Couples Therapy Consultation: Solutions to Your Questions and Obstacles (SA11)
Saturday, May 3, 2008
2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. (2 CE Hrs.) , *CD Available

As a seasoned therapist, have you wondered how to handle a couple who present with lots of acting out behavior? Have you wondered how to approach the first phone call so more couples come in for the first session? Do you feel perplexed at times about how to handle blame, regression, or a narcissistic partner? This brand-new workshop was designed specifically for YOU to present YOUR cases and ask questions about perplexing dilemmas YOU have when working with couples. If you have a situation that you would like to present, please contact Ellyn Bader at Ellyn@couplesinstitute.com and she will provide you with a format. This will be a REAL hands-on “Help! What do I do now!?” workshop! (*CD of workshop available for purchase, see page 16 for details.)

Ellyn Bader, Ph.D., is in private practice and is Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. She served on the Clinical faculty at Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry for 8 years. Over the past 25 years she has conducted professional training programs in couples therapy and has trained therapists throughout the United States as well as Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. She is a past-president of the International Transactional Analysis Association and a recipient of the Clark Vincent Award for an outstanding literary contribution to the field of marital therapy from the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Dr. Bader is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences. She and her husband, Peter Pearson, Ph.D., coauthored the book, In Quest of the Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples Therapy (Brunner/Mazel) and Tell Me No Lies: How to Face the Truth and Build an Honest Marriage (St.Martins Press).