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Digital Seminar

The Rules of the New Monogamy: The Changing Face of Committed Relationships


Faculty:
Tammy Nelson, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 54 Minutes
Copyright:
Mar 24, 2017
Product Code:
NOS052810
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
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Description

More couples today than ever before are negotiating their monogamy in new and creative ways, including open marriage, polyamory, group marriages, transgender relationships, and a variety of intentional partnerships. As therapists, we need to understand these new developments, the challenges they bring, and the skills required of us to remain open and aware of our own triggers when addressing them. In this workshop, you’ll explore:

  • How to help clients develop a code of integrity that will define their monogamy and develop their own unique shared definition of honesty, even if it involves a departure from traditional sexual fidelity
  • How to coach clients on negotiating flexible monogamy arrangements as well as how to renegotiate a new one after infidelity

Why open marriages work for some and fail for others—and how to identify the early problem signs and help couples recover when the arrangement isn’t working

 

CPD


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 online program is worth 2.0 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

Faculty

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Tammy Nelson, Ph.D., is an internationally acclaimed psychotherapist, Board Certified Sexologist, Certified Sex Therapist, and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist. She has been a therapist for almost 30 years and is the executive director of the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute. She started the institute to develop courses for psychotherapists as the need grew for certified, integrated postgraduate sex and couple’s therapists in a growing field of mental health consumers who need more complex interventions for their relationship needs.

Dr. Tammy is a TEDx speaker, Psychotherapy Networker Symposium speaker and the author of several books, including Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together (Quiver, 2008) and the best-selling The New Monogamy: Redefining Your Relationship After Infidelity (New Harbinger, 2013), as well as When You’re the One Who Cheats: Ten Things You Need to Know (RL Publishing Corp., 2019) and the upcoming Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy (PESI, 2020).

She has been a featured expert in New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Rolling Stone magazine, TIME Magazine, Redbook, Glamour, The Sun, and The London Times. She is the host of a popular podcast on iTunes, “The Trouble with Sex”, and writes for the Huffington Post, YourTango, ThriveGlobal, and medium.com. Dr. Tammy can be followed on her blog, www.drtammynelson.com/blog.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Tammy Nelson maintains a private practice and is executive director and primary faculty at Integrated Sex Therapy Training Institute (ISTI) and has an employment relationship with Daybreak University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc., and she additionally receives royalties from New Harbinger and Sounds True. She is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. Dr. Nelson has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tammy Nelson serves on the board of advisors for the World Association of Sex Coaches. She is a member of the American Art Therapy Association, American Association of Sex Educators, Sex Counselors, and Sex Therapists (AASECT), American Comprehensive Energy Psychology Association (ACEP), American Counseling Association, American Family Therapy Academy, American Family Therapy Association (AFTA), American Psychological Association (APA), Connecticut Counselors, Imago Relationships International Association of Professional and Certified Therapists, International Board of Sexologists, International Institute for Sexuality and Human Development, Nonfiction Authors Association, Society Scientific Study Sexuality (SSSS), and the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR).


Outline

  1. Creating the New Monogamy Agreement
    1. The Explict and Implicit Agreement
    2. Renegotiating Rules of Monogamy Through Developmental Stages
    3. The Momogamy Continuum
    4. Thoughts
    5. Fantasy
    6. Desires
    7. Arousal
    8. Flirtation
    9. Emotions
    10. Action
    11. Connection
    12. Sex
    13. Love
    14. Detachment
  2. The New Normal
    1. Eroticism and Companionship
    2. What Couples Want May Be Changing
  3. Components of an Affair
    1. The Outside Emotional Relationship
    2. The Dishonesty
    3. The Sexual Relationship
  4. Steps in Recovery
    1. Creating Understanding
    2. Renegotiate Agreements
    3. Initiate Erotic Recovery
    4. Empathy in Recovery
  5. Two Elements in Couple Relationships
    1. Business of Relationship
    2. Sexual Aspects
  6. Create A New Vision of The Relationship
    1. Through Exploration and Discussion with Couples
    2. Outline for Both the New Vision of the Future
    3. Creating Agreement over Accepted Behaviors

Objectives

  • Determine how to help clients develop a code of integrity that will define their monogamy and develop their own unique shared definition of honesty, even if it involves a departure from traditional sexual fidelity
  • Demonstrate how to coach clients on negotiating flexible monogamy arrangements as well as how to renegotiate a new one after infidelity
  • Analyze why open marriages work for some and fail for others—and how to identify the early problem signs and help couples recover when the arrangement isn’t working

Target Audience

Psychologists, Physicians, Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Behavioral Health Professionals

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