Caron Starobin, LCSW-C

Spring 2026: Saturday, April 25th & Sunday, April 26th

Learn the essential skills to improve communication, resolve conflict and build intimacy.

Discover the Real Work of Relationships...& Discover Relational Joy

We know that relationships take work, but few of us know what that work actually is…

The real work of relationships isn’t occasional, it’s minute-to-minute.

And this workshop will teach you those critical minute-to-minute skills that build and sustain true intimacy.

By the end of the two days, you’ll have the skills to:

Override your knee-jerk reactions in heated moments to navigate conflict calmly.
Break free from the losing strategies that block you from enjoying true intimacy.
Complain without blame and get more of what you want from your relationship.
Encourage, not discourage, your partner’s efforts, and celebrate progress.
Let go of the battle of who’s right and work together to find a solution.

Join Caron Starobin, LCSW-C and Valerie Kolick, LGPC & Certified Relational Life Therapist for this transformative workshop based on the work of Terry Real, bestselling author of the book Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship. Learn the powerful relational skills you need to create the deeply connected relationship you yearn for.

This workshop is friendly and supportive to neurodiverse individuals and couples.

The Relational Life model has helped thousands of couples and individuals break free from destructive patterns and create profound, lasting intimacy.

Through a blend of teaching, experiential exercises, and small-groups, you'll discover practical tools for lasting change.

Inside and out, the space offers an invitation to slow down, take a break from the daily grind and appreciate time & space to focus on your relationship.

Saturday, April 25th & Sunday, April 26th

9am-5:30pm with brief breaks and a long lunch break

Two full days of immersive learning

Workshop materials & refreshments provided

Cost:

$1300/couple

$650/individual

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Meet Your Co-Facilitator: Caron Starobin, LCSW-C

Caron is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Olney, Maryland and has been practicing and teaching since 2000. She is the Founder and Clinical Director of a thriving group therapy practice, Starobin Counseling, LLC, and presents on intimacy in relationships. Caron is a certified Relational Life Therapist and Bootcamp Facilitator through the Relational Life Institute. She's also an RLT Trainer at the Institute teaching students who are working towards their certification.

Caron values meaningful connection in relationships and sees herself as a fellow traveler -- student and teacher of relational living. Caron teaches what it means to be relational, to affirm and practice real connection in intimate, familial, and peer relationships, and to nurture and sustain healthy self esteem and boundaries. She brings a neurodiversity affirming mindset to all of her work. Caron loves dancing, creating, cooking, laughing, kayaking, and appreciating the complexity of things.

Meet Your Co-Facilitator: Valerie Kolick, LGPC, RLT Certified Coach

Valerie is a Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor and Certified Relational Life Therapist with nearly two decades of experience helping individuals and couples get to the root of their disconnection. Valerie has advanced certifications in Relational Life Therapy, Perinatal Mental Health Care, and is an Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Trained Neurodiverse Couples Therapist. Valerie is a clinician at Starobin Counseling in Olney, Maryland.

Valerie’s practice emphasizes shifting out of survival patterns into conscious, connected love. In addition to providing counseling and weekend intensives to couples and individuals at Starobin Counseling, she is member of the founding board of directors for the Sophia Ann Charity for Infant Loss and Perinatal Mental Health. Valerie loves learning, hanging with her teenage kids and husband, and being in any body of water from a bath to the ocean.