For the first time ever, the world's leaders in evidence-based Couples Therapy join together in dialogue to offer a prestigious and powerful clinical training. This is a rare opportunity to see a collaboration of minds fro... more »m the most influential therapists in the field.
Gain skills in using research-based interventions when treating:
* Affairs and betrayal
* A shut down partner and escalating conflict
* Resistance and relationship sabotage
* PTSD and trauma
View videos of the Masters doing therapy. See how each model conceptualizes and treats these challenges.
When couples enter the therapy office, they are filled with pain and despair. They look to you, the clinician, to address their conflicts, recover from distress and help them repair their relationships. Learn how to overcome therapeutic barriers, increase your competence as a therapist and integrate a toolkit of evidenced-based interventions from EFCT and GMCT into your practice. Leave this workshop feeling empowered to make lasting change in your clients' lives.
In this groundbreaking 2-day training, you will:
* Gain strategies for treating escalating, volatile, disengaged, shut down, sabotaging and resistant couples
* View videos of actual therapy sessions with Drs. John & Julie Gottman and Dr. Sue Johnson
* Experience interactive dialogue and dynamic presentations explaining the different approaches between EFCT and GMCT when treating complex issues
* Gain insights to therapeutic techniques for treating PTSD and Trauma
* Discover how research has impacted the quality and effectiveness of couple therapy
* Learn pitfalls that block therapeutic progress and gain strategies to overcome them
OBJECTIVES:
Identify how research has impacted the quality and effectiveness of couple therapy
* Summarize key concepts, change mechanisms and interventions in Gottman Couples Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy
* Describe pitfalls that block therapeutic progress and learn strategies to overcome them
* Apply efficacy-based approaches to treating PTSD to help couples
* Discover clinical insights from viewing video of the masters doing couple therapy with their own clients
* Utilize research based interventions when treating couples who are experiencing PTSD and Trauma
* Develop interventions to help couples with affairs and betrayal
* Create interventions to help emotionally distant or shut down partners
* Explain how to deal with escalating conflict and volatility in couples
* Recognize when resistance and relationship sabotage are getting in the way of healing
* Summarize other commonly used approaches to couples therapy
* Describe some possible future directions for evidenced-based couples therapy
CONTINUING EDUCATION INFORMATION
Continuing Education Credits are available for the following professions:
* Counselors
* Social Workers
* Psychologists
* Marriage & Family Therapists
* Addiction Counselors
* Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists« less
