Consultation Groups

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Couples Consultation Groups

Friday Group, 12:30 - 2:30, every two weeks
current openings to start on July 7, 2023

Thursday Group, 9:30 - 11:30, every two weeks
current openings to start on August 24, 2023

These consultation groups are for licensed therapists who want to increase their understanding of couples therapy and their skills in working with couples. We will learn couples therapy using the case study method. Each meeting we will discuss two cases from our practices. You are invited to present a case of yours, if you'd like to. You are not required to present a case. You have the option of posing a clinical question instead, or just learning from the other cases presented.

In each case discussion we will do our best to answer the therapist's questions. We usually discuss how to proceed at a difficult juncture in therapy. We discuss how to help with that particular couple, and we discuss the principles and interventions that can be used with similar couples in everyone's practice.

It's a very practical method. You learn skills to use, and interventions to consider. You also learn the art of deciding what-to-do-when -- how a couples therapist considers many different ideas, theories and interventions -- and chooses which to do when, and with whom.

When you do discuss a case of yours, you can use any format you like. Some people make detailed, lengthy case presentations. Others just briefly describe their couple, and then ask the question that they are facing.

This training group is open to all therapists, there is no prerequisite. It is designed for psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, and pastoral counselors. The online meetings are on Zoom.

The cost is $85 per meeting. Each participant commits to attend, and pay for, a series of six meetings. Everyone is allowed one free miss.

LPCs can earn 2 Core hours of CE per meeting.
Psychologists can earn up to 6 hours of CE in Category V.
CEs for Social Workers and LMFTs are pending.

Advanced Consultation Group

Working with Difficult Couples is an advanced consultation group that meets every three weeks on Wednesdays, 9:30 to 11:30. This group is limited to therapists who have taken two sessions of our Couples Consultation Group. New members are admitted when space becomes available.

New members commit to attending for six months. Everyone is entitled to one free miss per six meetings.

LPCs can earn 2 Core hours of CE per meeting.
Psychologists can earn up to 6 hours of CE in Category V.
CEs for Social Workers and LMFTs are pending.