Case vignettes are used to illustrate points. This symposium is intended for all clinicians in the mental health field. The focus of this half-day workshop is how and when to involve families in play therapy with their children. Critical moments that occur during the family s life cycle may negatively impact the development of one or more members. Participants examine children s reactions to changes of residence, birth of siblings, divorce, chronic illness, and death, and increase their comfort level for working with children and their families.
Most couples therapy teaches partners to solve problems and resolve conflicts.
That is not enough. We now know that the changes that result from these therapies are weak and short-lived. To increase couples resilience, they need to learn to conflict more genuinely and to love with greater passion and intimacy. This integrative workshop teaches practitioners how to help couples conflict genuinely and love passionately. The full-day workshop uses lecture, group discussion, and video presentation.