Full Course Description

Harnessing the Power of Emotion in Couples Therapy

OUTLINE:

  • Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Emotion
  • Use Attachment Theory as a Road Map for Couples Work
  • Soften Power Struggles and Reestablish Felt Connection
  • Encourage Vulnerability by Incorporating the 3 S’s-Slow, Soft, Simple-in Your Therapeutic Style
  • Use Focused Empathic Reflection to Reconnect, Repair and Rebuild their Bonds

OBJECTIVES;

  • Explain why clients will attain better outcomes in therapy when therapists help them become more comfortable with emotion.
  • Describe how therapists can work experientially with emotions in therapy.
  • Discuss how to effectively address clients’ attachment issues in session.
Copyright : 29/05/2012

Bringing the Felt Sense into Therapy

OUTLINE

  • Mastering the 6 Steps of Focusing
  • Developing Clients’ Capacity for Self-Acceptance and Body Awareness
  • Helping Clients Find a Verbal Handle for their Non-Verbal States
  • Accessing and Recognizing Positive Emotion
  • Using Focusing to Access Wisdom and Creative Intelligence

OBJECTIVES

  1. Illustrate the Focusing method as applied to therapy.
  2. Explain how this approach can help clients develop a deeper "felt sense."
  3. Provide an example of how the Focusing method is effective in therapy.
Copyright : 29/05/2012

When Your Client Cries: Do's and Don'ts

OUTLINE:

  • Going Beyond the Steam Kettle Theory of Tearful Emotion
  • Understanding the Physiology and Psychobiology of Tears
  • Recognizing the Connection Between Tears and Parasympathetic Recovery
  • Techniques that Support the Function of Crying Without Being Intrusive
  • Focusing on the Thoughts and Memories that Induce Tears, Not the Feelings

OBJECTIVES:

  • Describe the latest understanding of the psychobiology of tears.
  • Differentiate between “do’s” and “don’ts” of what to do when a client cries in session.
  • Identify the best ways to help clients engage with and understand their emotions.
Copyright : 29/05/2012

Our Brain's Negativity Bias: Taking in the Good

OUTLINE:

  • Understanding How Evolution Biases Us Towards Negative Emotion
  • Teaching Clients How to Savor Positive Experiences
  • Developing Methods for Turning Positive States into Traits
  • Assessing What Resources and Antidote Experiences a Client Needs
  • Maximizing Brain Change Through Self-Directed Neuroplasticity
     

OBJECTIVES:

  • Illustrate the Focusing method as applied to therapy.
  • Explain how this approach can help clients develop a deeper "felt sense."
  • Provide an example of how the Focusing method is effective in therapy.
Copyright : 05/06/2012

Healing the Angry Brain

OUTLINE:

  • Understanding the Distortions of the Angry Brain
  • Teaching Clients to Recognize and Avoid Blame Triggers
  • Learning How to Help Clients Create a Step-by-Step Brain Change Plan
  • Using Journaling and Group Process with Angry Clients
  • How to Get Angry Clients to Sustain their Commitment to Change

OBJECTIVES:

  • Explain how the principles of neuroplasticity can help clients with anger problems.
  • Detail the presenter’s approach to healing a client with anger issues.
  • Provide a case example of how to work with a client in this situation.
Copyright : 05/06/2012

Using Mindfulness to Accept Emotionality

OUTLINE:

  • Learning Ways to Witness and Accept Emotional Processes
  • Discovering the Glimmers of Growth in the Midst of a Trauma Narrative
  • Tracking Moment-to-Moment Shifts in Emotional Connection through Dyadic Mindfulness
  • Deepening the Therapeutic Alliance through Meta-Processing
  • Recognizing Emergent Transformational Experience in the Consulting Room

OBJECTIVES:

  • Understand the role of mindfulness and meta-processing in helping clients accept their emotions.
  • Define "glimmers of growth" and the importance of growth with clients who have experienced trauma.
  • Explain the significance of helping clients learn how to stay in the present moment.
Copyright : 05/06/2012

Psychotherapy Networker Symposium: Harnessing the Power of Emotion: A Step-by-Step Approach with Susan Johnson, Ed.D.

Objectives

  1. Distinguish between primary and secondary emotions and use attachment theory as a road map for couples work
  2. Demonstrate how to encourage vulnerability by incorporating the “Soft, Slow, Simple” approach into your therapeutic style
  3. Utilize focused empathic reflection to reconnect, repair, and rebuild clients’ bonds
  4. Summarize process of helping clients tap into their deepest emotional reserves as a positive force for shaping growth and transformation

Outline

  • Overview of emotionally focused therapy (EFT)
    • Understanding EFT as an experiential approach
    • Creating a bonding and attachment environment in therapy
  • Experiencing EFT
    • Discover the 5 basic moves of EFT
    • Learn EFT’s core assumptions
    • Analyze the attachment theory
  • Concluding remarks with Sue Johnson and Marlene Best
    • Techniques to softening EFT
    • Comparing the effectiveness of co-regulation versus self-regulation

Program Information

Objectives

  1. Distinguish between primary and secondary emotions and use attachment theory as a road map for couples work
  2. Demonstrate how to encourage vulnerability by incorporating the “Soft, Slow, Simple” approach into your therapeutic style
  3. Utilize focused empathic reflection to reconnect, repair, and rebuild clients’ bonds
  4. Summarize process of helping clients tap into their deepest emotional reserves as a positive force for shaping growth and transformation

Copyright : 22/03/2014