Digital Seminar
Bad and Good Couples Counseling
What They Don’t Teach You in Graduate School
- Average Rating:
- 251
- Faculty:
- William Doherty, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 10 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
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Jun 17, 2026
- Product Code:
- NOS096764
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
We all know that mistakes are common in therapy, and perhaps particularly in couples therapy. But training in graduate school and beyond generally does not examine mistakes or emphasize basic skills for managing couple sessions. This workshop will identify the most common screw-ups therapists make in couples therapy, and demonstrate ways to avoid them and do good work. There will be something for both beginning and experienced therapists, who tend to make different mistakes. The workshop will also describe how therapists’ values about commitment influence our work with couples, for better and worse, and how we mess up so frequently. This highly practical workshop, which will include recent research on what clients say happens in couples therapy, will make your couples therapy more effective, whatever your model.
Credit
Faculty
William Doherty, PhD Related seminars and products
William Doherty, PhD, is a professor and director of the Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project at the University of Minnesota. He is co-author of the book Helping Couples on the Brink of Divorce: Discernment Counseling for Troubled Relationships, with Steven Harris. He is cofounder of Better Angels, an initiative to depolarize America.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. William Doherty receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. William Doherty is a member of the National Council on Family Relations, the International Council of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem, and the American Psychological Association. He serves on several editorial boards, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Describe common beginners’ mistakes in couples therapy.
- Describe common experienced therapists’ mistakes in couples therapy.
- Explain best practices that cut across models of couples therapy.
Outline
- Introduction and Overview
- The main challenges in managing couple therapy sessions
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Best practices that cut across model
- Limitations and risks
Target Audience
- Psychologists
- Physicians
- Addiction Counselors
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Psychotherapists
- Other Behavioral Health Professionals
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Total Reviews: 251
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