Discernment Counselling
Bill Doherty, Ph.D, co-founder and internationally recognized marriage expert has been working with therapists, legislators, lawyers and
mediators for years to better serve couples struggling with divorce
decisions. As a researcher, he has documented high levels of divorce
ambivalence among couples even after starting the divorce process. As a
therapist, he has developed Discernment Counseling, a new way to work
with divorce ambivalence presenting in the form “mixed agenda” couples
where one partner is leaning out of the marriage and the other wants to
save it. This is a frustrating and challenging situation for
therapists, lawyers, mediators—and most of all, for the couples
themselves.
From Clinton Power of Australia Counselling:
The founder of this protocol, Bill Doherty, Ph.D., is currently in Australia
working with various agencies for training and a possible dissemination through
government money aimed at divorce prevention.
Bill has developed a 25
hour online training to equip therapists with a new way of working with one of
the most challenging types of couples, who he calls
mixed-agenda.
In these couples, one partner is uncertain
if they want to stay in the marriage or long term relationship, while
the other is often desperate to work on saving the relationship. This
presents numerous challenges for therapists, because no matter what you
say, you are aligning with one of the people and the other is upset or stalls
out the therapy process.
You can listen
to an in-depth discussion of Discernment Counselling in the podcast interview I did with him here.
Developed over his 35 year career, with
research backing and a book in the works through the American Psychological
Association, this is a protocol to consider adding to your skill set if you work
with couples.
In this free video series, Bill explains exactly why this
model works for these challenging couples, what it involves for you as a
therapist to learn it, and how he hopes to make this new type of therapy a
household name.
Click here to get the free video series.
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