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Marcia Naomi Berger, LCSW ~ 4 Hrs March 25, 2011 ~ 10:00am-2:30pm San Francisco, CA  Clinicians who take this course
will gain a practical, cognitive-behavioral self-help tool demonstrated
to
increase relationship happiness: the Marriage Meeting Program. Not a
replacement for psychotherapy, marriage meetings often enhance the
process.
Periodically clients slip back into dysfunctional ways of relating learned in families of origin. Clinicians can empower them to stay on track with a weekly “marriage meeting” that fosters intimacy, romance, teamwork, and successful resolution of conflicts. In this class you will learn to:
• Communicate to
clients the benefits, structure,
guidelines, and techniques for effective Marriage Meetings. • Explain to clients, step-by-step, how to conduct each of the four parts of the Marriage Meeting agenda..
• Foster clients’
use of communication skills that
contribute to successful Marriage Meetings.
• Adapt
Marriage Meeting Program
techniques to help couples
who are not yet ready to implement the program. The instructor will illustrate concepts with case examples and demonstrate couples therapy. Class participants are invited to bring in their own examples of clients who want a more fulfilling relationship with a significant other; discussion will include ways to implement and/or adapt features of the Marriage Meeting Program for specific situations. Marcia Naomi
Berger,
MSW, LCSW, (B.A., |
