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Bad Couples Therapy and How to Avoid It
by William Doherty
I want to propose a new competition for therapists: awards for the worst experiences doing couples therapy. My own entry would be in the category of a worst experience as a new couples therapist in the first session. It was 26 years ago, but as they say, it feels like yesterday. As a graduate student, I'd done individual counseling before, and had worked with parents and kids, but had never worked with a couple. Thirty minutes into the first session, when I was lost in the midst of a meandering series of ...
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Audio Home Study
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Instructor: Harville Hendrix CE Credits: 6
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Instructor: David Treadway CE Credits: 4
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Instructors: Jette Simon CE Credits: 16 This course teaches the basic principles of a powerful approach that helps partners heal each other through relationship.
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Instructor: William Doherty CE Credits: 3 Learn a step-by-step protocol to assist ambivalent couples on the brink of divorce
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Hosted By: Richard Simon Interviewees: John Gottman, Ph.D.; Francine Shapiro, Ph.D.; Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.; Belleruth Naparstek, L.I.S.W.; Paul Pearsall, Ph.D.; Salvador Minuchin, M.D. CE Credits: 6 Lively exchanges with these original thinkers in the field will expand your therapeutic range and creativity.
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Instructor: Susan Johnson CE Credits: 6 Discover how to integrate attachment theory into your work.
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Instructor: Esther Perel CE Credits: 6 Help partners find a language in which they can voice their erotic longings.
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Instructor: Hedy Schleifer CE Credits: 7 Three live-couple interviews demonstrate how to help couples transcend the usual approach-avoidance dance of relationships.
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Instructor: Susan Johnson CE Credits: 6 Go beyond communication techniques to help partners develop a deep and abiding connection.
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Instructor: David Treadway CE Credits: 6 Discover how to help couples be more playful and tolerant of differences in their erotic life together.
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Instructor: William Doherty CE Credits: 5 A clinical map for marriage saving that includes practical, unabashedly biased, divorce-busting strategies.
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Instructor: Terry Real CE Credits: 6 Learn the fundamentals of Relational Recovery Therapy, an approach developed to help restore intimacy in relationships.
Online Reading Courses
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Authors: William Doherty, Barry McCarthy, Jerome Price, Jay Lebow, David Waters CE Credits: 4 Explore the therapist's role in helping couples make the decision whether or not to divorce.
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Authors: David Schnarch, Michele Weiner-Davis, Barry McCarthy, Richard Schwartz CE Credits: 3 Leading contributors demonstrate a range of approaches for dealing with sexual difficulties.
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Authors: Esther Perel, David Schnarch, Katy Butler CE Credits: 3 Help clients rediscover the ordinary fun, adventure, and sheer childlike wonder at the heart of sex.
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Authors: Frank Pittman, Emily Brown, Shirley Glass, Don-David Lusterman CE Credits: 3 Learn how to help couples turn infidelity into an opportunity for greater intimacy.
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Authors: William Doherty, Terry Real, Harville Hendrix, Michele Weiner-Davis CE Credits: 4 A collection of incisive articles by the most thoughtful and innovative couples therapists working today.
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Authors: Susan Johnson, Pat Love, Richard Schwartz, Michael Ventura CE Credits: 4 Revealing perspectives on the dynamics of long-term couples intimacy.
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