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Getting Off to a Powerful Start in Couples Therapy
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When couples come for therapy, partners often arrive in urgent distress, sometimes in the heat of hostility, pain, and hopelessness. And as the therapist, you’re expected to help—fast. How do we avoid being swept up in the chaos? In this workshop, you’ll explore powerful questions and interventions you can use in early sessions to develop a collaborative treatment plan that increases motivation and offers hope, even with the most distressed couples. We’ll discover how to:
- Take a strong leadership role early in couples therapy so couples trust you
- Create an easy-to-understand conceptualization of what couples are facing even when they bring up multiple issues
- Chart a clear and collaborative direction for therapy early that can lower the temperature and keep couples engaged in the process
Ellyn Bader, PhD, The Couples Institute
Ellyn Bader, Ph.D., is in private practice and is Co-Director of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. Over the past 25 years she has conducted professional training programs in couples therapy and has trained therapists throughout the United States as well as Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. She is a past president of the International Transactional Analysis Association and a recipient of the Clark Vincent Award for an outstanding literary contribution to the field of marital therapy from the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Dr. Bader is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences. She and her husband, PETER PEARSON, Ph.D., coauthored the books, “In Quest of the Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples Therapy” (Brunner/Mazel) and “Tell Me No Lies: How to Face the Truth and Build an Honest Marriage” (St. Martin’s Press).
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.
