Strong Relationships are Good for Your Health

You know that maintaining intimacy is important for your relationship with your partner. But did you know that it's also good for your health?

Psychologists and researchers have discovered a number of benefits for people who experience intimacy in their committed relationships. In fact, closeness in relationships has been found to influence social, emotional, and physical health.

People in intimate relationships...

• Are better at successful navigating various developmental stages.


• Are more likely to maintain solid, lasting friendships.


• Are less likely to be in car accidents.


• Are more resistant to diseases and mental illness.

On the other hand, individuals involved in committed relationships that lack intimacy and closeness are more vulnerable to a whole handful of ailments: stress, depression, psychosomatic disorders, and mental illness in general.

If you're in a committed relationship, take the opportunity to work on intimacy with your partner today. Small gestures can go a long way toward creating a closer relationship. Not only will you be investing in the strength of your future relationship, you'll be protecting your future health and happiness.

Shared Couple's Trance, a hypnosis program developed by Dr. Michele Ritterman, is a fun and easy way to explore your relationship with your partner and build intimacy. Together, you can recreate positive feelings, while discovering your own sense of safety and closeness in the relationship.

The CD contains two hypnosis sessions designed to be listened to as a couple. Simply relax together, and enjoy the rejuvenating effects of appreciating each other, reducing damaging patterns, and letting go of unnecessary baggage.

Read what other therapists and couples say about the program:

In Shared Couple's Trance, Michele Ritterman eloquently helps couples develop their skills in relationships. She guides partners to discover ways to build intimacy and closeness, and also to develop as separate and unique individuals within the relationship. Michele is creative and poetic in her use of language. She presents us with metaphors and stories that are fascinating, engaging and powerful. This CD is masterful and it has my highest recommendation.

- Rita M. Sherr, L.C.S.W., B.C.D. Director of Education and Training, The New York Milton H. Erickson Society for Psychotherapy and Hypnosis

Michelle helped us to strengthen our relationship to become a nurturing and protective sanctuary in the face of adversity. She helped us to become even closer and more supportive of each other, and to this day I remember her words of wisdom and compassion.

- Wes and Linda Robinson, Couple

To learn more about Dr. Ritterman's program, click here: http://www.hypnosisnetwork.com/hypnosis/relationships.php