Our House Is On Fire”: A Multiple Systems Approach To Couple Therapy In A Time of Climate Breakdown and Sociopolitical Uncertainties

How do we navigate our own complicated countertransference reactions since we are embedded in the same fires of the “polycrisis” as the couples we are helping? And how do we apply what we already know as well as broaden our conceptualizations to find creative ways to work with emergent dysregulation and polarization in couple relationships?

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. The workshop will include case examples, discussion and breakout rooms to help participants grapple experientially with these complicated issues.

This workshop is part of the Program in Couple Therapy Series.

Workshop Information

Date

October 18, 2025

Time

12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.

Location

Online

CEUs

2 CE Contact Hours

Fee

$100

Speaker

Wendy Greenspun, PhD

Wendy Greenspun, Ph.D. 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, including at the 2022 UN Psychology Day. She provides trainings and courses for mental health professionals and for the public on ways to work climate distress and grief. She also facilitates climate cafes, group forums for processing climate emotions. She is in private practice in New York City.

Credentialing Information

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.