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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Masculinity | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT)
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2023 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:34:03
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- May 05, 2023
- Short Description:
- This talk introduces key insights from "Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship", focusing on the concept of “loving power”—a blend of assertiveness and cherishing. It examines how patriarchy and individualism contribute to relational trauma and offers strategies from Relational Life Therapy (RLT), including loving confrontation, trauma repair, and skill-building. Emphasis is placed on self-disclosure, humility, and cultivating authentic connection.
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- $59.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Training | Topical Panels | Goals of the Therapist | Attachment | Couples Therapy | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2020 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Harville Hendrix, PhD | Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD | Jack Kornfield, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1 hour
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 2020
- Short Description:
- This panel focuses on the goal of therapy as fostering love, safety, and connection. Approaches include structured dialog, zero negativity, empathy, and daily affirmations to build safe relationships. Techniques such as deep listening and guided meditation support self-acceptance and emotional healing. The discussion highlights the universal need for safety and the adaptability of these methods across cultures and neurodiverse clients.
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | Brief Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2018 | Online Continuing Education
- Faculty:
- Reid Wilson, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:00:23
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2018
- Short Description:
- In this live demonstration, Reid Wilson works with a participant facing OCD rooted in relationships and morality. Emphasizing process over content, Wilson introduces a bold two-week experiment—donating to an opposing political party as a consequence for engaging obsessions. The session highlights detachment, strategic disruption, and mindfulness as tools for reducing the power of intrusive thoughts.
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Humor | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Couples Therapy | Strategic Therapy | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 2017 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Stephen Gilligan, PhD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Bill O'Hanlon, MS
- Duration:
- 1:00:23
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 16, 2017
- Short Description:
- This panel highlights the strategic use of humor in therapy to enhance connection and engagement. Madanes shares examples of humor-driven interventions, O’Hanlon emphasizes breaking mental blocks while staying grounded, and Gilligan illustrates how humor can shift obsessive thinking. All panelists agree that humor works best when it’s authentic and strengthens the therapeutic relationship.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Keynotes | Communication | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2015 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Harville Hendrix, PhD | Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:00:38
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 24, 2015
- Short Description:
- This keynote traces the shift from arranged and romantic marriages to conscious partnerships, emphasizing connection, safety, and mutual healing. It introduces a new view of couples as dynamic systems that shape—and are shaped by—culture. It also references past large-scale community workshops and presents proposed relationship education policies and a therapeutic model centered on empathy, dialogue, and social transformation.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Keynotes | Therapist Development | Cultural and Social Contexts
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2011 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- William Doherty, PhD
- Duration:
- 59:52
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 02, 2011
- Short Description:
- A renowned marriage therapist addresses common pitfalls in couples therapy, highlighting the importance of structured sessions, managing conflict, and empathizing equally with both partners. Practical insights include handling pivotal moments, such as reconciliation attempts, framing therapy as a trial period, and addressing gaps in therapist training.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Hypnosis | Resources | Pain and Healing | Strengths-Based
- Bundle(s):
- Learning Track - Using Hypnosis
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2010
- Faculty:
- Michael Yapko, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:00:54
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2010
- Short Description:
- This session illustrates how hypnosis can amplify what is already strong in clients, helping them discover and consolidate inner resources that support well-being. By emphasizing curiosity, resilience, and personal strengths, the process demonstrates how shifting focus away from deficits opens pathways to empowerment. Participants gain insight into how hypnosis fosters clarity, confidence, and the ability to navigate challenges with greater ease.
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- Topic Areas:
- Conversation Hours | Couples Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2010 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Michele Weiner-Davis, LCSW
- Duration:
- 1:03:18
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 11, 2010
- Short Description:
- This conversation hour introduces an intensive therapy format designed to help couples regain traction in high-stakes situations. With a focus on building rapport, especially with ambivalent partners, the approach integrates resource-oriented techniques, structured follow-up, and clear therapeutic framing. Themes include infidelity, financial strain, and substance use—offering clinicians practical ways to support relational repair and renewal.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Hypnosis | Psychotherapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Michael Yapko, PhD
- Duration:
- 2:32:58
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 14, 2008
- Short Description:
- This session explores hypnosis as both a subject of modern neuroscience and a practical tool in psychotherapy. Emphasizing dissociation, selective attention, and suggestion, it highlights how hypnosis deepens cognitive and experiential shifts across contexts such as pain management, depression, and memory work. Participants gain a framework for integrating formal and informal hypnosis into their practice, using it not as a therapy in itself but as a powerful way to deliver ideas, evoke resources, and strengthen therapeutic outcomes .
