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Jim and Marlene Campana with Donald M. "Bubba" Cathy,
Senior Vice President, Chick-fil-A, Inc and his wife, Cindy
Cathy at the Marriage Comission meeting on Nov. 30, 2006.
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Jim and Marlene Campana, Howard and Conni Olson with
Dr. John Van Epp, author of the book -
"How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk" at the Sixth ACME
(Association for Couples in Marriage Enrichment) Conference
on July 12, 2007.
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Jim and Marlene Campana with
Murielle B. Wallace, President of the
Sarasota Aglow Lighthouse
Conni & Howard
Olson 
Conni Olson, RN, LCSW is
the Clinical Director and Senior Therapist of
Together Forever Workshops and
A TIME TO HEAL.
Conni is a graduate of
Brookdale College, Salisbury State University and University
of Maryland Graduate School. Her strengths are as an
educator, author, and therapist. As an educator her main
modalities are: P.A.I.R.S., IMAGO, Codependency and the
works of John Gottman. Conni incorporates various paradigms
in all her teaching and therapy. They include: EMDR,
Gestalt. Guided Imagery, Psychodrama, and Family Systems.
Conni is a grateful member of CODA and OA.
Prior to his work with Conni, and being certified
as a relationship coach, Howard Olson was employed at Westinghouse as Chief
Advisory Engineer. Howard invented Radar Counter Measures for the F16 Airplane
while at Westinghouse. He is a Level Five P.A.I.R.S. Educator. Howard is a
graduate of the University of Nevada and also attended UCLA Graduate School.
Howard is a grateful member of AA and CODA.
The Olson's have trained with Dr. Lori Gordon,
founder of the P.A.I.R.S. Foundation and author of, Passage To Intimacy, If You
Really Loved Me and Love Knots.
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- Jim and Marlene Campana, Executive Directors
of Marriage Savers of the Suncoast with Conni & Howard Olson representing
Together Forever Workshops.
Additionally, they have both studied extensively
with John Bradshaw, author of Bradshaw and The Family, Creating Love, and Family
Secrets. Conni has also trained with Harville Hendrix at his Institute for Imago
Relationship Therapy. Dr. Hendrix is the author of Getting the Love You Want,
Keeping the Love You Find and Receiving Love.
Both Conni and Howard have been married
previously and survived ugly and painful divorces. They now have a wonderful
home, a happily blended family and beautiful friends that enjoy with a level of
energy, passion and spirituality that was only dreamt about in previous years.
It is their hope and dream that all couples can learn and enjoy the relationship
skills that they teach and use daily. These skills have changed and enriched
their lives just as they will yours.
Conni and Howard live in Sarasota, FL. And enjoy
the beach, theater, opera, ballet, and 2 toy poodles named Napoleon and
Serenity. They are parents to 7 adult children and have 16 grandchildren. Both
are members of St. Boniface Episcopal Church on Siesta Key. Conni and Howard
support and are active members of Marriage Savers on the Suncoast.
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Jim
and Marlene Campana
met while attending Princeton University, where Marlene
majored in psychology. Marlene also graduated from the
University of South Florida with a Master of Business
Administration degree and is pursuing her Master’s in
Professional Counseling from Liberty University. Given their
passion for strengthening marriages and families, they are
the founders and Co-Executive Directors of Marriage Builders
Family Resource Center in operation since 2004. They are
long time residents of Sarasota since 1982 and recently
celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. Jim is
an ordained minister and is actively involved in the
community along with his two sons, Daniel and Jonathan.