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professional development in canterburyEmotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Training: the core skills trainingPresenter: Rebecca Jorgenson Emotionally Focused Therapy reflects the most recent research on the nature of relationship distress, of adult love, and of emotion. It is at the leading/emergent edge of relationship therapy. EFT is a short term, focused treatment that blends family systems and experiential approaches to therapy with attachment theory. EFT is supported by a developed research base and has strong empirical evidence of its effectiveness.Required reading for the training is Becoming an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist and Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection. Where: Christchurch Cost: the fee for two 2-day workshops (four days training) is $1450 including GST. This includes any course materials and morning and afternoon teas. For enrolments or further information: Kirby Faulkner kirbyf@relationships.org.nz, ph (04) 4728798 (NB: limited to 15 participants, it is essential to enrol by 2 July 2010). Brochure: » download now Motivational Interviewing (MI)Presenter: Dr Eileen BrittMI is a collaborative client-centred form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change, which provides a means of working with clients who are ambivalent about change. It has proven efficacy as an intervention for substance use problems (e.g., alcohol abuse and dependence). Additionally, there is increasing evidence of its effectiveness across a broad range of behaviours, including health behaviour change (e.g. medication compliance, diet and exercise, diabetes), offending, and psychological disorders (e.g., eating and anxiety disorders). This workshop will present an overview of MI research, theory and practice. The workshop is designed to be interactive. Participants will experience and practice MI, and receive feedback on this practice during the workshop, and for this reason numbers attending will be limited. The overall aims of the workshop are that participants will:
Dr Eileen Britt is a Clinical Psychologist and Fellow of the NZCCP. She is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury (Christchurch) in the Health Sciences Centre, teaching two post-graduate papers on Motivational Interviewing, and on the Post-Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology programme, where she is also currently Director of Clinical Training. Eileen is also employed as a Research Fellow, providing supervision on psychotherapy research trials, at the Department of Psychological Medicine (Christchurch). Her PhD was on MI applied to diabetes self-management, and she currently has three papers on MI published in peer reviewed journals. Eileen has attended training for Motivational Interviewing Trainers (partially funded by the NZCCP Study/Research Award), and is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.When: 6 & 7 December 2010 Where: Christchurch Cost: free to NZCCP members; non-members $250 Registration form: » download now For details: see www.nzccp.co.nz |