BUILDING HEALTHY MARRIAGES
BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES

THE BINYAN PROJECT

At the Binyan Project, we understand that although people want to be their healthiest selves, sometimes there are struggles. And sometimes, people want to hear from a professional but aren't ready to make an appointment. It is the mission of The Binyan Project to provide that resource. There is the online companion course that supports and expands the marriage education provided in Me and You. What I Wish I Knew, an educational experience that doesn’t just inform couples, but that transforms how people have their marriages. There is a place to ask your questions, handouts related to the book, blog posts and podcast episodes to enhance your understanding of connection - the key ingredient in deepening and improving relationships, our most precious commodity. In addition, there are other self-improvement and educational workshops by professionals that address different mental health topics someone might be concerned about, and there are interviews with various mental health professionals geared to educating community leaders. 

Book Notes & Handouts

Me and You. What I Wish I Knew, is a marriage education course, in a book. The book covers six key topics, providing information, demonstration and practice, to help couples learn the concepts and bring them into their marriage. In this way, couples have the opportunity to work through a thorough marriage education course, in the privacy of their home. For those who are looking to enhance the book experience, or who do better listening, rather than reading information, there is a video series. Watch an introduction here.

Me and You. What I Wish I Knew, aims to help people grow, but books don't grow. To make sure that your educational experience can expand and develop, this space is where issues that evolve, or are raised by readers, as well as some extra teaching points will be recorded under Book Notes.  Additional materials including blank handouts for exercises, more conversation starters, couple's activities, and extra practice vignettes can be found under Handouts. 

Education & Workshops

Education for couples, community members and leadership is a priority at The Binyan Project. In the Education section there is content on various mental health topics meant to serve as a resource for leadership. 

Workshops on the workshop page provide training or self-help for the general community. These are more involved, multi-part series, whose goal is to provide community members the opportunity to hear from mental health professionals on a variety of mental health subjects. These courses may be all that someone needs or might just be a starting point for when someone wants to know more but isn't ready to make an appointment with a mental health professional directly. 

Have a request for a training? Make a request on this page.

  Blogs & Answers

Read the blogs and hear answers to questions posed by readers.

 
The Podcast

The Creating Kesher Podcast is a series hosted by Lisa Twerski, LCSW, engaging professionals in the field to discuss various aspects of marriage. Through her conversations with colleagues who have diverse perspectives; vast experience; and tremendous knowledge in the field of marriage education and counseling, new and interesting insights are explored during each episode. Listening to how the experts explore these issues, and how couples can better address them, is the perfect extra supplement that couples can take individually or together to continue improving their marriage.

About
The binyan project

The Binyan Project is an initiative started for the Orthodox Jewish Community by Lisa Twerski, LCSW. With over 30 years of experience  as a therapist working with individuals and couples, Mrs. Twerski wanted to provide the community with a resource to help couples set themselves up, from the outset, to be able to have a happy and healthy marriage, and community leaders with resources to better intervene with community in their role. Combining her training in pre-marital and marriage education, experience as a therapist, and years of experience providing lectures and workshops, she came up with the idea of The Binyan Project. A resource for the community to access help building marriage family and community.