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Is your marriage in trouble?  Do you know someone whose marriage is in trouble, and you don't know what to do?
Don't despair.  Everyone's marriage goes through rough patches from time to time.  We do have some good news for you however, including:
First of all, you've come to the right spot!  Orange County has plenty of resources available to help you rebuild your marriage.  And this web site describes many of them!    Some are described on this page.  Others are described in various places throughout this web site.  So, after you have looked through the listings on this page, go to the "Marriage Enrichment" section on this site and see what else is available.   
Almost all marriages that go through rough times CAN BE REBUILT!!   In fact, a recent study (published in July of 2002 by the Institute of American Values) found that "Two out of three unhappily married adults who avoided divorce or separation ended up happily married (to each other) five years later.   However,  just one out five of unhappy spouses who divorced or separated had happily remarried in the same time period".

So, hang in there, and do the work to put your marriage back together again.

And it will take work.    

Hopefully both you and your spouse are willing to do the work to rebuild your marriage.  If you both are willing, and both participate in the appropriate programs, the odds of your ending up happily married (to each other!) are extremely high.  But what if you are the only one who wants to work on the marriage and your partner has given up?  Is it hopeless?  Not at all.  All it means is that you will have to make the first move, be the first to change.  A number of the programs described in this section can be implemented even if only one of the partners is motivated to save the marriage.   Some of the programs were even designed with that thought in mind.
 
So, with all that as an introduction, let's take a look at some of the resources that are available to couples who are  experiencing significant troubles in their marriages:

The information about Marriage Enrichment Events is presented in the following format:
Name of Program
City of Event
Providing Organization
Dates
Cost
Contact Name
Telephone Number
E-Mail Address


Yorba Linda
Every Thursday Evening
7:00 -  9:00 pm
N/C
Jim & Patty Klein
(714) 773-4337
Santa Ana
Wed May 7 (4-weeks)
5:30 - 7:30pm
$25 - first class free
Marc Payan
(714) 661-3762
Santa Ana
Fri May 16   6:30-9:30pm
Sat May 17 8:30am-5:30pm
$25
Marc Payan
(714) 661-3762
Westminster
Sat May 17  9:00am-5:00pm
Plus next 4 Wed eve 6:30-9:00
$55
Ken & Irma Morris
(714) 898-7796
Retrouvaille: Spanish
San Fernando
May 23 - 25
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Gil & Maria Lopez
(562) 695-9694
Retrouvaille: English
Orange County
May 30 - June 1
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Peter & Nenita
(714) 615-8017
Santa Ana
Tue June 3 (9-weeks)
5:30 - 7:30pm
$25 - first class free
Juan Maldonado
(714) 292-2798
Retrouvaille: English
San Diego
June 6 - 8
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Armando & Margie Martinez
(619) 423-0182
San Fernando
July 18 - 20
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Gil & Maria Lopez
(562) 695-9694
Orange
Saturday July 19
8:30am-5:30pm
$49\person  $85\couple
Ken Schaefer: Married4Keeps
(714) 836-0718
Pasadena
August 1 - 3
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Jan & Pete Lauder
(714) 871-5953
6006@retrouvaille.org
Orange
Saturday August 2
8:30am - 5:30pm
$99\Ind. $145\Couple
Ken Schaefer: Married4Keeps
(714) 836-0718
Retrouvaille: English
Orange County
September 5 - 7
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Peter & Nenita
(714) 615-8017
Retrouvaille: English
San Diego
September 12 - 14
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Armando & Margie Martinez
(619) 423-0182
Los Angeles
September 12 - 14
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Gil & Maria Lopez
(562) 695-9694
Retrouvaille: Spanish
San Diego
October 17 - 19
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Armando & Margie Martinez
(619) 423-0182
Los Angeles
November 21 - 23
Full weekend
$50 reg'n fee + donation
Gil & Maria Lopez
(562) 695-9694



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