Hold Me Tight® Workshop

A couples workshop to strengthen connection.

Coming Winter 2026. Dates TBD.

  • 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. both days.

  • In person at Grace Chapel Church. 1345 S. 16th St., Lincoln, NE 68502

  • $250/couple

Discover the path to renewing and deepening your relationship with the Hold Me Tight® Workshop. This transformative experience is crafted for couples seeking to build intimacy and emotional connection, understand destructive patterns, and revitalize their bond. By uncovering the root causes of conflicts, you’ll learn to move beyond surface issues and truly understand your partner’s intentions. Take the first step towards a stronger relationship today.

In this immersive weekend experience,
you and your partner will learn to:

  • Identify what is under the surface when conflict occurs.

  • Understand the story you tell yourself, and how it affects your connection.

  • Change negative patterns that keep you feeling frustrated and disconnected.

  • Heal from wounds that you may have carried for years.

  • Repair the damage that has been done, and restore a sense of safety to the relationship.

  • Learn new ways to communicate with each other.

  • Become more accessible, responsive, and engaged.

  • Deepen your emotional and physical connection.

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Your Hold Me Tight Facilitators

Victor Mallin, MAC, MDiv, LMHP

Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist

Victor graduated from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis with a Masters of Arts in Counseling (MAC) and a Master of Divinity. As a certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, Victor feels so honored that every day his couples risk and invite his care into their most important relationship.

Victor loves to work efficiently and with focus. He wants to help as many couples as he can - so he’s committed to getting them where they need to be as quickly as possible. Victor’s ideal client is a couple that is confident they want to rebuild something together and have a common goal of connection.

When Victor isn’t helping couples reconnect, he’s busy being a husband and father to 3. He loves brewing a good cup of coffee, exploring the Lincoln bike trails and filling his dining room with friends, delicious food and big belly laughs.

Experience

  • 1,000+ hours of therapy every year

  • 8+ years of working with individuals, couples and groups in a ministry context

  • Ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America

  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioner in the State of Nebraska (License #: 6146)

Education

  • Master of Arts in Counseling, Covenant Seminary (‘19)

  • Master of Divinity, Covenant Seminary (‘19)

Training

  • Certified in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (Fall ‘24)

  • Effective Trauma Care Training, Dr. Dan Allender, PhD (Spring ‘19)

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy: Externship, Dr. Robert Allan, PhD, LMFT, LPC (Spring ‘23)

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy: Core Skills, Dr. Robert Allan, PhD, LMFT, LPC (Fall ‘23 to Spring ‘24)

Workshop FAQs

  • The workshop blends hands-on experiences and learning with group talks, videos, and exercises that you can use right away.

    During the workshop, you’ll go through seven important conversations. These talks help couples grow closer, understand their conflict habits, manage emotions, and improve communication.

    While the conversations are best explored in order, each one has valuable insights on its own. Every part of the workshop is designed to enhance your relationship.

    Although the workshop is in a group setting, you’re never forced to speak in public if you’re uncomfortable. The exercises are done privately, allowing you and your partner to focus on each other away from other couples.

  • If you need to cancel for any reason, your fee can be applied towards our next HMT workshop. No refunds will be given. 


  • While we’re big supporters of traditional therapy for couples, we understand it might not be the best fit for everyone. Weekly therapy sessions offer personalized attention and a chance to deeply explore relationship issues. However, some couples find the open-ended nature of therapy too slow or not immediately impactful.

    For those seeking quicker results, couples workshops can be more appealing. These formats condense material and skills into a shorter timeframe.

    Both options have their merits, and the right choice depends on your needs and preferences. This workshop is ideal for couples who are short on time, seeking extra support alongside therapy, or looking to make a significant impact quickly.

    It’s worth considering that a workshop can complement therapy or serve as a jumpstart to it. The key is to find what will benefit your relationship the most right now.

    As therapists who work with individuals, we understand that many topics in individual therapy revolve around relationships. Our workshop provides a unique opportunity to integrate some of the insights and work from individual therapy into your relationship.

    • Feel distant from their partner or like they’re just roommates.

    • Have busy schedules or struggle to find weekly childcare.

    • Have a hard time committing to regular counseling sessions.

    • Are in crisis but are both committed to improving their relationship.

    • Are dealing with conflict, communication issues, or feeling disconnected.

    • Are already in therapy but seeking additional support.

    • Want to enhance their relationship even if it’s going well.

    • Desire a deeper emotional bond.

    • Are seeking to reconnect or revitalize their relationship.

    • Couples who don’t share the same goals for the relationship; however, if both partners are committed to working on the relationship but are unsure how to improve it, the workshop could be beneficial.

    • Couples currently experiencing an ongoing affair. While the workshop can be helpful for those healing from an affair, it is not the best option for those still engaged in one.

    • Couples with a volatile relationship or who are unable to be in the same room for an extended period without conflict.

    • Couples experiencing active intimate partner violence in the relationship.

  • Reach out to Victor at victor@mallincounseling.com.

    We don’t want money to get in the way of you and your partner experiencing a life transforming weekend.

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