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The High-Conflict Couple
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Working with highly escalated couples and families can be scary and exhausting. Often, our best attempts at creating positive change fall flat. Sometimes, us trying to guide sessions into a safe zone even leads to more entrenched silence or further criticism. When negative cycles take over, and we find ourselves faced with shut-down withdrawers and hostile pursuers, how do we shift them out of reactivity and into responsiveness? This workshop draws on proven interventions from Emotionally Focused Therapy and the neuroscience of human attachment to help you navigate the recurring blocks and common triggers therapists encounter in couples and family work. You’ll walk away with new tools that will empower you to shift the reactivity and mis-attunement that so often derails work with highly escalated partners and families. You’ll discover how to:
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Help clients shift from blaming their partner to sharing their vulnerability
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Transform negative cycles of interaction into positive cycles of responsiveness
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Help partners to recognize and put words to their inner experiences
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Immediately incorporate powerful techniques to reduce client reactivity and begin the process of healing
George Faller, MS, LMFT
Prior to a career in the field of mental health, George Faller, MS, LMFT spent 20 years as a NYC Firefighter and NYC Police Officer. His experience as a FDNY Peer Counselor, particularly following the events of 9/11, sparked his passion to help those impacted by trauma.
He is a certified trainer/supervisor/therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and founder of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused therapy where he serves as president. He is a supervisor with the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT) and teaches classes at the Ackerman Institute for the Family in Manhattan. He is a licensed marriage & family therapist currently practicing in Connecticut and New York. George is the director of training at the Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal in Connecticut and is on board of the Porter Cason Institute at Tulane University in New Orleans.
George brings a unique and varied experience to his practice. Whether he is providing marriage therapy to Wall Street executives, leading a conference for the United States Military or equipping therapists from around the globe, his ability to inspire is far-reaching. George is also committed to bringing EFT to underprivileged populations and pushing the leading edge of effective therapy.
George is the coauthor of the books True Connection, Sacred Stress, and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy and cohost of podcast Foreplay Radio. For more information go to www.georgefaller.com and checkout www.successinvulnerability.com
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: George Faller is the Director of Training for the Center For Hope & Renewal, and the President of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy. He is the co-host of the ForePlay Radio Podcast, leader of Success in Vulnerability, and adjunct professor at the Ackerman Institute for the Family. George receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: George Faller has no relevant non-financial relationships.
