- Average Rating:
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Cognitive Psychology | Depression | Hypnosis
- Categories:
- Anxiety and Depression Conference 2024
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:03:13
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- This session reframes depression as a socially transmitted condition rather than simply a biochemical disorder. Yapko reviews research on medication limits, placebo effects, and the impact of factors like social media, COVID, and cognitive style. Participants learn how critical thinking, resilience skills, and experiential methods like hypnosis can help clients move beyond passive treatments toward active recovery.
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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:
- 59:24
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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.
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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 59:24
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- 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
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 1:02:44
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 2:00:51
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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?
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:51
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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?
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 1:21:29
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- 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
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 2:00:39
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:39
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) | Infidelity
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 56:43
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- This panel explores the painful aftermath of betrayal and the challenge of proving trustworthiness after infidelity. Clinicians examine lingering doubt, repeated violations, and the difficulty of rebuilding trust when past promises were broken. Emphasizing transparency, mutual effort, and shared vision, the discussion offers both conceptual models and practical tools to support therapists working at the edges of relational repair.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) | Infidelity
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Duration:
- 56:43
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Short Description:
- This panel explores the painful aftermath of betrayal and the challenge of proving trustworthiness after infidelity. Clinicians examine lingering doubt, repeated violations, and the difficulty of rebuilding trust when past promises were broken. Emphasizing transparency, mutual effort, and shared vision, the discussion offers both conceptual models and practical tools to support therapists working at the edges of relational repair.
- 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 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:54
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Ethical Practice | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Duration:
- 57:54
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- 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:
- 1:01:58
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 1:01:58
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- 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 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 59:19
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- This workshop focuses on managing the first couples therapy session—often the most critical. It covers how to establish a working alliance with partners who may be ambivalent, reactive, or have conflicting goals. Key strategies include assertive leadership, empathic engagement, and structured techniques like discernment counseling. Topics include assessing prior therapy, clarifying desired outcomes, and identifying the couple’s relational patterns to set the stage for effective, goal-oriented work.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Clinical Process | Couples Therapy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Duration:
- 59:19
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Short Description:
- This workshop focuses on managing the first couples therapy session—often the most critical. It covers how to establish a working alliance with partners who may be ambivalent, reactive, or have conflicting goals. Key strategies include assertive leadership, empathic engagement, and structured techniques like discernment counseling. Topics include assessing prior therapy, clarifying desired outcomes, and identifying the couple’s relational patterns to set the stage for effective, goal-oriented work.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:00:10
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024
- Duration:
- 1:00:10
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- 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 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:47:03
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Ethical Practice | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Duration:
- 1:47:03
- Format:
- Audio Only
- 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.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT)
- Bundle(s):
- 2024 Couples Conference Bundle
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:00:54
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Short Description:
- This workshop outlines the core phases of Relational Life Therapy (RLT): data gathering, confronting power imbalances, and teaching relational skills. It emphasizes the role of the adaptive child, relational mindfulness, and moving from complaint to request. Key topics include managing grandiosity and shame, fostering maturity, setting boundaries, practicing loving power, and cultivating relational joy. Strategies for addressing defensiveness, narcissism, and behavior change are also presented.
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT)
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2024 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Duration:
- 2:00:54
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Short Description:
- This workshop outlines the core phases of Relational Life Therapy (RLT): data gathering, confronting power imbalances, and teaching relational skills. It emphasizes the role of the adaptive child, relational mindfulness, and moving from complaint to request. Key topics include managing grandiosity and shame, fostering maturity, setting boundaries, practicing loving power, and cultivating relational joy. Strategies for addressing defensiveness, narcissism, and behavior change are also presented.