- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Rick Miller, MSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 59:24
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2024
- Short Description:
- Gay men in our culture are mythologized, pathologized, envied, ignored, and oversimplified. Clinicians may be experts in treating heterosexual couples, but too often they miss out on the most effective interventions for this specific population. Men presenting for couples treatment are frequently seeking closer ties—while simultaneously embracing independence and avoidant behaviors. These norms are accepted within the gay community and are also considered norms of masculinity for cisgender men. The couples therapist faces the challenge of transcending these norms and suggesting an intimacy regime that is satisfactory for men. To be effective, it’s essential for clinicians to appreciate community nuances and to feel comfortable talking about gay sexuality. Cultural and racial backgrounds also need to be understood as part of the couples matrix.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:02:44
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2024
- Short Description:
- The major difference between romantic and real love is that romantic love HAPPENS to you without your choice. It finds you. In contrast, real love is nowhere to be found and it does not exist without your choice. In fact, it comes into being only by an act of will. You create it, and, in that act, you become what you want. This lecture will describe the paradox of “giving what you want” is the only way to get it.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT | Ari Tuckman, PsyD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 56:43
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2024
- Short Description:
- Perhaps one of the most challenging aspects of affair recovery is the worry by the betrayed partner that the unfaithful partner has not in fact ended contact with the affair partner or will re-establish contact. This can be especially pernicious and enduring when the unfaithful partner has been discovered to have had additional contact after vowing to end it. For many betrayed partners, these subsequent discoveries can feel like even deeper betrayals than the initial infidelity, even more salt in the wound. The unfaithful partner will swear up and down that there has not been any additional contact and that there will not be in the future. The betrayed partner desperately wants to believe it, but also needs to protect themself against further pain. The dilemma for both partners (and the therapist) is that we cannot prove a non-event–it’s possible to show that something did happen, but a lack of evidence may also simply mean that it has not yet been discovered. “Is it really over?”
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Lilian Borges, MA, LPC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:39
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2024
- Short Description:
- Hypnosis is a powerful tool for change and when used in couples therapy it can connect couples with their internal resources, teach them co-regulation, and help create secure bonding. This workshop will teach simple and impactful techniques that you’ll be able to use right away with your couples to empower them to change and make therapy session memorable. No previous experience with hypnosis is necessary.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
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- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:21:29
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2024
- Short Description:
- Talking is the most dangerous thing most people do, and listening is the most infrequent. Participants in this workshop will learn that “how” we talk, not “what” we talk about is the source of all human conflict. And they will learn a new way of talking without criticism, listening without judgment, and connecting beyond difference that will be transformative in all aspects of their lives, including how they do couple’s therapy.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Ari Tuckman, PsyD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:51
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2024
- Short Description:
- Stressed out, burned out couples don’t have the time or energy to take care of themselves, let alone to nurture their relationship. They come to couples therapy, but then say they’re too busy when they don’t apply what is discussed in session. They’re cutting corners on sleep, diet, and exercise and thereby have less cognitive and emotional bandwidth, including for their partner. They’re more irritable with each other, less patient, and less tolerant of differences. They can easily fall into a zero-sum tug of war where both partners hope for more support from the other, but neither has it to give, furthering the discontent with each other. Everyone knows the obvious good advice on sleep, diet, and exercise, yet then doesn’t always do it. What does this poor self-care reveal about the individual or the relationship? What are the deeper individual and relationship dynamics that interfere with this self-care?
