Healing Relationships in Individual Therapy

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Ellyn Bader, PhD Related seminars and products

The Couples Institute

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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. Describe common clinical dynamics that arise in individual therapy when clients focus primarily on their partner’s behavior rather than their own.
2. Define the developmental stages in couple relationships and the emotional capacities required for growth at each stage.
3. Identify therapeutic strategies that promote personal accountability and emotional development in clients struggling with their romantic relationship.

Outline

• Clients in relational distress
• Common dynamics that arise in the therapy room
• What draws therapists into support roles
• Recognizing therapeutic stuckness and enabling
• Couples Developmental Stages and the emotional capacities needed in each
• Case presentation and deconstruction
• How to use the individual assessment questionnaire
• Tools that promote growth with individuals who are depressed, angry or disillusioned with their partners
• Risks and Limitations

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Psychotherapists
• Therapists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Addiction Counselors
• Physicians
• Other Mental Health Professionals

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