2021 Fall ZOOM Workshop Series
An Introduction to Congruence Couple Therapy (12 hrs.):
Working with Childhood Trauma, Couple Distress, Addiction & Mental Health
Working with Childhood Trauma, Couple Distress, Addiction & Mental Health
Six 2-hour SUNDAY sessions: NOV. 7 - DEC. 12, 2021
noon-2 p.m. EST; 2-4 p.m. MDT
noon-2 p.m. EST; 2-4 p.m. MDT
Description
This interactive workshop series offers a theoretical, practical and evidence-based introduction to Congruence Couple Therapy (CCT). CCT is a humanistic, systemic, trauma-informed model that utilizes the couple relationship as a resource to create significant clinical outcomes for addiction and mental health. It offers a conceptual shift away from focusing solely on the individual and symptom reduction to address the complex and relational issues that often underlie gambling and addictive disorders. Family of origin influences, couple communication, self-awareness, self-esteem, and life transitions are addressed. Participants will engage in discussion of cases and clinical vignettes on how CCT can be applied to clinical presentations of problem gambling, substance use, and other co-occurring mental health issues with this trauma-informed approach.
Audience
Marriage and family therapists, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and related professions and graduate students in counselling fields are welcome to join this interactive introduction to CCT.
Format & Method
Using an electronic Congruence Couple Concept and Method workbook as a guide, we will use pre-session readings, short lectures, discussion, case studies and role-playing for participants to learn the key tenets of this innovative, short-term couple therapy to improve mental health and addiction outcomes.
A ZOOM invitation will be sent for the meetings.
Objectives
At the end of the series, participants will be able to:
1. View and treat addictions with a systemic lens of inter-related parts linking childhood experiences and present couples relationships.
2. Improve couple communication and emotion regulation.
3. Engage both partners in a balanced therapeutic alliance infused with hope.
4. Begin to apply the road-map and the four-dimensional key systemic interventions of Congruence Couple Therapy.
5. Learn what the research evidence from Congruence Couple Therapy can teach us.
Fee & Payment
Early Bird registration by October 15, 2021 -- $350
Regular registration: $375 includes the Congruence Couple Concept and Method e-workbook and taxes.
Payment from within Canada by e-transfer to openheartcouples@gmail.com
Method of international e-transfer will be sent once we receive your Registration Form.
Use this link to complete your Registration Form.
Early Bird registration by October 15, 2021 -- $350
Regular registration: $375 includes the Congruence Couple Concept and Method e-workbook and taxes.
Payment from within Canada by e-transfer to openheartcouples@gmail.com
Method of international e-transfer will be sent once we receive your Registration Form.
Use this link to complete your Registration Form.
Teacher & Facilitator
Bonnie Lee, PhD, RSW, RMFT, AAMFT Clinical Fellow, is an Associate Professor in Health Sciences (Addictions Counselling) at the University of Lethbridge. A highly-rated speaker, international trainer and a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Lee is the Principal Investigator in two decades of research that developed the theory and evidence base of Congruence Couple Therapy for addiction and concurrent disorders. In recognition of her national and international leadership in bringing an innovative couple therapy approach into the treatment of addiction, she was awarded the university Board of Governors Research Chair Tier II (2016-19). Her articles and research on couple treatment outcomes, training evaluation, trauma and addiction, and a relational framework for addiction and mental health are published in peer reviewed international journals.
Feedback from Workshop Participants
“Bonnie Lee Ph.D. is a rare teacher. She walks in the world of research and she is able to support her concepts with good methodology. She then takes these methods to the world of therapy and explores application of her ideas with critical eyes. Her multi-cultural lens provides an opportunity to see human universals and patterns with the ability to translate those observations in this work. She is articulating a process that needs articulation.” -Stephen Buckbee, Living Treasure of the Satir Global Network
“We as counsellors found this to be such meaningful work; I know that my overall job satisfaction has increased being able to incorporate Congruence Couple Therapy into my practice.”
“There has never been a model that put all these different components together with an evidence base.”
“Bonnie is a great facilitator, so engaging, and fun to learn from!”
Bonnie Lee, PhD, RSW, RMFT, AAMFT Clinical Fellow, is an Associate Professor in Health Sciences (Addictions Counselling) at the University of Lethbridge. A highly-rated speaker, international trainer and a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Lee is the Principal Investigator in two decades of research that developed the theory and evidence base of Congruence Couple Therapy for addiction and concurrent disorders. In recognition of her national and international leadership in bringing an innovative couple therapy approach into the treatment of addiction, she was awarded the university Board of Governors Research Chair Tier II (2016-19). Her articles and research on couple treatment outcomes, training evaluation, trauma and addiction, and a relational framework for addiction and mental health are published in peer reviewed international journals.
Feedback from Workshop Participants
“Bonnie Lee Ph.D. is a rare teacher. She walks in the world of research and she is able to support her concepts with good methodology. She then takes these methods to the world of therapy and explores application of her ideas with critical eyes. Her multi-cultural lens provides an opportunity to see human universals and patterns with the ability to translate those observations in this work. She is articulating a process that needs articulation.” -Stephen Buckbee, Living Treasure of the Satir Global Network
“We as counsellors found this to be such meaningful work; I know that my overall job satisfaction has increased being able to incorporate Congruence Couple Therapy into my practice.”
“There has never been a model that put all these different components together with an evidence base.”
“Bonnie is a great facilitator, so engaging, and fun to learn from!”