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Ethical Practice | Therapist Development
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- William Doherty, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:54
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- Therapists experience the same relationship issues we see in our offices. Although our clinical training may give us more access to our inner emotional lives than many people, we face “occupational hazards,” such as a tendency to read our partner’s mind and then explain it to them. With humility and humor, let’s explore the relational self of the therapist and how we sometimes show up in couple therapy. In this workshop, we’ll learn how to how to help fellow therapists when they come as clients to leverage their personal and professional strengths to have healthier relationships—and avoid blind spots that come with the territory.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Elliott Connie, MA, LPC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:01:58
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- In this keynote, we will delve into the transformative realm of Solution-Focused Couples Therapy, exploring the Diamond Approach that unlocks the potential for harmony in relationships. This approach focuses on cultivating positive change, resilience, and effective communication, empowering couples to navigate challenges and deepen their connection. Join us on a journey to discover practical tools and insights that foster understanding, promote emotional intimacy, and pave the way for enduring relationship satisfaction.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Ethical Practice | Therapist Development
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- William Doherty, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:47:03
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- Although nowadays we have great models of couple therapy, therapists can become pessimistic in working with difficult couples—and inadvertently send messages that undermine their relationships. Based on a new research study with clients who have been in couple therapy, this presentation will describe things to generally avoid saying to couples about their relationship and its prospects for repair. The workshop will offer a mindset for staying positive with couples and a set of skills for handling therapeutic impasses without resorting to making comments that undermine the therapy and the couple relationship.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:54
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- This workshop focuses on the critical third phase of RLT – teaching couples how to actually do it.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Rick Miller, MSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:27
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- Male couples face multiple challenges. Living with a status that is unrecognized or marginalized, and where societal homophobia is consciously and unconsciously internalized, serves to erode these couples’ strengths and ability to thrive. This workshop will explore how male couples maintain successful long-term relationships while choosing the model (heteronormative, open, monogamous, polyamory, and betrayal) that is right for them. Additionally it will address how gay development impacts the wellbeing of male couples.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Clinical Process | Couples Therapy
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW | Elliott Connie, MA, LPC | William Doherty, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 59:19
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- The initial session may be even more important for couple therapy than individual therapy because the partners often have different levels of motivation and competing ideas about what problems to work on. They may also hijack the session when their reactivity is high, and then feel that nothing was accomplished. In this workshop, you will hear three experienced couple therapists describe how they take charge of the first session while communicating empathically with the couple, what key information they gather, and how they form a working alliance with two people who are at odds with each other.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Tammy Nelson, PhD | Lilian Borges, MA, LPC | Shawn Giammattei, PhD | Rick Miller, MSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:00:10
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 04, 2024
- Short Description:
- The needs of couples change as our times are changing. Flexibility around sexuality, gender and betrayal are skills that we need to continue to incorporate. This panel will discuss issues of gender, identity shifts, sex and intimacy, and multiculturalism that modern couples encounter in their relationships. We will also discuss alternative and modern monogamy structures and how to create new monogamy agreements.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:02:49
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- As practicing relationship experts we find ourselves steeped in war these days. In styles hot and cold, waring couples seek our advice. Conflict between nations haunts our consciences. Even Nature itself seems to be turning against us as a result of our own virtually suicidal behaviors. Across the globe, Democracy is on the ropes with an alarming resurgence of autocracy, the rise of the most virulent, savage aspects of Patriarchy. As a species, we are at a crossroads. We will trade in the millennial old paradigm of “power over” for a new life based on ecological wisdom, interdependence, or we may bequeath to our children and grandchildren a hot, mean, largely toleration world. How can we relationship experts stand by in “neutral” silence – when we have something so critical to say, to teach?
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:05:04
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- As with any approach, couple therapy must have a clear vision toward which the couple can navigate. We may call this the therapeutic goal or therapeutic narrative. The clarity by which the therapist holds this vision and expects the couple to meet this goal largely determines therapeutic success. We might ask the couple before us, “Why are you a couple?” “What’s the point of your relationship?” “Who or what do you both serve?” Most partners will say, “We love each other,” or, “We have children,” or, “We have similar things in common.” This speech focuses on what predicts long term success in adult romantic relationships. We will discuss how purpose and shared vision sets the stage for meaningful, long-lasting relationships, and how a lack of purpose, shared meaning, and shared principles of governance (guardrails that protect partners from each other) is a predictor of accumulated, psychobiological threat and eventual dissolution.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:30:25
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- Relational Life Therapy, (RLT) specializes in couples on the brink no one else has been able to help. We produce deep, lasting change quickly by helping our clients step into a new world. We offer a map for a new way to live and a practical toolbox to realize it. Our clients move beyond the individualistic patriarchal mores we’ve all grown up with to discover the ecological wisdom of relationship, interconnectedness. This is not pie in the sky idealism but rather a practical “relational technology” that can effectively equip our clients to create and sustain the lifelong lover relationships we now long for. Couples first learn to think relationally – which is itself transformative. For example, the relational answer to the question: “Who’s right and who’s wrong?” Is: ‘Who cares?” What matters is: “How do we face the issue at hand in a way that works for both of us?”
