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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Love | Sex and Sexuality
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Otto Kernberg, MD
- Duration:
- 56:57
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 26, 2008
- Short Description:
- This presentation will explore the expression of basic conflicts between love and aggression in a couple’s sexual life, their daily interactions, and their value systems. The analysis of chronic couples’ conflicts will be followed by the outline of an essentially psychoanalytic approach to their diagnostic assessment, and the characteristics of analytic and supportive strategies of treatment.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Attachment | Couples Therapy | Love | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2008
- Faculty:
- Sue Johnson, EdD
- Duration:
- 1:00:13
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 26, 2008
- Short Description:
- CC08 Keynote 04 - The Science of Love: Lessons for the Couple Therapist - Susan Johnson, EdD
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Ericksonian Hypnosis and Therapy Techniques | Grandiosity | Shame | Therapist Techniques
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Duration:
- 1:10:41
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 01, 2009
- Short Description:
- This keynote introduces principles of Relational Life Therapy (RLT), focusing on relationality as a human birthright and the potential for character change. Core strategies include addressing shame and grandiosity, using boundaries and self-esteem as diagnostic tools, and emphasizing practical relational skills. A case example illustrates how personal insight and accountability can lead to transformation. The goal: help individuals build meaningful connections beyond the therapy room.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
Tags: Couples Therapy Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) Character Change Adult Development Amplification of Consequences Couples Dynamics Reframing Responsibility Strategic Use of Self Task Assignment Utilization Character Transformation Adaptive Child Family Systems Functional Adult Grandiosity Intimacy Relational Empowerment Shame
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Forgiveness | Pain and Healing
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009
- Faculty:
- Janis Abrahms Spring, PhD, ABPP
- Duration:
- 57:47
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 01, 2009
- Short Description:
- How do we forgive a partner who cheats, drinks, insults, abandons - and doesn't show a shred of remorse? This keynote will challenge common assumptions about what it means to forgive and will present a radical model that gives hurt parties the courage to forgive - and the freedom not to.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Sex and Sexuality | Intimacy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009
- Faculty:
- Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
- Duration:
- 53:02
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 02, 2009
- Short Description:
- CC09 Keynote 03 - Mating and Captivity: The Paradox of Sex and Intimacy - Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Family Therapy | Addiction | Brief Therapy | Humor | Strategic Therapy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Cloe Madanes, HDL, LIC
- Duration:
- 54:58
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 02, 2009
- Short Description:
- Madanes tells her favorite stories of therapy with difficult couples. She discusses some innovative strategies for couples therapy, including the use of financial incentives, behavioral contracts, and cultural storytelling to shift dynamics and resolve conflicts. The case examples cover topics like punctuality, anxiety, fetish behaviors, and parental disputes in divorce. Madanes emphasizes the value of creating positive memories, setting clear boundaries, and prioritizing children's well-being in high-conflict families.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Hypnosis | Art and Creativity | Psychology
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009
- Faculty:
- Jeffrey Zeig, PhD
- Duration:
- 1:03:53
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 02, 2009
- Short Description:
- Clients often request changes in mood and perspective. Traditionally, changing mood and perspective is accomplished by educating clients about their patterns, encouraging them to change their behaviors and thoughts. But, experiential methods can be more immediately effective. All art is, by definition "experiential." And altering mood and perspective is the point of it - whether drama, painting, literature, dance, or music. Movies use multilayered methods for change. The viewer is often unaware of the intricate dramatic, experiential methods that filmmakers use to exert influence.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Relationships | Research
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009
- Faculty:
- John Gottman, PhD
- Duration:
- 2:49:17
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2009
- Short Description:
- Drawing upon 36 years of systematic multi-method longitudinal research with couples, Dr. Gottman teaches the differences between successful and unsuccessful couples in dealing with conflict and fostering romance and harmony. Dr. Gottman provides the basic clinical skills needed to help couples improve their relationships.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Gender | LGBTQ | Marriage | Psychology | Love | Sex and Sexuality
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2009
- Faculty:
- Pat Love, EdD
- Duration:
- 56:13
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- May 03, 2009
- Short Description:
- This presentation explores the biology and developmental psychology of love, sex, sexual orientation, commitment and marriage. Focus is on research and clinical applications.
