SMALL GROUP supervision
Sessions begin September 15, 2023
Note: This series has one opening.
These small group supervision sessions provide an opportunity for participants to deepen their skills and effectiveness in treating couples using the Transformative Couples Therapy® method. Each four-hour meeting on Zoom, three of the six members of the group will share 15 to 20 minutes of a couple session on video.
We will give and receive constructive witnessing and supervision in a balanced way from the group members and David Mars. Witnessing of the work is different than commonly used “feedback”, which can often invite judgment, projection and labeling of the couple members and even the therapist.
By contrast, in this group we will hold both the therapist and the couple in a deeply respectful and resonant place. We will use I-statements and the Seven Channels of Experience to stand in the shoes of both the therapist and the couple members. The result is that we co-create the secure base with each other that we want to co-construct with our couples. We will practice with each other the TCT consciousness of mindful perception, reception and expression.
Contact Dr. Mars using the form below to schedule a twenty minute conversation to discuss other alternatives to this fully enrolled course.
session calendar
Ten monthly four-hour sessionsFridays 1:15pm-5:15pm PST-
September 15
October 13
November 10
December 8
January 12
February 9
March 8
April 5
May 3
May 31
cost
$100 per four-hour sessionTotal cost $1000Objectives
At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
Identify three ways to help establish a secure base in treatment.
Describe two ways to regulate emotional reactivity in both couple members.
Detect the healthiest aspects of each couple member.
Utilize two methods for couple members to process emotional experience.
Design healing a portrayal to treat relational trauma.
Define why affirmation of the self is important.
Explain how clients can melt defense of intellectualization.
Find shared matching values in couple members.
Describe how to process warded-off emotional experience.
Conduct meta-therapeutic processing when couples experience reparative experiences.
Define the value of the core emotion of surprise in treatment.
Integrate core affect through slowing down.
Locate two ways to tailor treatment to a couple member’s attachment style.
Select opportunities to help couple members to feel and show more positivity.
Utilize openings to soften defenses.
Define three early signs of dorsal vagal response.
Demonstrate knowledge of two ways to regulate dorsal vagal response.
Specify how the frequency of dorsal vagal response can be reduced in treatment.
Distinguish methods for engaging avoidantly attached patients in treatment.
Detect an example of a tough case in which an unexpected breakthrough occurred.
Explain how a meditative state of mindfulness helps in treatment.
Conduct a role play of meta-therapeutic processing.
Explain the value of increased awareness in couple members. (*Iwakabe, S., Edlin, J., Fosha, D., Gretton, H., Joseph, A. J., Nunnink, S. E., Nakamura, K., & Thoma, N. C., 2020)
Identify transformance striving in a session. (*Iwakabe, S., Edlin, J., Fosha, D., Gretton, H., Joseph, A. J., Nunnink, S. E., Nakamura, K., & Thoma, N. C., 2020)
Additional Information
This course is designed for intermediate to advanced learners.
Our target audience is Psychologists, MFTs, Licensed Professional Counselors, Psychiatrists, Licensed Social Workers and Pastoral Counselors.
On alternate monthly sessions there will be no video presentation and Power Point from David Mars, but instead three participants will share video of their TCT clinical work following the same time frame.
Cancellation policy: You may end your enrollment at any time and receive a refund for the remaining sessions of the course. Questions or concerns may be communicated to David Mars, PhD by email at davidmarsphd@gmail.com or by phone at 415-234-3821.
David Mars, PhD, the presenter for this course, holds a PhD in Psychology, is licensed as an MFT, and has taught Transformative Couples Therapy® (TCT) to psychotherapists since 2009. He is the developer of the TCT method and taught the method as a faculty member of the AEDP Institute for eleven years. He is the director of the Center for Transformative Therapy has been treating couples in private practice for over forty years. For a more complete bio, see https://cfttsite.com/david-mars-phd-mft
There are no conflicts of interest or external commercial support related to this course or any course offered by the Center for Transformative Therapy.
Meeting Schedule - All times PST
1:15: to 1:30 Opening meditation, (*Neff and Germer, 2012), orientation and opening introduction to the session
1:30 to 2:10 Check-in and discussion inviting description of blocks and breakthroughs in using Transformative Couples Therapy
2:10 to 3:00 First video-taped clinical session of Transformative Couples Therapy presented by a participant for supervision
3:00 to 3:15 Break
3:15 to 4:00 Second video-taped clinical session of Transformative Couples Therapy presented by a participant for supervision
4:00 to 4:45 Third video-taped clinical session of Transformative Couples Therapy presented by a participant for supervision
4:45 to 5:10 Group consultation inviting questions, feedback and comments from the group members
5:10 to 5:15 Closing