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Shawn Giammattei, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:01:32
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- Dr. Giammattei will present the underlying framework that therapists who work with transgender or gender-expansive (TGE) couples need to understand to provide gender-affirming treatment. He will share ways to explore your own hetero/cis-normative beliefs around coupling and how these influence the models you choose, the questions you ask, and the interventions you use. While TGE couples experience many of the same issues as other couples, we will explore the minority stress and unique stressors that impact these issues in profound ways. Dr. Giammattei will use experiential exercises and clinical vignettes to discover and utilize the basics of the gender-affirming approach to couple therapy. Regardless of the model of couple therapy used, being a gender-affirming couples therapist requires both an understanding of your own gender narratives, the hetero/cisnormativity in your models, as well as the key issues that may impact couples where one or more partners is TGE.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Lilian Borges, MA, LPC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:48:16
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- Experiential techniques can reach the heart of the matter sooner as it focus more on process and less on content but couples sometimes can resist engaging in it preferring to stay on the storytelling of the last argument. This workshop will present ways to circumvent the “blame game” using experiential techniques with a “twist” that will make sessions come to life, bringing more fun, and emotional impact to the sessions, and making it memorable.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:08:22
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- Couple therapists often expend too much energy by failing to take up acting out in couple therapy. Therapists are working too hard because they fail to notice acting out by one or both partners and deal with it appropriately. Acting out should not be rewarded with doing therapy. Rather, acting out is a sign that the therapist does not have a therapeutic alliance with the couple and must use specific tools necessary to address it as soon as it arises. A therapeutic alliance means that the couple and therapist remain fully collaborative, cooperative, and on task. The task of couple therapy is to focus on the relationship, not on the therapist or partner on partner. The couple therapist must use supportive confrontation of the couple system itself (avoiding partners directly) in order to gain a therapeutic alliance. In this workshop, attendees will learn how to spot signs of acting out and practice — through demonstrations — various interventions.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Elliott Connie, MA, LPC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:57:47
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- This presentation will provide an overview of Solution Building Couples Therapy (SBCT). The presenter will introduce the Diamond Approach to SBCT and will provide detailed explanations of each step of the Diamond Approach. Participants will see real examples of actual couples engaged in SBCT. Participants will engage in in-depth discussions about how to conceptualize cases from this perspective.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Faculty:
- Tammy Nelson, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:55:37
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2024
- Short Description:
- Therapists and counselors need training and tools to intervene with relationship issues where there are sexual dilemmas. After an overview of clinical concepts, this course will offer skills to help therapists and counselors address concerns around intimacy, helping individuals and couples to improve their intimate relationships. These topics may trigger countertransference and projection for the therapist and couples can face frustration and repeat patterns that lead to destructive behaviors both individually and with a partner. We will the basics of the integrative sex therapy model and touch upon trauma, desire issues and recovery from affairs and how these unique issues impact treatment. Based on clinical practice, research and case examples, we will cover interventions and techniques that foster effective, ethical therapeutic relationships for clients struggling with intimacy issues.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- Couples Conference 2023
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023
- Faculty:
- Elliott Connie, MA, LPC
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:02:15
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 07, 2023
- Short Description:
- Couples come to therapy with a myriad of complications, things like infidelity or communication issue are common issues that bring people into our offices. Managing these issues can be tricky and conducting a session that leads towards change can be even trickier. There is often a strong temptation to try to “teach” the couple how to function. However, we have to resist this urge because it doesn’t work nor does it lead towards change. In this workshop I am going to show you how to use the Solution Focused Approach to help couples create positive change in their relationship, regardless of the referral issue.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- Couples Conference 2023
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023
- Faculty:
- Lori Weisman, MA
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:17
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 07, 2023
- Short Description:
- Demand is growing for couples intensives. If you have been curious about intensives but weren’t sure how to lead them this workshop is you. There is a therapy process that gives you all the time in the world to provide your clients with the foundation they need to communicate effectively, without being interrupted by weekly breakdowns. This format gives you time to work on the real issues. Time to practice new skills couples can rely on for life. Time to see and disrupt the exact patterns clients are desperate to change. We’ll also review how to discern which couples will benefit from an intensive model. You will see a demonstration of how to talk to your existing clients about doing an intensive with you.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- Couples Conference 2023
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023
- Faculty:
- Joseph Winn, MSW, LICSW, CST-S
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:04:44
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 07, 2023
- Short Description:
- This workshop will provide participants with an integrated theoretical framework, e.g., sociological, systemic, somatic, and psychodynamic, to the assessment, formulation, and treatment of trauma within relational therapy. This presentation will focus on the everyday use of witnessing, movement, and art to engage self-soothing, connection, and the re-engagement of voice, touch, and healing in relational therapy.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Bundle(s):
- Couples Conference 2023
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023
- Faculty:
- Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:10
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 07, 2023
- Short Description:
- A psychobiological approach to couple therapy (PACT) is, at is core, a social-justice, purpose-centered approach to primary attachment relationships (two or more). That is to say, PACT therapists expect their partnership clients to become secure functioning. A secure-functioning system is one that is a two (or more) psychological system grounded in fairness, justice, mutual sensitivity, collaboration, and cooperation. In other words, secure functioning relationship is a team sport. For many, secure functioning is a high bar to achieve. It requires a degree of social-emotional development, moral reasoning, individuation, differentiation, self-activation, and of course interest in, and a willingness to pursue it as a goal.
- Price:
- $59.00 - Base Price