BT10 Workshop 21 - Divorce Busting© Do’s and Don’ts - Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW

Description: This workshop explores how therapists’ assumptions about marriage and change can shape outcomes in powerful ways. With a pragmatic, hope-focused approach, it offers tools for helping even ambivalent or resistant partners reconsider separation. Grounded in action-oriented strategies, it highlights how subtle shifts in tone, timing, and perspective can reignite possibility in struggling couples.

Syllabus Description: Is it possible that our biases about marriage, divorce and the likelihood of change play a monumental role in a couple's decision about their future together? The short answer is, “Emphatically, yes!” Bring a ”Divorce Busting” mindset to your couples work with these field-tested Do’s and Don’ts that encourage even the most resistant spouses to rethink their decisions to leave.

Educational Objectives:

1. List five Divorce Busting Do’s—actions that enhance the chances couples will feel motivated to work on their marriages.
2. List five Divorce Busting Don’ts- actions that will make reconciliation.
3. Describe those specific circumstances when the therapist must step back.    

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*