Treating with couples in the aftermath of marital infidelity can feel very chaotic and overwhelming. There are so many moving parts in treatment that can easily feel too dispersed to contain. The current workshop will provide a clinical framework for treatment to help clinicians navigate though the various stages of treatment, discuss the common pitfalls and challenges for clinicians in treating such couples, as well as answer some of the most common questions that arise when doing this work. There will also be a discussion about some of the unique challenges that arise when treating frum couples struggling to overcome marital infidelity.
https://nefesh.org/workshops/WebinarTreatingInfidelityintheFrumCommunity/viewFREE WEBINAR
Series: Infidelity, Sex, Frum, Couples, Frum Couples
Treating Infidelity in the Frum Community
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Binyamin Tepfer PhD, CST, CSAT-S
Course Length: 1 Hour
Learning Objectives:
- List the common reactions of partners to infidelity
- Create a clear treatment model that includes the affair partner, spouse, and relationship.
- Define based on the research what constitutes infidelity in a relationship
Treating with couples in the aftermath of marital infidelity can feel very chaotic and overwhelming. There are so many moving parts in treatment that can easily feel too dispersed to contain. The current workshop will provide a clinical framework for treatment to help clinicians navigate though the various stages of treatment, discuss the common pitfalls and challenges for clinicians in treating such couples, as well as answer some of the most common questions that arise when doing this work. There will also be a discussion about some of the unique challenges that arise when treating frum couples struggling to overcome marital infidelity.
Learning Objectives:
- List the common reactions of partners to infidelity
- Create a clear treatment model that includes the affair partner, spouse, and relationship.
- Define based on the research what constitutes infidelity in a relationship
Agenda:
1. The need and challenge of treating infidelity 2. The seven common misconceptions 3. Defining infidelity 4. Listing the various forms of infidelity 5. Gender differences in response 6. The 3 phases of treatment: Assesment, structure, dynamics 7. The 3 clients: Deceiver, Deceived, The relationship 8.The 6 stages of recovery for spouse Developing, crisis, shock, grief, repair, growth
This presentation is open to:
- Social Workers
- Professional Counselors
- Therapists
- Psychologists
- Licensed Mental Health Practitioners
- Medical Doctors and Other Health Professionals
- Other professionals interacting with populations engaged in mental health based services
- New practitioners who wish to gain enhanced insight surrounding the topic
- Experienced practitioners who seek to increase and expand fundamental knowledge surrounding the subject matter
- Advanced practitioners seeking to review concepts and reinforce practice skills and/or access additional consultation
- Managers seeking to broaden micro and/or macro perspectives