Introduction to Couples Counselling

How is couples counselling different from individual counselling? Why do we as counsellors tend to find couples counselling the more challenging? A professional development course for counsellors to learn the key principles of couples counselling. Through theory, case studies, live and DVD demonstrations and skills practice, participants will have the opportunity to:

Learn the key principles of Systems Theory and of a number of major approaches to working with couples including:
- Emotionally Focussed Therapy for Couples and John and Julie Gottman’s work
- Practice maintaining a stance of neutrality in relation to the couple relationship
- Explore the relationship between assessment, therapeutic goals and case conceptualisation of couple systems
- Learn some ways to intervene with unhelpful repetitive patterns of couple behaviour and how to engage couples in the counselling process

Concession rates available. To register, please call (08) 6164 0239 to complete enrolment and provide payment information.