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Digital Seminar

From Chaos to Creativity: Facilitating Play in High Conflict Couples


Speaker:
Shadeen Francis, LMFT
Duration:
1 Hour 15 Minutes
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN and FR, handouts in EN and FR
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Sep 08, 2023
Product Code:
POS059508


Description

Working with couples who have high levels of active conflict can feel like an unwinnable game. When every conversation is a new opportunity for aggression or escalation, the therapy office can feel more like a sparring ring than a healing space. If not addressed, these dynamics stop therapy. How do we change the rules of the game to create an atmosphere that feels more open and collaborative? Maybe even FUN? This interactive workshop will explore creative opportunities to change the tone of therapy work, pivoting the focus from tension and negativity to kindness and play. In this session, you will explore, 

  • Opportunities to harness the energy of conflict into passion for play 
  • Real case studies showcasing successful outcomes for a few common high conflict presentations, such as hostility, unsportsmanlike competition, passive aggression, stonewalling, couples who take revenge, and couples who turn on the therapist.  
  • Techniques to help couples to express and negotiate their needs in conflict, foster a sense of collaboration, and establish an atmosphere of shared vulnerability and empathy. 
     

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Program Information

Planning Committee Disclosure - No relevant relationships

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners.  For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.



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**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



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Speaker

Shadeen Francis, LMFT's Profile

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Shadeen Francis, LMFT, is a therapist, professor, and author specializing in sex therapy and social justice. She trains organizations and is a guest expert for various media outlets, including CBC, NBC, and Fox.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Shadeen Francis has employment relationships with The People's Therapy Group and Council for Relationships. She serves as a clinical advisor for Actually Wellness and is a co-founding expert for Mine'd. Shadeen Francis receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Shadeen Francis is a member of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists, Women of Color Sexual Health Network, the Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians, the Family Therapist Education & Advocacy Movement, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is an ad-hoc reviewer with Routledge Press.


Additional Info

Program Information

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Objectives

  1. Understand the importance of playfulness in conflict resolution and its theoretical basis. 
  2. Apply practical techniques to foster an environment of playfulness in contentious therapy sessions. 
  3. Examine their own conflict resolution strategies and emotional barriers to successful engagement with in-session chaos.
  4. Assess for risk and recognize contra-indications for implementing playfulness in therapy.
  5. Evaluate the application potential of this approach in their own clinical work through the examination of real-life case studies.

Outline

  • Understand the importance of playfulness in conflict resolution and its theoretical basis. 
  • Apply practical techniques to foster an environment of playfulness in contentious therapy sessions. 
  • Examine their own conflict resolution strategies and emotional barriers to successful engagement with in-session chaos.
  • Assess for risk and recognize contra-indications for implementing playfulness in therapy.
  • Evaluate the application potential of this approach in their own clinical work through the examination of real-life case studies.

Target Audience

Counselors
Social Workers
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Therapists
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Physicians
Nurses
Other Mental Health Professionals

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