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Couples often begin therapy with the complaint, "We can't communicate." Feelings of frustration, disappointment, and despair often lie behind this common problem, along with a mistaken belief that communication techniques will easily restore love and connection. But true healing and reconnection requires something deeper: embracing differentiation. In this workshop, you’ll explore this essential developmental stage and identify the emotional capacities required for partners to relate to each other clearly—not as idealized extensions of themselves, but as separate, unique individuals. You’ll learn to help couples:
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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.
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 2.25 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
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| Manual - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue (4.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue (175.7 KB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - French (4.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - French (175.7 KB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - Italian (4.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - Italian (175.7 KB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - German (4.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - German (175.7 KB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Manual - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - Spanish (4.8 MB) | 21 Pages | Available after Purchase | |
| Transcript - Healing Trauma Through Transformative Dialogue - Spanish (175.7 KB) | 24 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Ellyn Bader, PhD, is in private practice and is co-director of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. Over the past 25 years she has conducted professional training programs in couples therapy and has trained therapists throughout the United States as well as Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. She is a past president of the International Transactional Analysis Association and a recipient of the Clark Vincent Award for an outstanding literary contribution to the field of marital therapy from the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Dr. Bader is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences. She and her husband, Peter Pearson, PhD, coauthored the books, In Quest of the Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples Therapy (Brunner/Mazel) and Tell Me No Lies: How to Face the Truth and Build an Honest Marriage (St. Martin’s Press).
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Ellyn Bader is the director of The Couples Institute and receives compensation as a consultant. She receives royalties as a published author. Ellyn Bader receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Ellyn Bader is a member of the American Psychological Association, the International Transactional Analysis Association, and the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
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Understanding the Communication Myth
The Role of Differentiation in Couple Therapy
Mapping the Developmental Journey
Trauma’s Impact on Relational Development
Facilitating Transformative Dialogue
Clinical Application and Integration
Risks and Limitations
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