Therapeutic Interventions That Facilitate Working With Couples
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In this five-week seminar, we address approaches that work best as a function of the idiosyncratic qualities of every couple that we see clinically.
Our seminar includes initial discussion approaches; the importance of diagnostic understanding of the couple as a unit and the individuals that make up the couple; the application of Object Relations and other approaches; the use of dreams and phantasy material; how to decide when to work with the couple and when to focus on the individuals that comprise the couple; as well as dealing with our own comfort in using our experiences in session.
This workshop is part of the Couple Therapy Series.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this seminar series, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the importance of each partner’s individual history as well as the shared history of the couple.
- Understand how and when to work with dreams in couple therapy.
- Apply concepts from object relations theory to promote therapeutic work with couples.
- Apply concepts from self psychology to inform and support couple therapy.
- Understand how transference influences each partner’s attitudes toward the other.
- Recognize and manage transference dynamics between the couple and the therapist while developing skills to foster a constructive therapeutic environment for the couple.
Workshop Details
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Dates:
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026
- Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Meeting Time: 3:30pm – 5:00pm EST
- Fee: $375
- 20% Discount: Register for two or more seminars to receive 20% off your total.
Instructor
Albert J. Brok, PhD
Board: Division of Psychoanalysis, American Psychological Association (APA)
Author and co-author of six books and more than 60 articles on couple therapy, group therapy and cinema. Author of Play, Illusion, Reality and Trauma (IP Books, New York).
Founder and former Director of Couple Therapy Training at the Tavistock Institute of Mental Health (TIMH). Guest lecturer for the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association and the Asociación Psicoanalítica de Madrid, Spain.
Former President of Sections I and VII, Division 39, APA. Maintains a private practice and is fluent in Spanish.
Credentialing Information
7.5 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.
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