Professional Development: Victoria & Vancouver

The Mindful Couple Workshop - UVic, Victoria, BC
Saturday September 20, 2014

The Mindful Couple Workshop is a one-day, experiential workshop for couples, created and presented by Connie Feutz, MA, LMHC, a Senior Clinician with The Gottman Institute in Seattle for over 12 years.

A dynamic synthesis of Connie Feutz’ 28 years of clinical experience, clinicians and couples attending this workshop will learn practical and sound methods for building a more harmonious and resilient relationship.

Couples work privately on exercises specifically designed to strengthen their connection as well as exercises which guide them on how to navigate difficult conversations gracefully and mindfully. There is no group work or public disclosure.

John Gottman, PhD calls Connie “An extraordinarily-gifted couples’ therapist.”

Date: Saturday 9/20/14 

Location: University of Victoria.
Fee: $250/couple, $175 single practitioner

For further information, or to register for the workshop: www.TheMindfulCoupleWorkshops.com

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STRENGTHS-BASED CBT: SHOW ME!

A New Two-Day Workshop Presented by Christine A. Padesky, Ph. D.

Vancouver – Oct 7-8, 2014

How often do you watch a master clinician at work and wonder, "How did she know to ask that?" "Why did she do that?" Past workshop participants frequently comment that some of the best learning in Christine Padesky's workshops comes from her clinical demonstrations. Listening to this feedback, Dr. Padesky decided to structure a new workshop series around clinical demonstrations. In this first workshop of her new "Show Me!" series, she reveals what is going through her mind during demonstrations of Strengths-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy.

Each demonstration highlights subtle decision points that guide her practice. For example:

· When and how do you identify client strengths and bring these into client awareness?

· When is it therapeutically helpful to show deep empathy and when is a lighter level of empathy more effective?

· What nonverbal therapist behaviors influence the direction an interview takes?

· How do CBT methods vary depending upon client issues, personality, and strengths?

· When and how do you decide to help a client build a personal model of resilience?

· How do you decide when it might be better to construct new beliefs and behaviors rather than test the old ones?

She lets us listen in as she makes a myriad of decisions concerning what paths to follow as she does this. Following each demonstration and lengthy debriefing attendees will get a chance to work on the same skills.

It promises to be a really useful and refreshingly different way to hone skills and improve learning. All the details (agenda, prices, venues) are posted on our website, where you can book a place and pay on line, request an invoice be sent to your employer, or download a brochure. Please join us this fall.

Find out more and register

Or contact Dr. Lorna Tener at Cognitive Workshops -- tener@cognitiveworkshops.com, 1-888-379-4770.

PS: Early Bird Price deadline is September 5th!