Couples Coaching Couples (CCC) is a group of couples around the world dedicated to making their lives with their partners profoundly fulfilling, joyful, and fun. Groups of couples, or "circles," meet regularly to talk about their relationships and support each other in designing and maintaining the kinds of relationships they always wanted to have. Within CCC circles, pairs of couples meet or talk weekly to coach each other on creating a powerful and dedicated relationship. Through a structured process of coaching, couples alternate listening to the other couple and then being coached on issues of their own choosing, often related to intimacy, communication, productivity, love, and enjoying each other fully. Through the coaching process, partners learn to function together, not just as cooperating individuals, but also as a unified entity with its own goals and aspirations.
CCC is directed by an organization, Couples Coaching Couples, Inc., a not for profit 501(c)(3) corporation led by a Board of Directors comprised of representatives of member circles and charged with managing rules and logistics and generating a body of concepts and materials to further the goals of creating profoundly fulfilling relationships.
CCC offers a technology and methodology for growth and discovery within committed couples. Each component of CCC (Structure, Distinctions, and the Coaching Cycle) is based on experiences and suggestions from couples using the technology. This technology is described in a detailed CCC Manual available only to members.
CCC has specific ways of discussing topics such as "What is a couple?" and "What does it mean to give 100 percent in a relationship?" These frames of reference are called Distinctions. When discussing distinctions, CCC encourages participants to re-examine what they think they already know about a topic and then try to view it differently through the distinction. There is often an "ah-ha" moment when something taken for granted within a relationship is seen from a new and often more powerful perspective.
There is a standard structure within CCC circles that defines how frequently the coaching occurs as well as the roles of the participants. The way coaching proceeds is also very deliberate in CCC. Coaching occurs in quarterly cycles that ensure each couple is focused on a particular goal and that there is opportunity for closure and reconnection with the community.
Taken as a whole, CCC is very simple, yet the results are extraordinary.
