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CC18 Keynote 01 - A Conversation with Sue Diamond Potts: 33 Years Specializing in Couples Therapy - Ellyn Bader, PhD and Sue Diamond Potts, MA
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Length: 1:00:59
Description: Sue Diamond Potts interviews Dr. Ellyn Bader about her 33 years specializing in couples therapy. They discuss what it was like when she started and how the field has changed. They especially focus on what Ellyn has learned from consulting to couples therapists from 33 countries. Ellyn also describes common mistakes therapists make and what it takes to help couples and couples therapists evolve.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe 3 common mistakes couples therapists make.
- Delineate the difference between problems and dilemmas and why that makes a difference in couples therapy.
- Describe and challenge the types of goals that are often set in couples work.
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Ellyn Bader, PhD
Ellyn Bader, PhD, is a founder and director of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. As a clinical psychologist, workshop leader, author, and speaker, she is dedicated to helping couples create extraordinary relationships. Over the past 30 years she has trained therapists in couples therapy throughout the United States as well as Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. She served as a Clinical Faculty in Stanford University School of Medicine for 8 years.
Sue Diamond, MA, RCC
