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I'm not coming to my sister’s wedding:
Politics invading the sibling relationship

Two topics many families struggle with are politics and religion. In the past few years, though, politics has even become a bigger family divide than religion. In adult sibling relationships, often challenging in the best of times, politics can tear apart a family. This workshop will look at how, in fact, politics just becomes an acceptable forum for pent up long-held sibling resentments, and how these underlying resentments get wrapped in a socially acknowledged, "acceptable” package.

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I'm not coming to my sister’s wedding:
Politics invading the sibling relationship

Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT
$59.99 Dr. Karen Gail Lewis

Two topics many families struggle with are politics and religion. In the past few years, though, politics has even become a bigger family divide than religion. In adult sibling relationships, often challenging in the best of times, politics can tear apart a family. This workshop will look at how, in fact, politics just becomes an acceptable forum for pent up long-held sibling resentments, and how these underlying resentments get wrapped in a socially acknowledged, "acceptable” package.

About the Presenter

Dr Karen Gail Lewis, EdD, MSW, has been practicing as a marriage and family therapist for over 40 years, in both Washington, DC and in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the author of several books including Siblings: The Ghost of Childhood that Haunt Your Love and Work and Why Don’t You Understand? A Gender Relationship Dictionary. Dr. Lewis lectures both nationally and internationally on a wide range of topics, focusing on family and couples’ relationships, women’s friendships, and adult siblings. She has been interviewed by dozens of newspapers and magazines including, the New York Times, Woman’s World, Cincinnati Enquirer, Cosmopolitan, the Boston Globe, Psychology today, and the Washington Post. Dr. Lewis has taught at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Catholic University in Washington DC, and other Universities and has been on the editorial boards of four professional journals.

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

I'm not coming to my sister’s wedding:
Politics invading the sibling relationship

Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT - 5:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Dr. Karen Gail Lewis

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Course Length: 3 Hours

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will learn some underlying causes of adult sibling resentments
  2. Participants will learn the "ghosts" from sibling childhood relationship that carries into their adult lives
  3. Participants will learn how family dynamics morph from these causes to political “positions.”
  4. Participants will learn how to help siblings translate the political positions back to the core sibling issues.

This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits

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Two topics many families struggle with are politics and religion. In the past few years, though, politics has even become a bigger family divide than religion. In adult sibling relationships, often challenging in the best of times, politics can tear apart a family. This workshop will look at how, in fact, politics just becomes an acceptable forum for pent up long-held sibling resentments, and how these underlying resentments get wrapped in a socially acknowledged, "acceptable” package.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Participants will learn some underlying causes of adult sibling resentments
  2. Participants will learn the "ghosts" from sibling childhood relationship that carries into their adult lives
  3. Participants will learn how family dynamics morph from these causes to political “positions.”
  4. Participants will learn how to help siblings translate the political positions back to the core sibling issues.

Agenda:
45 min: Introduction. 10 causes of sibling conflict. Presentation of key concepts of early childhood sibling relationships and how they get transferred into adult relationships.

30 min: Guided group discussion of participants’ experience with how religion and politics have shown up in their clinical work.

30 min: Full or small group exercise based on the above issues. May include role play.

45 min: Presentation and guided group discussion about how and why political issues mask family relationship problems, and especially how they get transferred to the sibling relationship.

30 min: Full or small group exercise on how to help translate the political positions back to the core issues in participants’ clinical practice.
This presentation is open to:
  • Social Workers
  • Professional Counselors
  • Therapists
  • Psychologists
  • Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
  • Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
  • Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
Course Level: intermediate
Level of Clinician: intermediate
  • New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
  • Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
  • Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
  • Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives

Participants will receive their certificate electronically upon completion of the webinar and course evaluation form.

Disability Access - If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification. Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling. The grievance policy for trainings provided by the NEFESH INTERNATIONAL is available here Satisfactory Completion Participants must have paid the tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire workshop, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (If this is a pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% to receive a certificate.) Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates are available after satisfactory course completion by clicking here.
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
  • CE You! is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.
    CE You! maintains responsibility for this program.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0129.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0325.
  • Therapist Express is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0774.
Refund Policy: Full Refund until 48 hours before scheduled date.
48 hours before: full refund less $5.00 processing fee. After event no refund will be given.
*exclusions apply for reasonable need and cause.