Helping Clients Manage Unhealthy Family Relationships: A Drama-Free Approach

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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.

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Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW Related seminars and products

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Nedra Glover Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed therapist and the author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself, an instant New York Times bestseller translated into over 35 languages worldwide. In addition, she has authored seven other books, including Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships and, most recently, The Balancing Act: Creating Healthy Dependence and Connection Without Losing Yourself. A sought-after relationship expert, she has practiced relationship therapy for almost 20 years. With more than 2.5 million followers across her social media platforms, Tawwab has appeared as an expert on Red Table Talk, The Breakfast Club, Good Morning America, and CBS Mornings, to name a few. Her work has been highlighted in The New York Times, The Guardian, and Vice and has appeared on numerous podcasts including The School of Greatness, We Can Do Hard Things, and 10% Happier.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Nedra Glover Tawwab maintains a private practice and receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Nedra Glover Tawwab has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Identify the most common presenting problem of clients with dysfunctional family issues.
2. Help clients understand that they can't change other people and refocus instead on developing the skills most likely to improve their relationships.
3. Teach them how to manage difficult relationships by practicing different techniques—such as respectful assertiveness—that can alter negative relationship dynamics.
4. Reduce the discouragement and fatigue clients often experience as they work through dysfunctional family dynamics by helping them set boundaries and prioritise self-care.

Outline

• The mental and physical implications of troubled relationships
• How to sit with clients who have difficult, unhealthy, or abusive family relationships
• Providing a historical context for relationship issues
• How to allow clients to make their own choices based on what they feel comfortable doing
• Helping clients learn research-based relationship skills and offer them space to discuss what the tools look like in practice (in between sessions)

Target Audience

• Counsellors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counsellors
• Physicians
• Physician Assistants
• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners 
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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