 Sue Johnson, EdD, and Scott Woolley, PhD
San Diego ~ January 5-8, 2009 ~ 9:00am-5:30pm ~ 30 Hours 14455 Penasquitos Dr. San Diego, CA 92129 (858) 672-9100 For Discounted Rooms Click Here (Offer ends December 3, 2008) Sue Johnson, EdD, is Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Ottawa University and Director of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute. She is a registered psychologist in the province of Ontario, Canada and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. She is one of the originators of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), now one of the best validated couples interventions in North America. In the past ten years she has authored two books on EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (1988, Guilford Press) with Leslie Greenberg and, most recently, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy : Creating Connection (1996, Brunner/Mazel). She has also authored numerous articles and research studies on couples therapy. 
Scott Woolley, PhD, is Director of the Marital and Family Therapy Masters and Doctoral Programs in the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. He has a clinical specialization in couples therapy and MFT supervision and has trained mental health professionals in Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Canada, and throughout the United States in couple therapy and/or supervision. In recent years, Dr. Woolley has worked closely with Dr. Susan Johnson, founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy, and with Jay Haley, a senior founder of the field of family therapy. Dr. Woolley is licensed in both Texas and California, and is an AAMFT Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor.
This externship is recommended to all professionals who counsel couples. The four-day externship includes observation of live interviews, theory and clinical techniques, skill training exercises, and supervision in specific areas. Participants learn to see marital distress from an attachment perspective, help partners reprocess the emotional responses that maintain marital distress, shape new interactions and bonding events, and overcome therapeutic impasses. |
