Psychotherapy and couples counseling: What’s similar, what’s different, and how to do each better.
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DESCRIPTION: Some therapists see only individuals or only couples. If you see both–even if it’s mostly one or the other–your work will benefit from comparing the techniques of each.
From start to finish, how are these two clinical projects different, and how are they similar?
In this webinar, we’ll look at specific dimensions of therapy–its goals; its structure; the role of the therapist, and self-disclosure; holding clients’ pain & conveying empathy; working with people we don’t like, and more. If therapy isn’t just about giving advice (or “just listening”), what exactly do we have to offer?
We’ll keep focusing on the question we all have: How do we make therapy more effective? And how do we make it more satisfying for ourselves?
Target audience: This course is appropriate for all mental health professionals
Content level: Introductory/Intermediate
Educational Objectives
After attending this webinar, participants will be able to
- Name 3 differences between psychotherapy and couples counseling.
- Name 3 similarities between psychotherapy and couples counseling.
- Name 3 techniques for working effectively with clients we don’t like.
- Name 3 things skillful therapists offer patients in both couples and individual therapy.
Syllabus
- The intake process & therapeutic goals
- Differential diagnosis & power dynamics
- Homework, note-taking, & other practitioners
- Cultural issues & ethics
- Transference & countertransference
- Summary: What exactly do you have to offer?
