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One Journey, Two Stories. Couples Therapy Reimagined

Previously Recorded
Yakov Danishefsky LCSW CSAT
$99.99 Cost For Member: $69.99

Couples therapy, individual therapy, and group therapy each offer unique benefits — but they also come with inherent limitations. This webinar introduces a groundbreaking model that integrates the strengths of both into one powerful, trauma-focused process.

 

In this approach, individual therapeutic work takes place in the presence of the coupleship. Each partner is engaged and intermittently focused on, allowing the “person of focus” to feel deeply witnessed by their spouse while the witnessing partner gains a richer, more empathetic understanding. At the same time, the witness has the space to process their own reflections at a pace that feels safe and manageable. This format also minimizes the common pitfalls of misreporting and misrepresenting that can arise when individual and couples therapy are siloed. The result is a transformative, relationally attuned experience that fosters healing, empathy, and deeper connection.

About the Presenter

Yakov Danishefsky LCSW CSAT is the founder of Mind Body Therapy, a group practice in Chicago specializing in treating trauma, couples counseling, and addiction. Yakov's book, Attached, is on its fourth printing and is in the process of being translated for international audience. Yakov's podcast, The Attached Life, can be found on all podcasting platforms. Yakov is a popular speaker on the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and spirituality.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand couples cycles
  2. Understand advantages and disadvantages of different therapeutic formats.
  3. Lean skills and nuances of applying this methodology.

Agenda:

1. Introduction - 45 minutes

-The challenges/limitations of individual therapy - discussion.

-The challenges/limitations of couples therapy - discussion.

-The challenges/limitations of group therapy - 

-How this new approach was born to address these issues.

-Overview of the approach.


2. Who does this apporach work for? 25 minutes

-Different types of clients that it is particularly effective with.

-Who is this approach not for.


3. First step of the process 2 Hours

-Identifying the cycle. Summarizing it for them, nailing it on the head, describing it clearly, normalizing this dynamic in couples.

-AND showing them how this exact cycle can also go in the other direction. It either goes to extremes or two balance and integration.


4. Understanding the triangle that you are working 3 Hours and 10 minutes

-You are orchestrating a triangle - each individual and the relationship - moving back and forth.

-Your goals in orchestrating this triangle.

-When to shift from one part of the triangle to the other.

-What the individual therapy looks like.

-Enactments - when, how, what to be careful about.

-Different versions of how this process will look depending on the dynamic in the couple.

-Why this works.

-Downsides to this approach. Weighing the benefits and costs.


This workshop offers 6 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.

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.

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