Affairs: Helping Couples Heal - Live Online Interactive (3 CE)
Course Level:Â Beginner, Intermediate
This Course Is For:Â Psychologists, Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists
Course Format:Â This is a live, interactive online course taught by an instructor via Zoom. Participants are required to attend the live online workshop, participate in group discussion, and complete the course evaluation before earning the certificate of attendance.
Content By:Â Gerry Grossman, M.A., LMFT
Course Developed By: Jennifer Kolb, LCSW
Bio: Jennifer Kolb, LCSW; Social Work Consultant, reviewed and determined the course meets requirements for continuing education in the field of social work. This course is appropriate for masters and clinical level social workers. Jennifer graduated with a Master’s degree in Social Work with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Louisville, Kentucky. She specializes in school-based psychotherapy with children and adolescents, as well as licensing exam coaching and preparation.
Course Description:
Affairs represent a significant stressor in a couple's relationship. Affairs are one of the most commonly cited reasons why couples dissolve their relationships, and helping couples cope with affairs and discover the underlying dynamic that lead to the affair is an integral part of couples therapy. This presentation is designed to assist clinicians in working with couples that have been impacted by affairs.
The topics covered include the factors which contribute to affairs, such as workplace and online affairs, and precipitating dynamics with in the relationship. Treatment issues specific to the betrayed partner such as "post-infidelity stress disorder", coping with shattered expectations and expressing feelings are presented. Treatment issues related to the unfaithful partner are also described, including developing accountability and openness, contacting the former lover, and exploring the meaning of the affair. For those couples who decide to stay together, therapists also learn some clinical approaches for helping them to build trust and repairing the affair's impact on children.Â
Learning Objectives:
- Explain how to diffuse the immediacy of the conflict between the couple.
- Label the factors that led to the affair and the subsequent feelings of betrayal, depression etc.
- Apply manageable steps for the couple working through an affair.
- Demonstrate to couples who are desirous of staying together how to foster a stronger relationship to help prevent future affairs.
Course Agenda:
Weekend Sessions
9:00am – 9:15am
- Introduction to Course
9:15am-10:00am
- Common Symptoms Presentations
- Possible Causes/ Predictors of Affairs
10:00am-11:30am
- Treatment Strategies for Couples
- Strategies for Complications to Treatment
11:30am-11:45am
- Affair Proofing Strategies for the Future
11:45am-12:00pm
- Conclusion, Q&A
Evening Sessions
5:00pm – 5:15pm
- Introduction to Course
5:15pm-6:00pm
- Common Symptoms Presentations
- Possible Causes/ Predictors of Affairs
6:00pm-7:30pm
- Treatment Strategies for Couples
- Strategies for Complications to Treatment
7:30pm-7:45pm
- Affair Proofing Strategies for the Future
7:45pm-8:00pm
- Conclusion, Q&A
Course Completion Requirements:
Attendees must be present for the duration of the training as evidenced by the attendance report generated by Zoom, as well as complete the course evaluation to receive a certificate of credit.Â
Evaluation:
The course evaluation is accessible in your student account. After completing the training, log into your AATBS student account to complete the course evaluation.Â
How certificate is issued:
Upon verification of attendance and completion of the course evaluation, each participant will be able to access a personal CE certificate of attendance in their student account.
Approvals:
Social workers completing this course receive 3 Clinical continuing education credits.
Board Approvals | American Psychological Association (APA), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), NBCC, Florida Board - Social Work, MFT, Counseling, and Psychology, NYSED - Social Work, MFT and Counseling Only, American Academy of Health Care Providers in the Addictive Disorders |
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CE Format | Live Online |
Asset Includes | Online Programs |