- Price:
- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Love | Neuroscience | Couples Therapy | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2011
- Faculty:
- Daniel Amen, MD
- Duration:
- 2:12:44
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 01, 2011
- Short Description:
- The brain is involved with everything we do, especially our relationships. In this fun presentation Dr. Amen will discuss different areas of the brain involved in relationships, what they do, what happens when things go wrong and how to improve them. You are a better marital therapist when you understand the brain.
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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:
- Infidelity | Keynotes | Affairs | Couples Therapy | Marriage | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2011
- Faculty:
- Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
- Duration:
- 59:11
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 02, 2011
- Short Description:
- There are multiple reasons for affairs. We will examine the benefits of affairs and why affairs can actually stabilize a marriage. In particular, we will focus on how couples can turn the crisis into an opportunity. This is a multicultural therapeutic approach for working with extramarital relations.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Dreamwork | Gottman Method | Conflict
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2011
- Faculty:
- Julie Gottman, PhD
- Duration:
- 39:44
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 03, 2011
- Short Description:
- Gridlocked perpetual conflicts often destroy relationships. They repeatedly surface, causing partners endless pain, fear, even trauma. Yet every couple faces them. In this address, Dr. Julie Gottman describes a dyadic therapy method that uncloaks the dreams, history and fears beneath partners’ issues while fostering greater compassion and connection in the couple. An edited film will be shown to demonstrate this intervention.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Family Therapy | Keynotes | Intimacy | Family Systems | Communication | Couples Therapy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2011
- Faculty:
- Richard Schwartz, PhD
- Duration:
- 56:30
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 03, 2011
- Short Description:
- We have all been taught that our romantic partner should end our misery and make us feel happy and alive. When he or she doesn’t we wonder if they’re the right one. Yet, for most of us, no partner is capable of keeping our heads above the pools of pain and shame we bring to intimate relationships. Only we can drain those pools and become the primary caretakers for the young, needy parts of us that are drowning in those pools. Once this inner trust is achieved, we can love our partners courageously and unconditionally because we don’t need them to always do the heavy lifting of our spirits.
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- $15.00 - Base Price
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Attachment | Couples Therapy | Neuroscience | Differentiation | Developmental Psychology | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Ellyn Bader, PhD | Peter Pearson, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 40:20
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 27, 2012
- Short Description:
- A dynamic exploration of couples therapy that delves into neuroscience, attachment, and relationship growth. Bader and Pearson examine how brain survival instincts can impede connection. They introduce differentiation techniques and demonstrate how couples can overcome communication barriers through understanding, empathy, and collaborative teamwork. Engaging video demonstrations and a compelling case study illuminate the complex dynamics of intimate relationships.
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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Keynotes | Intimacy | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Harville Hendrix, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 59:12
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 27, 2012
- Short Description:
- After 40-plus years of clinical experience and research, the contours of a healthy love relationship and core interventions are visible but not delineated. This lecture will posit the core features of a healthy relationship and the essential interventions necessary to help couples achieve one.
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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Keynotes | Therapist Development | Ethical Practice | Family Systems | Family Therapy | Group Therapy | Systems Theory | Therapeutic Relationship
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- William Doherty, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:04
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 27, 2012
- Short Description:
- We have advanced training opportunities in couples therapy these days, but not a lot of training in the everyday skills of conducting sessions with couples who interrupt each other, flare at each other, mind read, and emotionally bail out of sessions. Here’s an hour’s worth of practical tools.
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Tags: Couples Therapy Therapist Development Change Resistance Clinical Ethics Family Rituals Family Values Group Dynamics Group Process Intergenerational Patterns Narrative Shifts Observation Ordeal Therapy Phenomenology Psychoeducation Relational Ethics Resistance Strategic Interventions Systems Theory Tailoring Therapeutic Alliance Therapist Presence Utilization
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- Topic Areas:
- Sex and Sexuality | Attachment | Couples Therapy | Keynotes | Intimacy
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Esther Perel, MA, LMFT
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 55:47
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 28, 2012
- Short Description:
- Based on Perel’s Mating in Captivity, this bold take on intimacy and sex grapples with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. We will tackle eroticism as a quality of aliveness and vitality in relationships extending far beyond mere sexuality and consider how the need for secure attachment and closeness can co-exist with the quest for individuality and freedom.
