Our House is on Fire: A Multiple Systems Approach to Couple Therapy in a Time of Climate Breakdown and Sociopolitical Uncertainties
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In this two-hour workshop, Dr. Wendy Greenspun will apply a multiple-systems framework to consider these complexities from various viewpoints, drawing on psychodynamic and systemic understandings to foster more productive communication, repair ruptures and embrace multiple viewpoints in our couples work.
As we find ourselves mired in multiple layers of uncertainty and alarm, including the unfolding climate and ecological crisis, ongoing sociocultural harms and emergent political upheaval, how do we as couple therapists work with these realities as they emerge in the clinical landscape?
The workshop will include case examples, discussion and small group discussion to help participants grapple experientially with these complicated issues.
This workshop is part of the Couple Therapy Series.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this seminar series, participants will be able to:
- Describe aspects of their emotional responses in the face of unfolding climate and political disruption, as well as ways to remain grounded when these emerge as countertransference reactions in working with couples.
- Describe three approaches to softening emotional activation and polarized responses in couples therapy.
Workshop Details
- Date: Monday, February 22, 2027
- Meeting Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm EST
- In-Person Location: Adelphi University Manhattan Center at 529 Fifth Avenue
- Fee: $100
- 20% Discount: Register for two or more seminars to receive 20% off your total.
Instructor
Wendy Greenspun, PhD
Wendy Greenspun, PhD is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who serves as faculty and supervisor at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis and at the Adelphi University Postgraduate Program in Couple Therapy.
She has published articles and presented on trauma-informed treatment with violence in couples and families. Extending her systems and psychoanalytic thinking, she has published and presented nationally and internationally in the field of climate psychology, and serves on the leadership team of the Climate Psychology Alliance- North America.
She provides trainings and courses for mental health professionals and for the public on ways to work climate distress and grief. She is in private practice in New York City.
Credentialing Information
2 CE Contact Hours
Adelphi University is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Adelphi University maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Adelphi University, Derner School of Psychology, is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0024 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0607 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0185; for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083; and for licensed psychoanalysts #P-0058.
Disclaimer Statement
This continuing education seminar, seminar instructor/s, and the Postgraduate Programs as the seminar’s sponsor, receive no commercial support for the content of instruction (e.g., research grants funding research findings etc.), or benefit for endorsement of products (e.g., books, training, drugs, etc.) that are known to present a conflict of interest.
Cancellation Policy
Full refunds are issued for cancellations made up to 7 working days before the event. Cancellations of less than 7 days for any reason, or no-shows are not refunded. Credit towards a future event/workshop are issued for cancellations less than 7 days and up to 24 hours before the event. No credit is issued for cancellations less than 24 hours before the events or no-shows.
Accessibility
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