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Digital Seminar

Couples Therapy for Online Infidelity: Rebuilding Intimacy, Trust and Connection with Gottman Method, EFT, CBT and More


Faculty:
Tenille Richardson-Quamina, PhD, LCSW, CSAT, C-DBT
Duration:
6 Hours 20 Minutes
Copyright:
Oct 25, 2024
Product Code:
POS059877
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

Emotional affairs, cybersex, OnlyFans, Ashley Madison. Betrayal is only a click away.

Far too often it’s shrugged off as harmless…it’s not “real” infidelity. But even when there’s no physical contact, even though it’s all happening online, let’s call it what it is – cheating.

And when clients are in your office, the work comes with all the real emotions and messiness of broken trust, confusion, and heartache.

That’s why if you work with couples you need this specialised training.

You’ll watch expert Dr. Tenille Richardson-Quamina. She’s a certified sex addictions Therapist and Gottman Level 1 trained therapist. After her own personal experience, she’s spent thousands of hours researching, training, and creating unique tools that will help you empower your clients to disconnect to reconnect.

And now in this training she’ll share the very best therapeutic tools from Gottman Method, CBT, Integrated Behavioural Couples Therapy (IBCT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and more so you can confidently manage the intricate dynamics that online infidelity introduces into the therapeutic space.

You’ll end this program ready to:

  • Navigate rebuilding trust and overcoming denial
  • Uncover how online personas shape self-perception and the capacity to cheat
  • Strengthen commitment with clear boundaries for privacy and online conduct
  • Support partners in restoring their self-worth and confidence following digital betrayal
  • And much more!

And with exercises, scripts, intake assessment questions, worksheets and more you’ll have everything you need to get started.

This is such a common issue but is rarely addressed. If you work with couples, this is one training you can’t afford to miss.

Purchase now!

CPD

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



CPD

PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This program is worth 6.5 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Faculty

Tenille Richardson-Quamina, PhD, LCSW, CSAT, C-DBT's Profile

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Dr. Tenille Richardson-Quamina, specializes in working with individual and couples recovering from online infidelity as well as those looking to overcome cyberbullying or online addictions. She wrote her dissertation on Online Behavioral Boundaries: An Investigation of How Engaged Couples Negotiate Agreements Regarding What is Considered Online Infidelity. She’s focused her career on empowering her clients with skills that can help them disconnect to reconnect. She is a certified sex addictions therapist, Gottman Level 1 trained therapist, and earned her doctorate degree in marriage and family therapy from Virginia Tech.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Tenille Richardson-Quamina maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Community Services. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tenille Richardson-Quamina has no relevant non-financial relationships.

 


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Objectives

  1. Differentiate online infidelity from other forms of infidelity, including physical infidelity.
  2. Identify the implications for relationship boundaries and fidelity expectations around common online behaviours such as cybersex, exchanging sexual self-images, and sharing sexual fantasies.
  3. Utilise emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) techniques to help couples affected by marital infidelity process underlying relational issues.
  4. Utilise principles of Gottman’s therapeutic approach to guide interventions aimed at facilitating rebuilding relational trust post-infidelity.
  5. Use techniques from Integrated Behavioural Couples Therapy to facilitate improvements in marital intimacy.
  6. Evaluate the ethical considerations for therapists working with individuals and couples impacted by infidelity, including maintaining confidentiality, impartiality, and respect for autonomy.

Outline

How Technology Contributes to New Forms of Infidelity

  • AAA, ACE, and Cybersex model
  • Types of online infidelity
  • Emotional vs. physical online infidelity
  • How common
  • Betrayers, the betrayed, and third parties

Psychological Aspects of Online Infidelity

  • Motivations - emotional and sexual needs, thrill-seeking, insecurities, and dissatisfaction
  • Role of online friends, acquaintances, or potential romantic interests
  • Passive versus active infidelity
  • The experience of the betrayed partner and mental health consequences
  • Cultural and societal context of online infidelity

Assessment of Online Infidelity

  • Initiation, dissatisfaction, curiosity, or emotional needs
  • The revelation of online infidelity
  • Recognise online infidelity in behavioural cues, communication patterns, and more
  • Passive versus aggressive online infidelity
  • Case studies and practical application
  • Ethical considerations including confidentiality, privacy, and cultural sensitivity

The Online Infidelity Spectrum, Platforms and Secrecy

  • Spectrum of online infidelity and social presence theory
  • Online platforms, social media platforms, dating apps, and more
  • Secrecy and keeping online activities hidden

Treatment Strategies Toolbox for Couples Therapists

  • Intake paperwork questions
  • Coping mechanisms for individuals and couples during the healing process
  • Netiquette, negotiations, and pre and post infidelity agreements
  • Prevent relapse and sustaining positive change

Specific Therapeutic Approaches: Use Strategies from IBCT, EFT, CBT and Gottman Method in Treatment

  • IBCT strategies to enhance communication and intimacy
  • CBT to challenge irrational “not cheating” beliefs
  • Explore underlying emotions and vulnerabilities with EFT
  • Use Gottman Method to repair breaches of trust
  • Indications and contraindications
  • Research, risks and treatment limitations

Target Audience

  • Marriage and Family Therapists
  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Therapists
  • Addiction Counsellors
  • Case Managers
  • Nurses
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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