The BIDC is committed to providing relevant and high-quality information to professionals working in the field of divorce.
Attendees may receive CEU or CLE credits. For professionals who are not social workers or lawyers, a contact hour certificate is also awarded.
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Amelie Bracher will present an overview of the clinical work with this specialized population and will explain key clinical “non-negotiables’ and strategies that help therapists and legal professionals define the collaborative process. We will discuss how to establish a clear mandate, informed consent and commitments for reintegration or multi-faceted family therapy, establish (and maintain!) clinical alliance with resistant family members, how to create an effective structure for intervention and effective pathways to resolution and success. We will look at how to manage and transform typical forms of resistance – most of all, managing the ever recurring family question “should we be doing this?” – and learn to recognize and address therapy-interfering factors that lie outside of the clinical role. Clinicians will learn how to fine-tune requirements and commitments to protect their own practice and set a case up for success. Only after the structural issues are effectively addressed, can therapists focus on what they are conventionally well trained to do: how to shift client mindsets from trauma-based defensive behaviors and negative anticipation to forgiveness, accountability and collaboration.