On-Demand: Starting Well with Couples - 5 CEUs

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• CE Hours Included: 5 Core (please see below for details)
• Format: On-Demand Webinar (“Asynchronous”) ~ At your leisure to be viewed at your own pace. You may pause, rewind, and fast forward at any point during the videos. You are in complete control of how you view this workshop. It also comes with a PowerPoint and references. There is a quiz at the end to ensure viewing and required by all CE approval organizations.
• Investment: $120 (provides lifetime access!)
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• Presented by: David Woodsfellow, Ph.D. (see bio below)
• Instruction Level: Intermediate
  
• Target Audience: Psychologists, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Psychotherapists, Other Mental Health Professionals
• This workshop is not yet available; by pre-registering, you will receive immediate access when it becomes available in July.

Learning Objectives:

In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Explain John Gottman’s three-step couples assessment
• List the details of your own couples' assessment
• Analyze each couple’s strengths, weaknesses, and prognosis
• Identify the areas each person needs to improve
• Create a specific treatment plan for each couple
• Demonstrate how to give couples important feedback about their situation

Workshop Description:

Are you anxious when you meet with a new couple? Do you feel overwhelmed? There’s so much to do and so little time:

• You need to establish rapport with both of them—even when they disagree.
• You need to hear and understand each of them—even if they are very escalated.
• You need to give them a positive experience – even though they’re hurt, scared, or angry.
• You need to instill some hope – even when they’re very discouraged.
• You need to show them that therapy can help – even if one is very skeptical.
• You need to explain your policies and get informed consent to treatment.
• . . . . And get payment. And make their next appointment, etc.

It’s impossible to do all this at once. Luckily, there’s a much better way. John Gottman suggests we start therapy with a three-step assessment process. Dr. Woodsfellow has done this with over 500 couples, and it is so much easier and more effective. You’ll be amazed at the difference it will make in your therapy.

Presented by: David Woodsfellow, Ph.D.

Dr. David Woodsfellow is a licensed psychologist whose practice is 100% couples therapy. He has been seeing couples -- only couples, no individuals -- for 20 years, and teaching other therapists about couples therapy for 15 years. His workshops are highly engaging and immediately useable.

Dr. Woodsfellow received his B.A. at Harvard, his M.Ed. at Antioch New England, his M.A. at UC Santa Barbara, and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Georgia State University. He did his clinical psychology internship at the Neuropsychiatric Institute of UCLA Medical School. Dr. Woodsfellow has been personally trained by Drs. Harville Hendrix, John Gray, John Gottman, and Mr. Terry Real. He holds Master Certification in Relationship Empowerment Therapy, and has previously been a Certified Imago Relationship Therapist. He has taken Advanced Training in Gottman-Method Relationship Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy.

5 Core "Asynchronous" CE Clock Hours Included - Details by License Type Below:

• PSYCHOLOGISTS: The Knowledge Tree is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Knowledge Tree maintains responsibility for this program and its content. For more detailed information on the current CE ruling in Georgia, or if you are licensed in another state or country, please click here.
• COUNSELORS: The Knowledge Tree has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP), ACEP No. 7153. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Knowledge Tree is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Please click here for more detailed information.

• SOCIAL WORKERS: This workshop has been approved for 5 Core CE hours through the Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work (GSCSW), approval #050524. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.
• MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: This workshop has been approved for 5 Core CE hours through the Georgia Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (GAMFT), approval #133-2024. If you are licensed in another state or country, please click here for more detailed information.

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