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Digital Seminar

Navigating Breakups and New Beginnings: How to Apply Relational Self-Awareness


Faculty:
Alexandra Solomon, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 59 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 17, 2023
Product Code:
NOS096291
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.


Description

The data is clear: most of us will author more than one love story in our lifetime. We talk a lot about the skills and paradigms needed to create an intimate relationship, but we don’t talk nearly enough about the skills and paradigms needed to end an intimate relationship. Learning relational metaskills can help clients approach endings—and new beginnings—with more integrity and relational self-awareness, reducing collateral damage to both self and others. In this session, discover an integrative approach for helping clients better understand the thoughts, feelings, and common issues that arise during a breakup as well as how to integrate the loss and prepare to begin dating again. You’ll explore:

  • How to teach relational self-awareness as an essential meta-skill for making sense of relationship endings and new beginnings
  • How to help clients advocate for their relational needs with romantic partners
  • An integrative approach to helping clients move from fear and relational ambivalence toward empowerment and clarity

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 2.0 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.



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Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD, is internationally recognized as one of today’s most trusted voices in the world of relationships, and her framework for Relational Self-Awareness has reached millions of people around the globe. A couple’s therapist, speaker, author, and professor, Dr. Alexandra is passionate about translating cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom into practical tools people can use to bring awareness, curiosity and authenticity to their relationships. She is a clinician educator and a frequent contributor to academic journals, and she translates her academic and therapeutic experience to the public through her popular Instagram page, which has garnered over 220k followers.

She is on the faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University and is a licensed clinical psychologist at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. Her hit podcast, Reimagining Love, reaches tens of thousands of listeners across the globe each week and features deep dives into complex relationship dynamics as well as conversations with high-profile guests from the world of therapy, academia, and pop culture. She is the award-winning author of three bestselling books: Love Every Day, Loving Bravely, and Taking Sexy Back. Her work has been covered by outlets including NPR, Today, The New York Times, Scientific American, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alexandra Solomon maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Northwestern University. She receives royalties as a published author and is the podcast host of Reimaging Love. Dr. Solomon receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alexandra Solomon is a thought leader for Heleo, a founding expert for the Mine'd app, and an ambassador for The Relationship School. She is an ad hoc for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc. Dr. Solomon is a member of the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.


Objectives

  1. Catalogue the major intrapsychic and relational tasks involved with relationship endings.
  2. Demonstrate how to help clients set boundaries and advocate for their relational needs with new romantic partners.
  3. Practice how to explore with clients the importance of Relational Self-Awareness in creating a successful romantic relationship.
  4. Demonstrate how to avoid common therapeutic pitfalls when working with clients who are ending a relationship or beginning a new one.

Outline

  • Understanding the psychology of goodbye and how we process grief
  • How the pandemic has impacted relationships and break ups
  • Helping clients to integrate their experience of loss
  • How to help your client know when they are ready to begin again
  • What you need to know about dating after Loss

Target Audience

  • Counsellors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants
  • Nurses
  • Nurse Practitioners 
  • Other Mental Health Professionals

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