Background information:
Athena Institute is pleased to introduce an instructional workshop kit in
conjunction with Dr. Winnifred Cutler's remarkable book, Searching for
Courtship: The Smart Woman's Guide to Finding a Good Husband.
Winnifred B. Cutler, Ph.D. founded the Athena Institute in 1986 with the mission
of improving health care and quality of life for women. From her research as a
reproductive biologist and her own experience as a single woman pursuing
courtship and marriage, she wrote her book and subsequently developed
workshops. Her message and biological perspective on relationships provide
women with a clear road map that will lead them down the path to courtship,
joyously and successfully.
After conducting local workshops, Dr. Cutler and Athena Institute can now offer
the workshop curriculum to women everywhere who seek a loving, committed
relationship leading to marriage. By videotaping a live workshop with
volunteers, and recording an audio library to complement the existing
publications, the Searching for Courtship workshop kits will help single women
embark on an interactive, proactive, multimedia journey to finding the right
husband. The individual items can be purchased together as a personal
"workshop" kit for at home use, or women who wish to conduct their
own instructional workshops can purchase the workshop leader kit.
Dr. Cutler developed the Code of Courtship as a plan of action to follow once a
woman has decided she is ready for courtship and commitment. Below are several
of the Eleven Code of Courtship principles that will guide her to the goal of
courtship:
Principle # 5-- Strengthen you capacity for
self control by taking command of your social calendar
Principle # 7-- Learn the basic hormonal and sexual facts that affect
your health and happiness.
Principle # 10-- Understand the importance of a positive first
impression, and that first impressions can also be misleading.
In her material, Dr. Cutler explains that the search for courtship is a
definite, positive, process. Courtship is not a random activity that just
happens. The Searching for Courtship curriculum is for women who have decided
they are ready for courtship, who want to learn new ways of conducting
themselves, who are willing to return to the path after making mistakes, and
who see marriage as a worthy goal.
Women from past Searching for Courtship Workshops have had these questions
answered:
"Where do we find
the good men?"
"Should you date a man even though he is dating someone else?"
"How do you convey interest without appearing too eager or
desperate?"
"How do you break up with a kind, wonderful man you are not in love
with?"
"What do you do if a man is attracted to you but says he is unable to make
a commitment?"
Individual items-Individual kit
1. The Book: The definitive and most
comprehensive resource. To be read, reread, referred back to as a reference
checklist as you see fit...at home, on a plane, train or bus, or on your lunch
break. In her book, Dr. Cutler presents all her research advice to you. Click here for more info on Searching for Courtship book
SFC Hardback Book US$24.50 (plus Shipping & Handling)
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The Audio Library is the next most
comprehensive resource: 5 cassettes provide a 275 minute reading from Dr.
Cutler’s book , Searching for Courtship. The content is edited, but not summarized, and read directly from the book
by Athena Institute’s media relations manager, Glynis Gould, M.Ed. These
tapes can be played in your "drive-time" commuting to work in your
car, in your walkman while you exercise, or for hands-free listening at home.
Workshop leaders can use them to prepare for, and/or as part of, their classes.
SFC Audio Library US$35.00 (plus Shipping & Handling)
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4. The SFC Workbook is
a supplement to the workshop components, and is an essential interactive
tool for students attending an organized workshop.
We do not recommend purchasing the workbook without
at least one of the other above items.
SFC Workbook US$8.50 (plus Shipping & Handling)
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Purchase options for Individual items or the
Individual kit:
For single women who prefer to learn on their own...
Rather than join a group workshop: consider getting the individual kit and watch
Dr. Cutler in her videotaped workshop, following along in your workbook and
taking notes according to Dr. Cutler's suggestions. Then, read the book or, if
pressed for time, listen to the audio library tape of the book as you drive or
exercise. The book will always be useful to you as the foundation reference
tool to refresh what you learn from the other material.
Or if you are on a tighter budget...
Consider buying individual items, such as the paperback and videotape, watch the
video first, then read the book at your leisure.
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Workshop Leader Kit: For conducting organized workshops:
The Workshop Leader Kit offers a unique opportunity to both practitioners
(therapists, relationship counselors, social workers,) to use as a tool in
their practices and to women who are not practitioners, as a means to organize
and conduct group workshops with single women in their community.
For women who would like to organize single friends or local single women as
students, and have an informal or formal workshop: consider getting the
Workshop Leader Kit yourself , letting your "students" you gather
receive a 25% discount on the items they order (which should include the
hardback and workbook to attend your class). The Workshop Leader Kit provides
extensive instructional support for you, and any fees you charge for attending
are yours to keep. These workshops can be as formal or as informal as the
individual workshop leader decides. They may be sponsored by adult education
centers, church groups, held at singles centers or they may be hosted with
several women in the workshop leader’s living room.
For professional counselors and practitioners: order Workshop Leader kit and
have your "students" or clients get the 25% discount on any Searching
for Courtship items they choose to order ( we recommend the
hardback and workbook as essential for attending your workshop). Follow one or
all of the three syllabi provided to help guide your instruction, or shape your
own "multimedia" workshop by using: portions of the video and audio
library, readings aloud from the book, displaying the Courtship Map as a visual
aid and using a chalkboard or easel to chart local area "single
events" and places to find "where the good men are" to plan each
woman's social calendar".
Other benefits from the Workshop Leader Kit.
As a Workshop Leader you will...
Obtain an annual ‘license’ and be eligible
for use of Athena’s name and materials to promote and sponsor class
sessions.
Receive a comprehensive "Workshop Leader
Manual" which contains everything you need to run your workshop, including
three lesson guides, or "syllabi", for varying course lengths,
exercise sheets,class roster, evaluation forms and much more.
Be able to offer all of your students a 25% discount
on SFC item purchases
Send in questions from your classes via e-mail to be
answered periodically in an online newsletter.
Be able to charge and retain workshop attendance fees
at your discretion.
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