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Spring Conference 2010
Emotion Regulation in Couple Therapy:
An Integrative Approach
Douglas K. Snyder, Ph.D.
Friday - May 14, 2010
Countryside Community Church
8787 Pacific Street
Omaha, NE
Dr. Douglas Snyder is Professor and Director of Clinical Psychology Training at Texas A&M University.
He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and served as Editor of the Clinician’s Research Digest, as Associate Editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, and as Associate Editor for the Journal of Family Psychology. He also maintains a clinical practice specializing in couple therapy.
He has been recognized nationally for his research on couple assessment and therapy.
- The Texas Psychological Association: Outstanding Contributions to Science Award.
- The American Psychological Association: Award for Distinguished Contributions to Family Psychology, 2005.
Books by Doug Snyder
- Treating Difficult Couples
- Emotion Regulation in Couples and Families
- Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On
- Helping Couples Get Past the Affair: A Clinician’s Guide
Conference Schedule
8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
An Integrative Conceptual Model
10:15 AM to 12:15 PM
Case #1: Application and Discussion
12:15 PM to 1:15 PM — LUNCH
1:15 PM to 2:45 PM
Extending the Model to Treating Infidelity
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Case #2: Application and Discussion
4:30 PM to 4:45 PM
Discussion and Evaluation
How can we help couples manage their most difficult emotions?
The good news:
o Research supports multiple approaches to couples therapy – including behavioral, cognitive, emotion-focused, insight-oriented, and integrative approaches
o Overall about 60-70% of treated couples improve, based on partners’ averaged scores
The bad news:
o About 35% of couples fail to respond to couples therapy
o Among those couples who do improve, roughly 40% show significant deterioration within 2 years of completing treatment
What makes some couples more difficult to treat?
Couples failing to achieve or maintain gains following couple therapy tend to be those having the greatest difficulty in regulating their emotions
Although factors contributing to difficulties in emotion regulation vary, common sources include:
o Comorbid emotional and behavioral disorders
o Acute psychosocial stressors
o Relationship trauma such as infidelity or intimate partner violence
How can therapists enhance their effectiveness with difficult-to-treat couples?
Helping couples to regulate their most difficult emotions requires therapists to:
o Have a solid grounding across diverse theoretical approaches
o Acquire a rich repertoire of intervention techniques linked to theory
o Engage in a comprehensive multifaceted, multilevel assessment
o Selectively draw upon intervention strategies across the theoretical spectrum
o Treat couples in a way that is consistent with the theory being employed
Objectives for this training workshop:
Two case studies will be followed throughout the day using videotape demonstrations and discussion to help participants:
o Develop an integrative conceptual model for addressing emotion regulation in couple therapy
o Develop skills for identifying core relationship themes relating to emotion regulation
o Develop skills for selecting, sequencing, and pacing interventions to address different sources of emotion dysregulation
o Develop skills for applying these intervention to specific relationship trauma such as childhood abuse and recovery from an extramarital affair
Registration Fee:
$100.00 AAMFT Members $125.00 Non-AAMFT Members $ 35.00 Students
Fees includes tuition, materials, lunch, snacks
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