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Gottman Method | Attunement
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- John Gottman, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 2:53:23
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 28, 2012
- Short Description:
- Based on research, Gottman will discuss his new theory of how to conceptualize “trust” and “betrayal” using interdependence game theory. Trust and betrayal metrics here are not personality traits, but characteristics of daily interaction processes. He will present practical flowcharts for how couples build trust and loyalty, versus how couples build distrust and betrayal. The social skill of “emotional attunement” will be described precisely. A new therapy for preventing distrust and betrayal, and a therapy for healing from betrayal will be presented. Concepts will be illustrated with video-tape and transcripts from actual cases.
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Couples Therapy | Love | Neurobiology | Neuroscience | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Helen E. Fisher, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 58:07
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 29, 2012
- Short Description:
- Anthropologist Helen Fisher uses her brain scanning studies (fMRI) of people happily in love, rejected in love and in love long-term to discuss the traits of romantic love, love-at-first-sight, and addiction to love. She focuses on her current research on 40,000 men and women to propose that four broad cognitive/behavioral personality trait constellations have evolved associated with the neural systems for dopamine, serotonin, testosterone and estrogen. Then she discusses her data on mate choice among 28,000 individuals to pro-pose why we are chemically drawn to one person rather than another.
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- Topic Areas:
- Psychotherapy | Keynotes | Intimacy | Mindfulness | Love | Couples Therapy | Neuroscience
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2012
- Faculty:
- Rick Hanson, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 59:50
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 29, 2012
- Short Description:
- To compensate for the brain’s innate negativity bias – making it like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones, which sensitizes couples to hurts and conflicts and undermines psychotherapy – we’ll explore a vital method in self-directed neuroplasticity: identifying key positive experiences and then registering them deeply in implicit memory.
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Love | Couples Therapy | Marriage | Relationships | Ethical Practice | Feminism | Relational Life Therapy Model (RLT) | Therapist Development
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2013 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Terry Real, LICSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 48:07
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 19, 2013
- Short Description:
- 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.
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- Topic Areas:
- Couples Therapy | Divorce | Keynotes | Marriage | Therapist Development | Relationships | Communication | Gender | Sex and Sexuality
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2013 | Pioneers in Couples and Family Therapy
- Faculty:
- Michele Weiner-Davis, LCSW
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 57:32
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 19, 2013
- Short Description:
- This keynote invites therapists to become champions of last-chance couples. Blending clinical insight with personal conviction, it explores how therapist mindset shapes outcomes, especially when hope feels lost. Drawing on ideas like the “walk-away wife” and the power of emotional effort, it encourages relational optimism, everyday advocacy, and staying attuned to what helps partners reconnect.
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Love | Couples Therapy | Polyvagal Theory | Intimacy | Neuroscience | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2013
- Faculty:
- Stephen Porges, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 56:26
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 20, 2013
- Short Description:
- The Love Code provides a metaphor to explore the neural mechanisms underlying how and why we attach, bond, fall in love and seek out safe and trusted others in an unsafe world. This presentation will explore the body’s need for intimate engagement and social bonding from an adaptive perspective. Within the theoretical context of the Polyvagal Theory, the presentation will illustrate how specific features in our social environment may trigger neurophysiological systems, through a process of “neuroception,” that enables us either to be fearful and disengage or to feel safe and enter enduring intimate relations.
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- Topic Areas:
- Keynotes | Marriage | Conflict | Couples Therapy | Relationships
- Categories:
- Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2013
- Faculty:
- Harriet Lerner, PhD
- Course Levels:
- Master Degree or Higher in Health-Related Field
- Duration:
- 56:57
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Original Program Date:
- Apr 20, 2013
- Short Description:
- Lerner will describe the key aspects of having a clear and courageous voice with a difficult partner when a relationship is stuck in silence, fighting, distance, and blame.
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