Educational Objectives:
1) To describe how to conceptualize challenging patients in a cognitive framework.
2) To describe how to use a cognitive conceptualization to plan more effective treatment.
Fifty million Americans currently care for an aging partner or parent. Using poignant movie clips, Janis will address the joy and imposition of caregiving in families and in couples. She’ll also offer universal lessons on how partners can help each other grow old gracefully and survive this ordinary, extraordinary journey.
Educational Objectives:
1) To describe how to conceptualize challenging patients in a cognitive framework.
2) To describe how to use a cognitive conceptualization to plan more effective treatment.
Educational Objectives:
To describe the use of the new reality therapy in counseling.
To describe a therapist mode that talks to a client in terms of mental health.
We’ve never wanted more from our romantic relationships but both men and women—in different ways and for different reasons—lack the skills to meet our new ambitions. What do men and women want from each other? Why are relationships so fraught? And how can we be more effective as clinicians? The nature of marriage has changed and therapists must meet challenges unique to our new landscape.