Full Course Description
To Stay or Go: An Introduction to Discernment Counseling
OBJECTIVES
- Create an itinerary that employs the Four Paths in Discernment Counseling.
OUTLINE
- Discernment Counseling with Couples
- The Children Question
- The Paths of Discernment Counseling
- Helping the Divorced Couple Examine Personal Issues
Program Information
Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Copyright :
06/29/2015
When is Enough Enough?
OBJECTIVES
- Identify three deal-breakers for which it can be automatically judged that divorce is the only option for a struggling couple.
OUTLINE
- DealBreakers when Considering Divorce
- Therapeutic Neutrality
- Being Honest with the Clients
- "Leaning In" Partners
Program Information
Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Copyright :
06/24/2015
The Intentional Divorce
Learn a three-stage process for helping couples end their union in a spirit of cooperation and good will. You’ll get an overview of the:
- Crisis Phase - Learn strategies for guiding couples through the decision process, handling emotional issues, and addressing the practical questions of how to negotiate the legal system, develop a co-parenting plan, and work through other day-to-day details
- Insight Phase - Help divorcing couples review the deeper meaning of their marriage, determine what they’ve learned, find ways to mourn their loss, and express regrets and appreciation to each other
- Vision Phase - Support the couple in finding ways, often through ritual, to honor the marriage and approach divorce as an important life passage rather than a shameful failure
OBJECTIVES
- Identify the proper way to help divorcing couples negotiate thorny issues like custody of children, and financial and property distributions.
OUTLINE
- The Process of Intentional Divorce
- Navigating the Agreements of the Divorce
- When the Couple is Still Sexually Attracted to Each Other
- The Insight Phase
- Difference between Meditation and Collaborative Divorce Arrangements
Program Information
Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Copyright :
06/25/2015
Divorce Busting
OBJECTIVES
- Identify three techniques for helping a “leaning in” partner reconnect with his or her distant spouse.
OUTLINE
- Therapeutic Neutrality
- Divorce-Busting Question
- The Distant Spouse
- Reasons Why to Get a Divorce
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Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Copyright :
09/10/2015
Uncoupling and Recoupling After 50
OBJECTIVES
- Create an exercise that employs the joining technique with couples together in therapy.
OUTLINE
- The Gray Divorce
- Parents Confiding in Children
- The Stuck Insider and Stuck Outsider Dilemma
- "Joining" Technique
- IFS
Program Information
Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Copyright :
07/19/2015
Collaborative Divorce Coaching
OBJECTIVES
- Identify a technique for interrupting problematic interactions cycles that can interfere with the process of collaborative divorce.
OUTLINE
- Divorce Mediation
- Couples Therapist vs. Collaborative Divorce Coach
- Collaborative Divorce Stages
- Training Requirements
- When the Lawyer Gets Involved
Program Information
Target Audience
Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Case Managers, Addiction Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Mental Health Professionals
Copyright :
09/10/2015