CPD Event title: Couples Therapy – a practical online masterclass
Brief Description Of Event: Relationship issues are one of the most common causes of emotional distress – and often the reason people seek help. A solid understanding of why difficulties arise, and what can be done about them, is extremely useful therefore for all caring professionals, not just those working with couples.
Drawing on pioneering research, Jennifer Broadley’s one-day couples counselling course gives you this important knowledge, along with a range of strategies and proven tips for working effectively and ethically with more than one client. She shares the practical guidelines and skills she has acquired over many years of successfully helping couples using the human givens approach to build and maintain supportive and mutually rewarding relationships. Presented without psychobabble, and making good use of insightful case histories, Jennifer demystifies an area of counselling that many find daunting or fear is complicated.
Learning Objectives: The day covers: the most effective ways to help and build rapport with couples in conflicted relationships; the sex differences in processing emotions; non-blame talking styles; the long-term impact of parenting; past conditioning, including psychological traumas, that can give clues about why difficulties arose; and what we can learn from the way successful couples facilitate mutual needs satisfaction.
What will you learn
- Essential skills for building and maintaining rapport with two emotionally-aroused people
- Ways to encourage both partners to engage in solving their difficulties
- How to teach non-blaming communication skills and explain the differences in male and female behaviour to clients
- What to do if one or even both parties are having an affair
- How to deal with issues specific to couple counselling, such as confidentiality
- The key points you need to bear in mind when working with more than one client at a time
- How to structure effective therapy sessions and goal setting with two people
- Effective ways to help each partner begin to cooperate in helping the other get their emotional needs met
- The key ingredients for a healthy and mutually rewarding relationship
- An insight into the many common relationship problems – and how to help clients overcome them (illustrated with case histories)
- Tips and techniques for staying objective and empathetic, whilst calming your clients’ high emotional arousal
- How to recognise and interrupt disruptive behaviour patterns
- How to use Solution Focused Questioning to initiate change
- How to manage setbacks and keep the partners motivated
- How to tell when the relationship isn’t the problem – and what to do about it
- How to use Guided Imagery with two people
- Information regarding the latest research into effective couples therapy
- How early life experiences can influence our relationships, and what to do about this now
- Creative ways to develop effective interventions, including using tasks and metaphor
- Asperger’s syndrome – how to work with couples if one or both show Asperger traits, a common cause of relationship problems
- Considering the wider picture, including other family members
- Course notes, Accredited CPD Certificate and more…
Course Structure: One day Online Webinar, 9.15am – 4.00pm
Date of event: September 24, 2024
Duration of Event: 1 day
Venue for event: Live Zoom
Name of trainer: Jennifer Bradley
Tel bookings: 01323 811690
Email bookings:
Website: https://www.humangivens.com/college/couples-therapy-a-practical-masterclass-live-online-training/
Maximum number of participants:
Cost of Course: £145
Cost for NCH members: £130
How to claim discount: Please use discount code NCH10
Additional information/requirements: Human Givens College also provides CPD courses on a wide range of mental healthareas and therapeutic skills, both online and in-person. Topics include, anxiety, selfharm, OCD, suicide prevention, depression, addiction, PTSD, couples therapy and more.