Bundle & Save!Distressed couples often find themselves trapped in cycles of emotional reactivity, each blaming the other and feeling powerless in the relationship. In this 90-minute on-demand workshop, Dr. Mona Fishbane presents an integrative approach to help clinicians move couples beyond these destructive patterns toward relational empowerment, responsibility, and generosity.
Drawing on research from interpersonal neurobiology, Dr. Fishbane explores how vulnerabilities and survival strategies—often rooted in family of origin and sociocultural context—fuel the couple’s dance. The workshop will introduce specific clinical techniques to strengthen emotion regulation, promote fairness and respect, and address power dynamics in relational impasses.
Challenging the values of competition and individualism embedded in U.S. culture, Dr. Fishbane offers practical guidance on cultivating relational ethics, helping couples live with greater intentionality, generosity, and alignment with their highest values.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to:
- Identify vulnerabilities and survival strategies that contribute to reactivity and conflict in couples, including family-of-origin and sociocultural influences.
- Apply clinical techniques to strengthen emotion regulation, enhance thoughtfulness, and reduce reactive cycles.
- Recognize and address power dynamics in couples therapy, fostering fairness, mutual respect, and more balanced interactions.
- Integrate principles of relational ethics to help couples move from competition and blame toward empowerment, generosity, and shared values
Who Should Attend:
This training is ideal for therapists, counselors, and mental health professionals who want practical tools to help couples move beyond reactivity into empowerment, fairness, and deeper connection.
Meet Dr. Mona Fishbane:
Mona Fishbane, PhD, clinical psychologist in New Jersey, is former Director of Couple Therapy Training, Chicago Center for Family Health. Mona lectures nationally and internationally; she has published numerous articles on couple therapy, intergenerational relationships, and interpersonal neurobiology. Mona received the 2017 Family Psychologist of the Year Award from The American Psychological Association (Society for Couple & Family Psychology); and the 2023 Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Award from AFTA (American Family Therapy Academy). Mona’s book, Loving with the Brain in Mind: Neurobiology & Couple Therapy (2013), is part of the Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology. Mona’s website: www.monafishbane.com
