2021 Winter Learning Series
Integrating Relationship & Spirituality into
Addiction & Mental Health
An Introduction to Congruence Couple Therapy
Live Interactive Zoom
Starting January 23, 2021
Saturdays, 6 sessions, 1-3 p.m. (Mountain Time)
From workshop participants:
“The [online] CCT workshop expands my therapeutic skills in a way that’s interesting and enjoyable.”
“I can affirm that CCT’s approach is very relevant and I use its principles in any counselling that I do.”
“We as counsellors found this to be such meaningful work; I know that my overall job satisfaction has increased being able to incorporate couple’s counselling 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!”
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Description
Counsellor training is often under-focused on skills and concepts for working with relationships, spirituality and family-of-origin issues. Such an integrative focus is especially important in the time of COVID-19 when domestic violence, substance use and relational distress are on the rise due to too much or too little social contact. Spirituality is an under-utilized resource in times of distress. This online interactive course invites participants to develop systems thinking based on interconnections of psychological, relational, intergenerational and spiritual components with Congruence Couple Therapy (CCT), a therapy model based on the work of a family therapy pioneer, Virginia Satir. Key concepts, movements and interventions of CCT, an integrative humanistic model with an empirical base, will be presented and discussed. CCT is a model that has been shown to produce significant improvement in clinical outcomes in addiction, depression symptoms, overall mental health, emotion regulation, individual functioning and couple relationship. It integrates the treatment of adverse childhood experiences and addiction using the couple relationship. While initially developed for couples, CCT’s systemic framework provides a roadmap that can also be applied to holistic work with individuals. Client/couple progress was accomplished within a short-term time-frame of approximately 12 sessions. For more information and to view the AHS Knowledge Translation PowerPoint on CCT, visit: https://hdl.handle.net/10133/5736 Participants Counsellors practising in the field 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. Dates & Times Sessions are held through Zoom on the following dates between 1-3pm MDT: January 23 – March 13, 2021 Dates: Jan. 23, 30; Feb. 13, 20, 27; Mar. 13 Saturdays, 6 sessions, 1-3 p.m. (Mountain Time) A Zoom invitation will be sent before each meeting. |
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Objectives
At the end of the series, participants will be able to:
Topics
$335 USD and includes the Congruence Couple Concept and Method e-workbook
Early Bird registration by January 10, 2021: $300 USD
Send registration to: openheartcouples@gmail.com Payment instructions will follow.
If enrollment is full, please contact openheartcouples@gmail.com to be placed on the waitlist.
Presenter & Facilitator
Bonnie Lee, PhD, RSW, AAMFT Clinical Fellow, CAMFT member, 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 and Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Lee is the Principal Investigator in two decades of research that developed the theory and efficacy 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.
Certificate of Completion will be awarded at the end of the series.
At the end of the series, participants will be able to:
- Understand the systemic framework underpinning Congruence Couple Therapy
- Engage both partners in a balanced therapeutic alliance infused with hope
- Know what areas to assess when working with couples/individuals in addiction and mental health
- Attempt to link the four dimensions of CCT in the counselling process
- Consolidate change to maintain gains
Topics
- Fostering hope and forming a balanced alliance
- The Four Dimensions: intrapsychic, interpersonal, intergenerational, universal-spiritual
- Delineating communication cycles and shifting to congruence
- Linking the 4 dimensions
- Opening up and validating the universal-spiritual dimension
- Consolidating change
$335 USD and includes the Congruence Couple Concept and Method e-workbook
Early Bird registration by January 10, 2021: $300 USD
Send registration to: openheartcouples@gmail.com Payment instructions will follow.
If enrollment is full, please contact openheartcouples@gmail.com to be placed on the waitlist.
Presenter & Facilitator
Bonnie Lee, PhD, RSW, AAMFT Clinical Fellow, CAMFT member, 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 and Canadian Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Lee is the Principal Investigator in two decades of research that developed the theory and efficacy 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.
Certificate of Completion will be awarded at the end of the series.
