Intensive Couples Therapy Live Training

Date: Friday, March 8th 2024

Location: A Better Life Therapy Rittenhouse Square Office, 100 S Broad Street Suite 1920, Philadelphia, PA 19110

Trainers: Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, CGT (read more) and Ariel Stern, LPC, CGT (read more)

Cost: $499.00 regular rate, $299.00 early bird rate until January 1st.

Intended Audience: Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, and other related licensed mental health professional, Master’s Level License Eligible Therapists, and Graduate Level Students in the Mental Health Field.

9 CEU’s Available

Overview

Intensive Couples Therapy is a form of couples therapy in which the couple meets with a therapist for an extended period of time, often 2-3 days at 5 to 6 hours each day. This form of couples therapy benefits couples in crisis, couples who need to make a big decision, or couples who do not have the time to meet for weekly appointments due to their obligations.

Elizabeth Earnshaw , LMFT and Ariel Stern, LPC will be teaching participants how to conduct intensive couples therapy sessions. By the end of the training, therapists will understand:

• Best practices for scheduling intensives and pricing them

• How to prep effectively for an intensive session

• How to utilize assessment and intervention during the intensive session

• Processes for aftercare following the intensive

The Intensive Couples Therapy training will educate participants utilizing:

• Lecture style teaching

• Role Plays

• Videos

Therapists will have an opportunity during the training to practice aspects of conducting an intensive and receive feedback. During the training therapists will learn:

• When intensives are indicated and why

• Contraindications for intensives

• The format and outline for intensives from scheduling to assessment to intervention

• Strategies for navigating an intensive when it does not follow the regular format
  

The training is a 1 day, 9 hour training and is in process for being approved for CEU’s by the PA Board. These CEU’s are also often applicable nationwide, depending on state requirements.

About the trainers:

Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, CGT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist. She is a Clinical Fellow of The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and an Approved AAMFT Supervisor. Elizabeth is the author of the relationship book I Want This To Work and the founder of A Better Life Therapy. Elizabeth specializes in working with betrayals, high achievers, and those struggling with perinatal mental health. Elizabeth has provided intensive couples therapy for over a decade.

Ariel Stern, LPC, CGT is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist. Ariel is a Senior Therapist, Supervisor, and Clinical Director of A Better Life Therapy, LLC. Ariel specializes in substance misuse, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenting, and trauma. She has been providing intensive couples therapy sessions for over a decade.

Location:

The training will be held at A Better Life Therapy’s main office at 100 S Broad Street Suite 1920.