one week prior to the event. For more information, explore our Accessibility web page.

Recording Policy

Portions of this workshop will be recorded, and limited access to a recording will be made available to all ticket buyers.

Refund Policy

Tickets are fully refundable up to 7 days prior to the event start. Within 7 days of the event, a 50% partial refund is available. No refunds are available within 24 hours of the event start. Read our full refund policy at our Frequently Asked Questions web page.