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To Stay or Go: An Introduction to Discernment Counseling

OBJECTIVES

  1. 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

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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

  1. 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

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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

  1. 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

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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

  1. 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

  1. 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

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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

  1. 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

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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