Love Without Defenses

A Virtual Workshop for Couples

DEFENSES
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Do you ever feel like you and your partner keep having the same argument—just in different forms?

Maybe one of you shuts down while the other pushes for connection.
Maybe small moments turn into big blowups.
Maybe you love each other deeply, but something still feels… blocked.

Love Without Defenses is a virtual workshop designed for couples who want to understand why connection gets hard, and how to come back to each other without blame, pressure, or emotional armor.

We don’t enter relationships wanting to be guarded. Our defenses develop quietly over time through past relationships, childhood experiences, misunderstandings, and moments where it felt safer to protect ourselves than to stay open. These patterns aren’t flaws. They’re survival strategies. And they can be unlearned.

Hosted by Couples Therapist Laronda Thomas, this workshop offers a supportive, non-judgmental space for couples to slow down and explore what’s really happening underneath conflict, distance, or frustration. Instead of focusing on who’s right or wrong, you’ll learn how to recognize the protective responses that show up in your relationship and how to respond to each other with more clarity, compassion, and emotional safety.

This is not couples therapy.
It’s not about fixing your partner.
And it’s definitely not about rehashing old arguments.

It’s about learning how to stay connected when things feel tender and how to show up with less defense and more honesty.

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Meet Your Host

Laronda Thomas

Hosted by Laronda Thomas

Clients often describe me as compassionate, understanding, genuine, and warm. I am deeply committed to fostering a relationship built on trust, empathy, and collaboration. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship issues, I am here to walk alongside you every step of the way as you gain healing and inner peace!

What You’ll Learn

  • Why defensiveness, shutdown, criticism, or people-pleasing show up in your relationship

  • How past experiences influence how you respond to your partner today

  • How to communicate without escalating or withdrawing

  • Ways to build emotional safety so both partners feel seen and heard

  • How to reconnect beyond survival mode

This Workshop Is For Couples Who:

  • Feel stuck in repeating patterns

  • Struggle with emotional closeness or vulnerability

  • Want to argue less and understand each other more

  • Love each other but feel disconnected or misunderstood

  • Are ready to grow together

You don’t need to be in crisis to attend. You just need a desire to relate differently.

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