Mastering Couples Counseling: Theory & Practice

A Practical Guide for Effective Therapy - Relationship Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Couples Counseling, Therapy

Created by: Sarah Leanne
Body Contouring Trainer

What Will I Learn?

• Understand the role of a relationship counsellor
• Identify different methods of relationship counselling
• Learn foundational skills for relationship counsellors such as active listening, empathy, rapport, self care, boundaries, positive reframing and more
• Indentify and apply skills to address common issues such as infidelity, substance abuse, mental health, loss, betrayal, major life transitions, and more
• Understand the skills required for Traditional Counselling method including conducting a relationship assessment, treatment goals, communication issues and more
• Demonstrate conflict resolution skills and identify when to evaluating progress and terminate treatment
• Students have the option to learn about advanced topics for traditional counselling methods.
• Have an understanding of and demonstrate skills for Solution Based Counselling
• Understand Traditional Counselling vs Solution-Based Counselling
• Learn about scaling questions, miracle questions and advanced questioning techniques
• Learn about coping skills and resilience and how to teach clients these skills
• Understand and apply boundaries in counselling
• Understanding power dynamics in relationships
• Apply skills for facilitating forgiveness and healing
• Use and apply narrative techniques
• Learn about Emotionally Focused Therapy skills
• Discover attachment needs, patterns of interaction and developing new ways of communicating and interacting
• Understand and apply skills to de-escalate
• Learn about Empathic Conjecture and Empathic Exploration
• Learn and understand Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Imago Relationship Therapy

Requirements

• Computer access (this course is 100% online – can be done on mobile, laptop or standalone computer)
• Internet access

Target audience

• Beginner students wanting to learn about relationship counselling or marriage counselling