Description
Webinar: SOLUTION FOCUSED COUPLES THERAPY: a Brief and Effective way to Work with Couples
(2 CPD Points)
Guest Speaker: Elliott Connie (USA)
Date: 13 July 2022
Time: 16h00 – 18h00
Online via Zoom: Join us from the convenience of your laptop, cellphone or tablet.
Price: R400-00
Can’t make it? Register anyway, we will send you a video link of the webinar recording and you still get your CPD points.
CPD Certificate: Complete a short multiple choice Q&A Form to receive your certificate.
Presenter: Dr Jacqui von Cziffra-Bergs
Webinar Outline:
All couples who enter therapy have a successful past. No matter how tough things may have been, all couples experienced a courtship and honeymoon and marriage phase that contained magical moments which are exceptions to their current struggles.
However, couples come to therapy to tell you what is going wrong and what isn’t working. They want the therapist to hear how stuck they are and often they even want the therapist to take sides. Added to this, the current aftermath of a global pandemic with lockdown situations; financial strain; home schooling; family dynamics and trauma have put a huge strain on marriages.
Solution Focused couples therapy is a brilliant and effective way to stop the blame game and to turn the conversation toward a goal oriented and shared collaborative space. In this webinar I will interview world renowned Solution Focused couple’s therapist Elliott Connie (USA) on his insights and ideas about working with couples. Elliott will be sharing his knowledge with us about how to bring hope back into the relationship and how to keep the love alive.
Elliott will also be discussing how we can use language to interrupt negative patterns and help the couple co-construct hopeful futures. We will also be discussing the equal opportunity technique which helps keep the session fair and collaborative.
Aims of the workshop:
- Understand the principles of Solution Focused Couple counselling
- Make the relationship the client, not the individuals
- Understand the equal opportunity role
- Uncover relationship goals
- Utilise exceptions in the relationship
- Reintroduce love and hope
Outcomes of the workshop:
On completion of the workshop the participants will be able to:
- Implement a relationship way of thinking
- Make the relationship the client
- Work with a goal oriented approach
- Utilize strengths to the benefit of the relationship
- Find and build on exceptions
Reading list:
- Connie, E 2012: Solution Building Couples Counselling
- Connie, E 2021: Connecting with the Couple. Online workshop
- Weiner-Davies M 2012; Keeping Love Alive. www.DivorceBusting.com
