Couple Therapy Seminar Series
If you are a mental health professional and are licensed or license-eligible in your state, our seminars are the next step in establishing yourself as an expert in the field of couple psychotherapy. No prior experience treating couples is required.
The Adelphi University Postgraduate Program in Couple Therapy Seminar Series is dedicated to educating and training licensed or license-eligible mental health professionals to become experts in couples therapy.
Our continuing education seminars provide advanced clinical training grounded in systemic therapy and enriched by psychoanalytic perspectives. No prior experience treating couples is required.
Candidates must hold a graduate degree in a mental health discipline (LMHC, LCSW, PsyD, PhD or MD) and be licensed or license-eligible in their state.
Training Philosophy
This program emphasizes systemic therapy enhanced by psychoanalytic concepts. We help clinicians understand the issues couples bring to treatment as co-created relational phenomena shaped by:
- relational enactments
- intergenerational patterns and family-of-origin dynamics
- unresolved experiences from the past
The program also explores how wishes, fears and dreams influence relationships while integrating the clinical use of transference and countertransference. Faculty introduce a range of theories and treatment approaches, allowing participants to develop a clinical framework that best fits their work with couples.
Because effective couples therapy requires both conceptual understanding and practical intervention, the curriculum combines theory with hands-on clinical guidance. Participants learn empirically supported skills and techniques alongside psychodynamic and systemic approaches, with the ultimate goal of helping couples create meaningful and lasting change in whatever form is right for them.
Seminar Format
The Program in Couples Therapy is offered as a continuing education seminar series, allowing professionals to build their training over time while maintaining flexibility in their professional schedules.
- Live online via Zoom
- Individual seminars offered throughout the year
- Register for the seminars that best match your interests and professional goals
The continuing education format allows participants to tailor their learning experience while gaining exposure to a broad range of clinical topics, relationship structures and treatment approaches. An Advanced Certificate in Couples Therapy will be available for professionals seeking a more comprehensive course of study.
Discounts
Registrants registering for 2 or more seminars will receive a 20% discount off the total.
Credentialing Information
CE contact hours available for NYS: Psy, SW, MHC, MFT & Psychoanalysts and APA: Psy
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 and by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0083.
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.
Program Contact
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Hy Weinberg Center 325