Couples and Affairs: Managing the Clinical Challenges

Complete Seminar Details

This one-day seminar offers clinicians a comprehensive "roadmap" to effectively navigate the process of counseling couples through affairs

Affairs are the most significant threat to marriages and families today. Even the most experienced clinician is faced with an enormous challenge and responsibility when counseling a couple through such a potentially devastating and turbulent crisis. Not surprisingly, therapists describe this problem as one of the most difficult to treat. The therapist must simultaneously assess risk, evaluate trauma, establish rapport, determine a couple's resources for conflict resolution and do all of this in an emotional climate of anguish, rage and despair. The task becomes finding the painful balance between hope and realism. While research suggests that affairs occur frequently in relationships and are a common presenting problem in couples therapy, the clinical literature offers little empirical research on how to counsel most effectively in this arena.

This one-day seminar offers clinicians a comprehensive "roadmap" to effectively navigate the process of counseling couples through affairs. Participants will be given a practical, clinical model that includes everything from establishing the therapeutic guidelines for working with the couple to discovering the meaning of the affair and helping clients process anger and understand forgiveness. Cutting edge research on neurophysiology and brain science will be examined to help integrate new knowledge about the effect of biology on human behavior into a traditional psychological model. You can immediately begin using these tools to improve therapeutic outcomes for couples in crisis.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Clinical Social Workers
• Licensed Professional Counselors
• Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
• Pastoral Counselors
• Clergy
• Counselors
• Therapists
• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists
• Nurses
• Any professional providing couples counseling

"If you've missed Michael Ceo, you've missed it!" - Michael Jensen, Social Worker, Case Manager and Educator, Gunnison, UT

"Clinicians seeking renewal and enhancement of skills will be delighted with the clarity, precision, energy and enthusiasm inherent in Michael Ceo's workshops." - Robert J. Verdile, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist

WHAT YOU WILL COVER

• Examine profiles of individuals and couples who are vulnerable to infidelity in order to better recognize clients in the "affair zone"
• Strengthen clinical judgment in both assessment and treatment planning
• Discover empirically proven couples treatment models for rebuilding the relationship
• Guide your clients through the painful processes of trauma, anger, grief and forgiveness
• Explore the ethical and legal implications for subpoenas, clinical records, risk, secrets and confidentiality
• Describe a therapist-centered model that both measures and enhances successful outcomes in treating couples for affairs
• Discuss underlying motivations for adulterous behavior
• Perform case analysis to strengthen clinical judgment and treatment planning
• Examine how the Internet affair and "office spouse" are new phenomena that blur the boundaries of infidelity
• Clarify the ethical and legal implications for record keeping, subpoenas, secrets and confidentiality
• Discover the latest brain research that highlights the neurophysiology of romantic love, eros and loving attachment
• Develop practical skills in coaching couples on anger communication and the language of empathy
• Utilize practical treatment and intervention methods to guide couples through the healing process
• Recognize the importance of helping a couple in navigating the pathway to forgiveness

Sponsor Background:

Leading the Way in Professional Development.

Cross Country Education is a national leader in high-quality educational products and services for the entire health care industry. Our seminars and training programs are designed to help health care providers achieve improved performance and results in all areas of clinical, financial and operational management. Our faculty of more than 150 instructors are the "best of the best" in their field of expertise and know how to provide programs that really make a difference to participants.

Since 1995, we have trained over 1,000,000 providers, managers, nurses, behavioral health professionals and other key personnel throughout the entire healthcare industry. We produce over 5,000 seminars and conferences annually for the health care industry. Plus, we coordinate in-house training for health care facilities. Let us provide your training and professional education needs!

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