High levels of conflict wreak havoc on the lives of couples and their children. Recent research indicates that couples need to understand more than the source of their problems—they need concrete skills to manage and master the inevitable challenges of a life together and to prevent destructive conflict.

Based on the latest prevention research, this seminar will provide those who work with couples with a practical set of tools and ideas to help strengthen relationships.

Workshop participants will learn how to

• help couples communicate and solve problems effectively,
• identify expectations and hidden themes,
• strengthen commitment, create and preserve time together,
• soothe deeper hurts, and
• build friendship, fun and sensuality.

Participants will also learn how to apply research findings in therapy to decrease anxiety and increase mutual understanding and acceptance. These techniques are useful for couples at all levels of satisfaction or distress, and at all stages of the life cycle.

Faculty: Peter Fraenkel, PhD, Director, Center for Work and Family, Ackerman Institute; Associate Professor of Psychology, The City College of New York; Clinical Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the NYU Medical Center and former Director, PREP at NYU Child Study Center; author of numerous publications and a national and international presenter on couple therapy, and co-author, The Relational Trauma of Incest: A Family-Based Approach to Treatment.

Date: Friday, January 25, 2008
Time: 10 am to 4 pm
Tuition:b$115
CE Credits: 5

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