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Addiction Treatment and Couples Therapy: Using Emotionally Focused Therapy to Strengthen Sobriety

Average Rating:
   851
Speaker:
Michael Barnett, MA, EdS, LPC
Duration:
1 Hour 57 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Mar 25, 2017
Product Code:
NOS052915
Media Type:
Digital Recordings
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Description

Even the most talented couples therapists are often unprepared to handle the explosive impasses and icy freeze-outs that present themselves when toxic addictive processes permeate already unstable relationships. The traditional “sledgehammer” approach of harsh, shame-based confrontation only tends to fuel the problem. And behavioral and insight-oriented interventions rarely get to the heart of the pain and shame at the root of addictive processes. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), however, leverages an innate pull toward connection and belonging that motivates people to reach for their partner to regulate emotional pain, rather than reaching for substances. In this workshop, you’ll discover how to:

  • Use micro-tracking to identify and make explicit the rigid negative attachment-based patterns that perpetuate relational distress in addictive relationships
  • Systematically engage emotion to create bonding moments that support the addict in reaching out to their partner rather than their substance/behavior of choice
  • Apply powerful attachment-based interventions as an effective alternative to the familiar modes of confronting denial that often fail and trigger relapse

 

CPD

CPD

This online program is worth 2.0 hours CPD.

Handouts

Manual Barnett (1.14 MB) 11 Pages Available after Purchase

Speaker

Michael Barnett, MA, EdS, LPC's Profile

Michael Barnett, MA, EdS, LPC Related seminars and products

Michael Barnett, MA, EdS, LPC, is the founder and director of the Atlanta Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy. He’s an ICEEFT Certified Trainer and implements cutting-edge attachment-informed approaches to treat addiction.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Michael Barnett maintains a private practice. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Michael Barnett is a member of the Licensed Professional Counselor’s Association and the American Mental Health Counselor’s Association.
 

Outline

  1. The Medical Model and Addiction
    1. Key Figures in Modern Treatment
  2. Emotion Focused Therapy
    1. Emotion Focused Therapy for PTSD
    2. Definition of Trauma
    3. The Power of Treating Trauma Within the Context of the Couple Relationship
  3. Neuroplasticity and Change
    1. Importance of Heightened Emotion in Change
    2. How Emotion is More Powerful than Cognition
  4. Adverse Childhood Experiences
    1. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Addiction
    2. Attachment and Trauma is Key to Working with Addiction
    3. Importance of Context in a Person’s Life
  5. Cycle of Trauma Attachment and Addiction
    1. How the Couple System Hijacks Attachment Fluidity
    2. The Relationship between Attachment and Emotion in Systemic Change
    3. How Partner’s Stress Strategies Become the Other Partner’s Negative Trigger
  6. The Process of EFT
    1. Five Basic Moves of EFT
    2. Addressing the Addiction through Attachment Style
    3. Experientially Engage Client with the Underlying Emotion that Addiction Regulates

Objectives

  • Discover how to use micro-tracking to identify and make explicit the rigid negative attachment-based patterns that perpetuate relational distress in addictive relationships
  • Discover how to systematically engage emotion to create bonding moments that support the addict in reaching out to their partner rather than their substance/behavior of choice
  • Discover how to apply powerful attachment-based interventions as an effective alternative to the familiar modes of confronting denial that often fail and trigger relapse

Target Audience

Psychologists, Physicians, Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, and other Behavioral Health Professionals

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Comments

Megan M

"Great learning experience "

Julieann P

"Integrated my knowledge of neuroscience in somatic disorders and Harm Reduction Therapies in the Addiction Process. I learned how to contextualize experiential therapies with neurobiological interventions that help inform Top-down and Bottom-up treatments for clients in addiction, using EFT, as a Narrative Attachment therapy. Excellent seminar! "

Kathryn K

"I really enjoy this presenter's style and found him to be very personable. This is a very interesting and important topic."

MARCELA M V

"Very good presenter. Well informed and clear. "

S Hale H

"Excellent presenter"

David C

"Presenter was outstanding"

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