4 Day Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with Sue Johnson—First Time Offered in New York!

Through a combination of lecture, videotape, observation of live interviews and exercises, participants will learn the basic concepts and theory of emotionally focused therapy; identify the stages and steps of treatment; begin to formulate problematic cycles of interaction; and help couples end cycles of blame and disengagement so that they can restore and deepen the emotional bond between them.

Sue Johnson 's second edition of her book, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Creating Connections, is recommended reading for participants in the summer program.

Faculty: Sue Johnson, EdD, with Elana Katz, LCSW , is an international expert in the field of marital therapy. She is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa and founding Director of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute.

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Bright Beginnings Summer Intensive

This extended workshop offers participants an opportunity to increase their knowledge about parenting and early childhood development, and learn how to implement the preventive, interactive intervention, Bright Beginnings, for families with infants and toddlers.

Through lecture, discussion, videotape, role play and other experiential exercises, students will:

• Learn the theory of relational development underlying Bright Beginnings (an integration of Adler’s theory of personality and Bowlby’s attachment theory) and the work of developmental researchers and clinicians (e.g., Peter Fonagy, Daniel Stern, Jeree Pawl, Alicia Lieberman, Edward Tronick, Daniel Siegel, T. Berry Brazelton, Stanley Greenspan, Robert Emde)
• Observe the dynamics of parent-child interaction
• Learn to implement Bright Beginnings, either at an agency or in one’s private practice

Faculty: Martha Edwards, PhD, Founder and Director of the Center for the Developing Child and Family. As a psychologist, family therapist, and researcher, she has focused on integrating theory and practice from the areas of family systems, developmental neurobiology, and psychoanalysis. She also develops clinical and preventive interventions for children and their families and is the creator of the Bright Beginnings Parent-Child Program.

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For more information, or to register, contact:
Suna Elmas
212 879-4900, ext 111
training@ackerman.org