IIGP

Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy

Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy
29600 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 100A
Southfield, MI 48034
(248) 353-5333

psychotherapy

An Overview of Emotion-Focused Therapy: An Evidence Based Approach to Treatment

September 12, 19, 26,  2017

12:15 – 1:30 pm

IIGP

29600 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 100A

Southfield, MI 48034

 

This course will have a brief overview of the history of Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)

and will address the theory and therapeutic process used with EFT approach.  Clinical

materials will be utilized to integrate the uses of EFT.

 

Participants will:

  1. Identify the principles of EFT theory.
  1. Understand the overlaps of EFT and Crisis Mobilization Theory (CMT).
  1. Recognize ways to integrate EFT into clinical material.

 

Anne K. Herrick, MSW,  completed her Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts at Albion College, Albion, Michigan in 1998 where she studied psychology.  She then obtained her Master’s in Social Work at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan in 2000.  While in her graduate program, Anne focused on individual and group work in both inpatient and outpatient settings.  Upon graduation Anne treated families and children in a variety of settings including in-home support and behavioral issue consulting.  Since that time Anne has assisted many families adjusting to parenting through the Beaumont Hospital Parenting Program.  Anne is a graduate of  The Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers.

Robert Rogers PhD, LP is a graduate of the University of Detroit-Mercy. He has been a Psychologist for 16 years and Adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy. Currently in private practice, Robert is a graduate of The Institute for Individual and Group Psychotherapy.

Tuesday Seminar Registration: 

Please email the Institute at deborah@iigp.orq for reservations. The registration deadline for the Seminar is Tuesday

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September 12, 19, 26,  2017. Registration deadline is 15 minutes prior to the session. The sessions will begin promptly.

Fees are payable in advance and assignments (if applicable) will be sent out only after payment has been received. Checks are payable to IIGP and can be mailed to the office, 29600 Northwestern Hwy, Suite 100A, Southfield, MI 48034.
Please include your contact information in your email (Name, address, phone, email, degree etc.)

The IIGP Faculty, CME/CE committee members and the presenters receive no commercial support nor have conflicts of interest for this seminar.
The Institute for Individual and group Psychotherapy is committed to training psychotherapists. IIGP is approved by the Michigan State Medical society to provide continuing education for phsyicians.  Not all programs are eligible for CME – please check with the Institute. Our programs are approved by the Michigan Social Work continuing Education Collaborative for Social Workers.

Love and Intimacy,Transference and the Real Relationship: The Role of Group Psychotherapy

Feb. 7, 14, 28    12:15-1:30PM

3.5 Continuing Education Credits Available – $50.00

Registration Deadline:  Tuesday,February 7, 2017 (12:00pm)

The influence of one’s history and hormonal factors on what one perceives as “love” and “intimacy” will be explored from the point of view of both traditional psychoanalytic theory and more recent research uncovering the influence of naturally occurring chemicals of the body on emotions and attachment, both in psychotherapy and in everyday life.

Objectives:

  • Learn how body chemistry affects the attraction to another, the experience of “falling in love” and long-term attachment.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of the degree to which decision-making, in this case regarding relationships, happens at an unconscious level before one is even aware a decision is to be made.
  • Share clinical experience in helping a patient become aware of emotionally/hormonally driven decisions about relationships.

Agenda:

  • Feb.7     Review and discuss reading and  relate readings to clinical experience.
  • Feb. 14  Review and discuss reading while relating to clinical work, review role of hormones in love and the attachment.  Relate hormone discussion to clinical experiences.
  • Feb. 28  Explore and discuss “love” and attachment as expressed between patient and therapist and between patients in a group.  Briefly discuss the above factors as they relate to boundary violations and ethics misconduct.

 

Presenter:

Please read more about presenter, Paul P. Shultz, LCSW HERE.

The workshop will be held at the IIGP at:

29600 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 100A

Southfield, MI 48034

 

To register for upcoming seminars, please email or call Deborah@iigp.org or 248.353.5333

The Value of Co-Therapy

Working in tandem as co-therapists has multiple benefits for both the patients and for the group therapists charged with patient care.

When clinicians work together, they learn from each other, watching each other work in the group and gaining valuable skills. The value brought to a therapist’s skill set by way of co-therapy can be as important as coursework. Therapists just beginning their practice have the opportunity to gain practical, hands-on training from a senior peer. Two experienced therapists can benefit from each others’ strengths. Your colleague will inevitably be better at certain aspects of therapy than you. In a co-therapy setting, this can be a valuable opportunity for you to learn “in the trenches,” and broaden your ability to help patients.

Co-therapy also benefits the patients with two trained clinicians working on their behalf. It’s common for one therapist to hear and see things that their peer may have inadvertently missed. It’s that old adage: two heads are better than one. While one therapist is interacting with one patient, the other therapist can observe what is happening with the group and pick up on things that otherwise would be missed.

Furthermore, co-therapists can “tag team” with a patient. For example, if a patient seems to be stuck or having difficulty with one therapist, the co-therapist can step in and help facilitate dialogue — asking the patient how they feel, how they react to the other therapist — and it actually may be easier for the patient to open up to the second therapist.

In our experience, we sometimes see a patient divulge to the co-therapist thoughts and feelings that the primary therapist hadn’t previously discussed with the patient. The patient may feel safer with the co-therapist or perhaps the co-therapist asked a question that the primary therapist hadn’t thought to address. That’s not to say that the patient was trying to hide anything per se, but sometimes a co-therapist is able to illicit responses due to their particular personality and techniques, or because they have a different relationship with a patient.

Altogether, co-therapy offers rewards for the therapy team as well invaluable opportunities for the patients in the group.

 

To learn more about co-therapy, click here.