Full Course Description

To Stay or Go: An Introduction to Discernment Counseling

OBJECTIVES

  1. Create an itinerary that employs the Four Paths in Discernment Counseling.

OUTLINE

  • Discernment Counseling with Couples
  • The Children Question
  • The Paths of Discernment Counseling
  • Helping the Divorced Couple Examine Personal Issues
Copyright : 30/06/2015

When is Enough Enough?

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify three deal-breakers for which it can be automatically judged that divorce is the only option for a struggling couple.

OUTLINE

  • DealBreakers when Considering Divorce
  • Therapeutic Neutrality
  • Being Honest with the Clients
  • "Leaning In" Partners
Copyright : 25/06/2015

The Intentional Divorce

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify the proper way to help divorcing couples negotiate thorny issues like custody of children, and financial and property distributions.

OUTLINE

  • The Process of Intentional Divorce
  • Navigating the Agreements of the Divorce
  • When the Couple is Still Sexually Attracted to Each Other
  • The Insight Phase
  • Difference between Meditation and Collaborative Divorce Arrangements
Copyright : 26/06/2015

Divorce Busting

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify three techniques for helping a “leaning in” partner reconnect with his or her distant spouse.

OUTLINE

  • Therapeutic Neutrality
  • Divorce-Busting Question
  • The Distant Spouse
  • Reasons Why to Get a Divorce
Copyright : 11/09/2015

Uncoupling and Recoupling After 50

OBJECTIVES

  1. Create an exercise that employs the joining technique with couples together in therapy.

OUTLINE

  • The Gray Divorce
  • Parents Confiding in Children
  • The Stuck Insider and Stuck Outsider Dilemma
  • "Joining" Technique
  • IFS
Copyright : 20/07/2015

Collaborative Divorce Coaching

OBJECTIVES

  1. Identify a technique for interrupting problematic interactions cycles that can interfere with the process of collaborative divorce.

OUTLINE

  • Divorce Mediation
  • Couples Therapist vs. Collaborative Divorce Coach
  • Collaborative Divorce Stages
  • Training Requirements
  • When the Lawyer Gets Involved
Copyright : 11/09/2015