Couples, Family Category

Doing Couple Therapy

14 CE Hours
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About the Course

Couple therapy is complicated; it is more difficult in many ways than individual therapy. To do it well, a therapist needs to consider its unique challenges. This book begins with theoretical foundations, but quickly moves toward concrete skills and application to common clinical presentation. The author provides specific ways to avoid pitfalls and bolster professional confidence and competence.

This course is based on the book, Doing Couple Therapy created by Robert Taibbi in 2019.

Publication Details

Publication Date: Aug 2019

Course Material Author

Robert Taibbi
Robert Taibbi, LCSW, has over 40 years experience as a clinician, supervisor, and clinical director, primarily in community mental health supervisor, and clinical director, primarily in community mental health. Author, columnist, adjunct professor, Mr. Taibbi is currently in private practice in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Robert Taibbi authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

Barbara F. McMillan, LPC

Barbara McMillan, BA, MS, EdD, LPC has 35 years of experience as a therapist, clinical director, and administrator in mental health and substance abuse programs. She holds degrees in psychology and education, and has been a licensed professional counselor and supervising counselor for many years. After 18 years in various roles in private and public mental health settings, she became a full-time college psychology and sociology instructor.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Differentiate couple therapy from other approaches.
  2. 2 List strategies for the opening sessions.
  3. 3 Select and implement appropriate treatment maps.
  4. 4 Identify the three major obstacles to couples being successful in therapy.
  5. 5 Discuss the stages of treatment.
  6. 6 Provide competent, ethical, couples therapy

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Barbara F. McMillan, LPC – No relevant financial relationships.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$100.80 + materials
Materials must be purchased for $30.00 from Amazon or Guilford Press.
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Course Details

14 CE Hours
Book
Course 103050

Related Topics

Evidence Based Interventions Couples

Availability

This course is available until Jan 4th, 2029.

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