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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:
- Conversation Hours | Marriage | Relationships | Couples Therapy | Neurodiversity | Intimacy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2005 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:04:48
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 04, 2005
- Short Description:
- This talk addresses the evolving dynamics of modern relationships, with a focus on shifting men from patriarchal roles to relational accountability. It emphasizes relationship empowerment through truth, love, and mutual responsibility. The discussion also considers the complexities of women's roles and integrates insights from psychodynamic, family systems, trauma, and gender-focused therapies.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Couples Therapy Relationships Boundaries Emotional Intelligence Patriarchy Power Dynamics Therapist Stance Amplification of Consequences Reframing Responsibility Strategic Use of Self Task Assignment Utilization Autism Emotional Intimacy Gender Roles Marriage Relationship Skills Therapist Directiveness
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Psychotherapy | Social Issues | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Systems Theory | Ethical Practice | Humanistic Psychology
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 53:36
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 02, 2004
- Short Description:
- This keynote traces the shift in psychotherapy from systemic approaches to the rise of managed care and psychopharmacology. It critiques profit-driven models and the overuse of medication, especially in cases involving children removed from families. Emphasizing the importance of family therapy and community involvement, it promotes ethical, value-driven practice and highlights success stories where systemic interventions led to lasting change.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Domestic Violence | Family Therapy | Marriage | Reparation | Rituals | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress | Erickson Congress 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1:55:55
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 02, 2004
- Short Description:
- This workshop outlines practical strategies for managing high-conflict family cases, including the “take three issues” method to prioritize concerns. It addresses the effects of divorce on children, promotes clear communication, and encourages the involvement of extended family to support change. Techniques include positive reinforcement to prevent adolescent suicide and confronting violence openly. A case of marital abuse illustrates a step-by-step intervention involving both families, cultural sensitivity, and clear consequences to prevent future harm.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Couples Therapy | Empowerment | Motivation | Shame | Therapeutic Relationship | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2004 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:43:38
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Mar 27, 2004
- Short Description:
- This workshop presents key principles of Relational Recovery Therapy, focusing on resolving intimacy issues through structured dialogue, clear roles, and mutual accountability. It outlines the importance of addressing self-medication, psychiatric issues, and acting out before working on connection. Practical guidance includes teaching skills, setting respectful boundaries, and fostering support networks. The approach emphasizes assertive communication and shared responsibility to build healthy, empowered relationships.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Gender | Relational Recovery Therapy (RRT) | Grandiosity | Intimacy | Shame
- 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
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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Managed Care | Psychotherapy | Social Issues | Systems Theory
- Categories:
- Erickson Congress 2001 | Erickson Congress | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1:01:26
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 08, 2001
- Short Description:
- Cloe Madanes shares her journey and insights, urging therapists to embrace their roles as humanist social activists. Drawing from her work in strategic and family therapy, she addresses issues like violence, sexual abuse, and institutionalization. She critiques the medicalization of therapy and the influence of managed care, advocating for ethical, human-centered practice rooted in social responsibility and emotional healing.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Psychotherapy | Therapist Development | Ethical Practice | Managed Care | Professional Practice
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Margaret Singer, PhD | Thomas Szasz, MD | Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 59:33
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 16, 1995
- Short Description:
- This panel on ethics in psychotherapy tackles core dilemmas such as self-determination vs. predetermination and action vs. talk. Speakers examine individual responsibility, the ethics of working with harmful behavior, and the tension between innovation and empirical validation. The conversation also covers informed consent, the risks of fad therapies, and maintaining standards amid pressures from managed care—underscoring the need for clear values and professional integrity in clinical practice. Moderated by Bernhard Trenkle, Dipl. Psych.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Supervision Panels | Supervision | Psychotherapy | Children and Adolescent Therapy | Domestic Violence | Family Systems | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- William Glasser, MD | Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Irvin Yalom, PhD
- Duration:
- 55:27
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- This panel reviews diverse therapeutic strategies for complex family cases. Topics include prioritizing violence intervention, encouraging elder and family involvement, and reinforcing strengths in marital therapy. Case discussions feature a suicidal father in need of employment and support, a sex offender’s family requiring accountability and extended family input, and a pregnant teen facing depression and neglect, with an emphasis on mobilizing community and family resources for care and recovery.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Topical Panels | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Abuse | Psychotherapy | Empowerment | Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) | Family Systems | Trauma
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1995 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Donald Meichenbaum, PhD | Francine Shapiro, PhD | Lenore Walker, EdD
- Duration:
- 57 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 15, 1995
- Short Description:
- This panel on post-traumatic stress and abuse presents a range of trauma treatment strategies. Approaches include structured apology and accountability from perpetrators, EMDR's eight-phase trauma processing model, and cognitive-emotional interventions for repeated trauma and battered women’s syndrome. The discussion also underscores the importance of thorough victimization assessments and recognizing the risk of secondary trauma in therapists. Moderated by Brent Geary, PhD.
- Price:
- $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.
- Price:
- $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
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- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Workshops | Abuse | Domestic Violence | Psychotherapy | Healing | Parenting | Shame | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 44 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 13, 1990
- Short Description:
- This session presents a strategic therapy model focused on creativity, flexibility, and tailoring interventions to individual cases. Techniques include directives, symbolic acts, and rituals, addressing issues of control, love, protection, and forgiveness. A case example follows a mother with a criminal past as she rebuilds her life, reconnects with her children, and transforms her family relationships...demonstrating how structure, empathy, and responsibility can drive lasting change.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Conversation Hours | Psychotherapy | Domestic Violence | Ethical Practice | Family Therapy | Resistance | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 2 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 1990
- Short Description:
- This session presents therapeutic strategies for addressing domestic violence and related challenges. Emphasis is placed on the therapist’s ethical responsibility to confront harmful behavior rather than remain neutral. Techniques include reframing abuse in terms of respect, managing compulsive sexual behavior through impulse control, involving family in AIDS-related cases, and using structured communication exercises for high-conflict couples. The role of family dynamics and active involvement in therapy is a central focus.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
- Average Rating:
- Not yet rated
- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Psychotherapy | Storytelling | Metaphors | Abuse | Family Therapy | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1990 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC | Mary Goulding, MSW
- Duration:
- 1:35:43
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 1990
- Short Description:
- Madanes discusses the evolution of psychotherapy toward self-help and family-based approaches. Emphasizing the family as a healing system, she outlines strategies for addressing anxiety, abuse, and reconciliation through an 18-step program grounded in empathy, hope, and non-violence. Case studies illustrate practical interventions, and the discussion includes the use of self-disclosure, the limits of medication, and the importance of confronting violence and substance abuse in family systems. Includes response from Mary Goulding.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price