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Learn evidence-based tools on how to upskill couples to thrive through the good times using the Gottman Method and how to navigate unexpected loss and grief using Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Presented by Sarah Skellern and Timothy Southwell
Holding Hearts Psychology
Southwell Counselling
This event will feature a presentation in an informal setting with audience discussion.
Venue:
RedBrick Hotel
83 Annerley Rd, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
* please note that this event will take place on level one and there is no elevator available
Knowledge around Couples therapy, research and philosophies is useful for most psychological professionals to hold. Whether working with individuals, conducting research or those wanting to begin couples work; this is a dive into what makes couples work, therapeutic techniques and ideas will enrich your practice.
The evening will follow the below format:
Learn evidence-based tools on how to upskill couples to thrive through the good times using the Gottman Method and how to navigate unexpected loss and grief using Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Grief can feel unpredictable and destabilising. In response to this shock to the couple’s attachment system, partners may become dysregulated, emotionally reactive, distant, or shut down in the days, weeks, months, and years that follow.
You could offer them a supportive space and coping strategies. Or you could help couples shift into the type of emotional balance that allows them to move through grief together — by harnessing the power of attachment science.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) provides a reliable roadmap to tune into clients’ emotions as they grapple with the impact of loss. EFCT takes you to the heart of the matter with clear, structured interventions that will reliably create corrective emotional experiences for your clients in every session.
Sarah will give you a blueprint for working with couples following a significant loss through the lens of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. It will explore the impact of loss and grief from an attachment perspective, looking at how we can use EFT interventions to assist our grieving clients to process their loss together and to grow from suffering.
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Knowledge around Couples therapy, research and philosophies is useful for most psychological professionals to hold. Whether working with individuals, conducting research or those wanting to brave couples work, a dive into what makes couples work, therapeutic techniques and ideas will enrich your practice.
Two alternative couples therapy concepts will be presented in this interactive Masterclass. Tim will talk to the Gottman Method and research, proudly leaning on more than 40 years of scientific evidence. This method endorses a structured, psychodynamic and behavioural approach to couple healing and strengthening.
This event is hosted by the Qld Branch of AACBT.
About this event:
The evening will be 3-hours CPD in total, in an informal setting, with an opportunity for open Q&A – bring your questions!
Key Learning Objectives
This session is suitable for all levels of clinician.
The ticket includes some catering - non-alcoholic drinks and light vegetarian canapes - please include your dietary requirements when you book your ticket.
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Sarah Skellern is a Clinical and Counselling Psychologist, ICEEFT-Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist and Supervisor, and Director of her private practice, Holding Hearts Psychology. She works with individuals and couples to help them develop resilience and secure connections with themselves and others. Her clinical interests include supporting relationships through transitions, distress and repair; sexual challenges; and perinatal grief and loss. Sarah also mentors therapists through individual supervision. Sarah is the Co-Founder of the Elizabeth Rose Foundation, established in memory of her daughter following her stillbirth. Identifying a critical gap in support for bereaved parents, she helped create a charity that funds subsidised, evidence-based couples therapy to reduce relationship breakdown after the loss of a child or baby during pregnancy, birth, infancy or childhood.
Beyond clinical practice, Sarah collaborates on research and working groups with the Mater Research Institute – The University of Queensland and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Stillbirth. She contributes to national education initiatives and conversations aimed at improving bereavement care and outcomes for families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss.
Tim is an accomplished therapist working in Private Practice in Brisbane QLD. His Undergraduate Degree is in Science with a Post Grads in Counselling and Masters in Mental Health Social Work. Tim’s focus areas are Couples Therapy (using the Gottman Method), Critical Incidents, Veterans affairs and EAP. Achievements include leadership roles within EAP services, the Commissioners award for excellence for work at Woodford Prison, Gottman Level Three training and long-term success in Private Practice.
Are there any refunds?
Cancellations attract a 25% processing fee. Cancellations within one week of the event attract a 50% processing fee. Cancellations within 24 hours of the event will not be refunded under any circumstances. If you wish to transfer the name of your registration to someone else there is no charge.
