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Digital Seminar

Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy

Starting and Sustaining Positive Momentum with Distressed Couples
Average Rating:
   663
Speaker:
Ellyn Bader, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 49 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
23 Mar, 2024
Product Code:
NOS096372
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

When couples come for therapy, partners often arrive in urgent distress, sometimes in the heat of hostility, pain, and hopelessness. And as the therapist, you’re expected to help—fast. How do we avoid being swept up in the chaos? In this workshop, you’ll explore powerful questions and interventions you can use in early sessions to develop a collaborative treatment plan that increases motivation and offers hope, even with the most distressed couples. We’ll discover how to: 

  • Take a strong leadership role early in couples therapy so couples trust you 
  • Create an easy-to-understand conceptualization of what couples are facing even when they bring up multiple issues 
  • Chart a clear and collaborative direction for therapy early that can lower the temperature and keep couples engaged in the process 

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.


CPD

This online program is worth 2 hours CPD.

Handouts

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PDF Manual - Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy (2.1 MB) 14 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy - French (2.1 MB) 14 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy - Italian (2.1 MB) 14 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy - German (2.1 MB) 14 Pages Available after Purchase
PDF Manual - Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy - Spanish (2.1 MB) 14 Pages Available after Purchase

Speaker

Ellyn Bader, PhD's Profile

Ellyn Bader, PhD Related seminars and products

The Couples Institute

Ellyn Bader, PhD, is a psychologist, codirector of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California, and co-creator of The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. She’s one of the early founders of couples therapy, as well as a recognized thought leader and trailblazer in relationship therapy. She coauthored the award-winning textbook In Quest of the Mythical Mate and Tell Me No Lies: How to Face the Truth and Build a Loving Marriage with her husband, Dr. Peter Pearson. She’s been featured on Nightline, Good Morning America, and NPR, as well as in O Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and the Wall Street Journal.


Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ellyn Bader is the director of The Couples Institute and receives compensation as a consultant. She receives royalties as a published author. Ellyn Bader receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ellyn Bader is a member of the American Psychological Association, the International Transactional Analysis Association, and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.

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Objectives

  1. Demonstrate how to take charge and be a strong leader in early interviews with couples. 
  2. Administer a couples developmental assessment questionnaire and use some of the questions to immediately interrupt passivity and regression. 
  3. Determine a couples’ developmental stage. 
  4. Discuss the necessity of engagement and practice in couples’ therapy. 

 

Outline

  • What does it mean to be a strong leader in couples’ therapy? 
  • The 6 essential elements of early sessions to set a powerful direction for couples therapy 
  • How to create motivation for change 
  • The neurobiology of couples fights  
  • How to administer a couples developmental assessment questionnaire  
  • The developmental stages of couples  
  • The self-protections that inhibit constructive action 
  • How to teach couples to assess their own developmental progress 
  • Strategies for ensuring couples practice their skills outside of session 
  • Risks and Limitations of the Research 

Target Audience

  • Psychologists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Counsellors
  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Social Workers

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