Healthy Relationship Resources
Healthy relationships take work. Luckily there are great resources to help you!
OurRelationship® is a flexible, interactive program for military couples that allows you and your partner to work through relationship challenges together through evidence-based online activities, with or without a coach. You can complete these activities on your own schedule, using your phone, computer or tablet, and have brief, weekly calls with a program coach at times that works for you — even if you’re deployed or long distance. OurRelationship® is tailored for active-duty, Guard and reserve couples, and is part of a full range of relationship support services offered through the Defense Department’s Military OneSource program.
love is respect is the national resource to disrupt and prevent unhealthy relationships and intimate partner violence by empowering young people through inclusive and equitable education, support, and resources.
Love Every Day is a fun and interactive way that helps you develop and practice good relationship communication in only a few minutes each day. You get personalized text messages for 21 days to help foster a renewed sense of connection. By making intimate communication a consistent part of your daily routine, you and your partner learn to apply the skills in everyday life.
In a five-part Relationship Real Talk series, psychologist Dr. Kelly Blasko with the Defense Health Agency, and Kelly Smith, LCSW, from Military Community Support Programs, discuss four conflict styles that can hinder healthy communication in a relationship. These behaviors can cause lasting harm and drive couples apart. Dr. Blasko, a counseling psychologist who has Level 1 and 2 training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy, uses this highly regarded model in her clinical work. In this series, she offers relationship support to help you recognize and manage your reactions, improve your communication skills and bring you closer as a couple.
FAP helps Service Members and Families recognize and meet the unique challenges of military lifestyles. Services include seminars, workshops, counseling, and intervention to help strengthen Families, enhance resiliency and relationship skills, and improve quality of life.
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To see the current class schedule, click the above link and scroll down. You can also call at 301-677-4118
Relationships are critical to overall wellness, whether you’re single, casually dating or married with children. The connections you have and even the way you feel about yourself can affect day-to-day life, work, readiness and resilience.
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But everybody has relationship challenges at times. Military life in particular can be tough on couples and single service members alike. That’s why it’s important to reach out for help when you need it. And there is plenty of support available for the military community.
Review the Relationship Wellness Summit sessions below and get tools to strengthen your relationship with yourself, build critical relationship skills and rekindle bonds and connections with others. Make sure you share this information with others who might also benefit.
