Objectives:

This EA Onngoing Training will bring a special focus to:

1) Describe dorsal vagal response.

2) Identify two ways to establish a secure base in treatment.

3) Describe two ways to regulate emotional reactivity.

4) Name four of the Seven Channels of Experience.

5) Demonstrate moment-to-moment tracking through the seven Channels of Experience

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6) Transform affect through slowing down the process and generate an experience of safety and connection with each couple member

7) Show the safe base generated through deepening the therapeutic bond between couple members.

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8) Create the felt sense of love between the couple members by amplifying subtle loving communication so it becomes explicit.

9) Show how to build more productive truth-telling between couple members.

10) Give new ways to tailor treatment to each couple member’s attachment style.

11) Spot opportunities to help couple members to feel and show more positivity.

12) Recognize openings to create successful healing portrayals.

13) Show how dissociation can be identified and reduced in couple therapy.

14) Illustrate methods for engaging avoidantly attached couple members in treatment through success experiences.

15) Give examples of tough cases in which unexpected breakthroughs occur.

16) Explain how being in an active, relationally attuned meditative state in sessions helps to prevent therapist burnout and improve treatment outcomes.