We Talk, We Listen but Do We Understand?
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A 2 day workshop for practitioners working with couples.
17 & 18 September 2018 St Columba Centre 40 Vermont Street Ponsonby Auckland |
We often meet couples who are struggling to find any common ground in respect to understanding past events. Consequently, we can find ourselves managing a conversation shaped by accusation and counter-accusation. In this workshop, I will discuss and demonstrate a conversational process that allows us to step away from accusation in order to find a third way. The third way incorporates each person’s experience while exploring the sometimes complex and contradictory moments which occur within relationships.
By using a process that emphasises a relational perspective, we can explore and renegotiate the taken-for-granted notions which act to shape relationships. Throughout this presentation, I will demonstrate a therapeutic process where I engage couples in addressing concerns such as, significant betrayals of trust, longstanding conflicts, the impact of losses and grief, and the impact of life transitions on the relationship. |