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Couples Therapy | Relationships | Communication | Conflict | Empowerment | Family Systems | Strategic Therapy | Systems Thinking | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2007 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 2:57:57
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 27, 2007
- Short Description:
- This workshop offers a practical relationship enhancement model rooted in six universal human needs—certainty, variety, significance, love, growth, and contribution. Madanes focuses on healing relational wounds and building stronger partnerships through structured interventions like heartfelt meditation, passion play, and guided dialogue. Case studies, including a couple navigating family tensions and unmet needs, illustrate how addressing past dynamics can renew trust, connection, and resilience across diverse populations.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Art and Creativity | Therapist Development | Identity
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2006 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Peggy Papp, ACSW
- Duration:
- 2:03:39
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 10, 2006
- Short Description:
- Creative strategies for overcoming therapeutic impasses by tapping into clients’ personal logic and beliefs. Techniques include reflective questions, writing exercises, symbolic rituals, and role-play to surface hidden emotions and resolve conflicts. Cases highlight how these methods help clients gain insight and foster change, including a boy’s recovery from a psychotic break and a couple's use of storytelling and observation to rebuild connection and empathy in their relationship.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Art and Creativity Therapist Development Client Empowerment Observation Reframing Resistance Symptom as Solution Tailoring Utilization Intergenerational Dynamics Emotional Regulation Empowerment Indirect Suggestion Naturalistic Family Beliefs Emotional Debits Forgiveness Paradoxical Interventions Systems Change

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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Intimacy | Relationships | Grandiosity | Shame
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 53:44
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 04, 2005
- Short Description:
- Introduces Relational Empowerment Therapy, a model for modern relationships that addresses emotional imbalance between partners. Focuses on helping less dominant partners challenge unhealthy dynamics through direct confrontation, naming behaviors, and building empathy. Highlights the roles of grandiosity and shame, offering practical tools like precise feedback and functional skill-building. Encourages therapists to speak truth with compassion and humility.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Hypnosis | Brief Therapy | Goals of the Therapist | Experiential Therapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 2002
- Faculty:
- Michael Yapko, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:16
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 2002
- Short Description:
- In this demonstration, Michael Yapko works with a volunteer struggling with anxiety and self-doubt in piano playing. Using hypnosis, he helps her shift from perfectionistic fears and past failures toward experiencing learning as an ongoing process. Participants see how trance can reinforce strengths, reframe setbacks, and support steady progress by opening access to inner resources.
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- Topic Areas:
- Clinical Demonstrations | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Hypnotherapy
- Categories:
- Brief Therapy Conference | Brief Therapy Conference 1998
- Faculty:
- Michael Yapko, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 56:32
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Aug 28, 1998
- Short Description:
- This session explores the role of hypnosis in generating therapeutic possibilities, with or without formal trance induction. Emphasizing the view that clients have more resources than they realize, the presentation shows how experiential methods can strengthen self-trust, reduce dependence on external validation, and create openings for growth. Participants gain insight into how hypnosis can be woven into therapy to deepen outcomes.
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Gender | Psychotherapy | Family Systems | Identity | Narrative Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- James Hillman, PhD | Peggy Papp, ACSW | Miriam Polster | Olga Silverstein, MSW
- Duration:
- 1:03:21
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- A dynamic panel discussion on the evolving role of gender in psychotherapy, addressing how societal expectations, cultural pressures, and social justice issues shape therapeutic practice. Speakers emphasize the often-overlooked impact of gender dynamics and urge therapists to acknowledge and integrate these considerations into their work. Moderated by William Matthews, Jr, PhD.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Psychotherapy | Addiction | Family Therapy | Resilience | Shame | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Claudia Black, PhD | Stella Chess, MD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Donald Meichenbaum, PhD
- Duration:
- 55:37
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- This panel focuses on children’s mental health in high-risk environments, with experts presenting strategies across developmental, systemic, and therapeutic domains. Topics include the impact of addiction on children, symptom function in youth, the role of temperament in treatment, and the importance of early academic success. Case studies and creative interventions are shared, alongside calls for community-based solutions, culturally sensitive parenting programs, peer counseling, and school engagement to support resilience and long-term well-being. Moderated by Brent Geary, PhD.
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- $15.00 - Base Price

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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Family Therapy | Psychotherapy | Relationships | Shame | Strategic Therapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | James Bugental, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 1:27:24
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1995
- Short Description:
- This discussion examines the role of shame in family systems and society, highlighting its function in moral development and social cohesion. A therapeutic model for juvenile sex offenders, involving public apologies and reparations, reports a 96% success rate in preventing reoffense. The conversation explores how public acknowledgment can repair relationships and address collective trauma, while also distinguishing between shame, guilt, and regret in therapeutic practice.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price