Couples Conference 2004
Challenging Couples Challenging Therapists
Held March 26-28, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA
The Couples Conferences have become a leading vehicle for learning the applications of the latest research on facilitating treatment with couples. At this Conference, you will learn from leading-edge theorists and practitioners as they define, describe and discuss differing approaches that initially promote closeness and those that move toward managing difference and facilitating differentiation. By the end of this Conference, you will have advanced and refined your own thinking about how to approach the challenge of facilitating intimacy.
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All Couples 2004 Recordings
Below is a listing of all our recordings from the 2004 Couples Conference.
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- Topic Areas:
- Marriage | Couples Therapy | Conversation Hours
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- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1:01:34
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 26, 2004
- Short Description:
- Focuses on practical strategies for addressing marital dilemmas in therapy. Topics include redefining infidelity to support reconciliation, using indirect negotiation through role-play, and incorporating humor to ease conflict. Emphasizes cultural sensitivity, therapist neutrality, and helping clients consider diverse perspectives on relationships and commitment.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Conversation Hours | Couples Therapy | Grief
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- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004
- Faculty:
- Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:00:29
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- CC04 Conversation Hour 02 - Couples and Grief - Jeffrey Zeig, Ph.D.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Couples Therapy Grief
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- Topic Areas:
- Dialogues | Affairs | Couples Therapy | Intimacy | Sex and Sexuality
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- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004
- Faculty:
- Esther Perel, MA, LMFT | Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP
- Duration:
- 55:21
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 26, 2004
- Short Description:
- This lively dialogue brings two influential clinicians together to explore affairs, eroticism and the shifting meanings of intimacy. Through audience questions and spirited exchange, they examine secrecy, monogamy, cultural norms and the private imagination, offering contrasting but complementary perspectives. Participants hear how desire, boundaries, contracts and autonomy shape modern relationships, and how therapists can navigate the tensions between honesty, privacy, commitment and erotic vitality.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Marriage | Strategic Therapy | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Couples Conference 2004 | Couples Conference | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1:01:11
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 26, 2004
- Short 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.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Neurobiology | Intimacy | Neuroscience | Relationships
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- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004
- Faculty:
- Daniel Amen, MD
- Duration:
- 57:26
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- This keynote explores how brain function shapes intimacy, trust, and emotional connection in relationships. Participants learn how areas like the prefrontal cortex, temporal lobes, and limbic system influence empathy, impulse control, and attachment. The session offers a brain-based framework for understanding marital conflict, trauma, and communication struggles, showing how optimizing brain health can restore compassion, flexibility, and lasting partnership.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Love | Couples Therapy | Relational Recovery Therapy (RRT)
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 59:41
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- This talk presents the core principles of Relational Recovery Therapy, focusing on the relational imbalance between men and women. It examines the enduring 50% divorce rate and the impact of traditional gender roles—men socialized for dominance, women increasingly seeking emotional intimacy. The approach calls for therapists to support women’s empowerment while helping men confront grandiosity and develop relational accountability, aiming to foster mutual connection and growth.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price