Description: Madanes presents strategies for resolving marital challenges that are grounded in core human needs like certainty, love, and growth. She critiques the influence of managed care and psychopharmacology, advocating for a more human-centered therapeutic approach. She encourages therapists to reclaim authenticity, address double binds, and recognize the hidden benefits of despair. She also introduces a collaboration with Anthony Robbins to develop ethical, strategic interventions for lasting change.
Syllabus Description: Madanes will describe the Stages of Alienation that can occur in a marriage. She will present twelve strategies to resolve the most common marital problems.
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Cloé Madanes, HDL, LIC, is a world-renowned innovator and teacher of family and strategic therapy and one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy. She has authored seven books that are classics in the field: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way Mirror; Sex, Love and Violence; The Violence of Men; The Secret Meaning of Money; The Therapist as Humanist, Social Activist and Systemic Thinker; and Relationship Breakthrough. She has presented her work at professional conferences all over the world and has given keynote addresses for The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy; the National Association of Social Workers, The Erickson Foundation, the California Psychological Association and many other national and international conferences. Madanes has won several awards for distinguished contribution to psychology and has counseled outstanding individuals from all walks of life.