 My name is Slamoos Lackin. I'm a licensed clinical professional counselor, a certified Amago relationship therapist, workshop presenter, advanced clinician, and faculty associate. My entry into Amago therapy was a very personal experience. When I was newly married, about two years into our marriage, we had our first child. My wife and I actually went to Amago therapy ourselves and it changed our relationship forever. I don't know if we would still be here today, if not for it. I was getting my master's in counseling psychology and I decided, wow, this actually works. So I'd like to be able to learn how to do this and help other couples as well. I used to do the weekly therapy sessions, 90 minutes each, and I saw a lot of good results. But I also saw sometimes a couple that was in a really bad place. They come for one session and if it doesn't go as well as they're hoping or they're not committed to therapy, they don't come back. And it's a shame because if we really had enough time to work with them, they'd be able to get to a better place. So over the years I started having individuals contact me about doing a more extended session, working for a day or two day in intensive. And I began to work with them. And I saw this was really powerful. I saw that they can come out from two days and be in a totally different place. So I noticed that couples would come to retreats, the two-day private intensive, and they would walk away in a great place. But the couples who really succeeded were the ones who continued afterwards for weekly sessions. And at some point I decided and made kind of the leap of faith that I'm changing my practice. I'm going to kind of risk it all and not take on any new clients unless they want to work for two days and eight, 90 minute follow-up sessions. It was a big risk, but I thought it would give the couples the ultimate result. And the goal of working with them is I want a couple that comes in who's in a bad place to really be able to help them. I started doing that about, I would say, eight or nine years ago. And we started expanding in other locations around the country, around the country, around the world for couples who want to see someone local, to be able to do this intensive experience. We have highly trained amalgotherapists, advanced clinicians, people have been doing this for quite a long time, to be able to sit with you, the expert, to be able to work for two days, to really get to the bottom of your relationship challenges, to give you new hope, to give you skills to make a better relationship. And then to be there to hold your hand along the journey to help you be able to create the ultimate long-lasting success. We're happy to continue working with you afterwards as well if you still need support. And some couples come, you know, every single week after the intensive, some couples come once a month. Some couples say that, wow, like, I'm better here, I've been here all this, everything is better already. We're here to empower you to have the skills, we're here to empower you with the knowledge to be able to change your relationship. And I found that doing it in a two-day experience is much more successful for the couple, and it's for short fulfilling for the clinician to be able to help somebody in such a powerful way.