Date: Friday, December 9, 2016 - 9:00am to 4:45pm
Instructor: Patricia Papernow, EdD
Instructor: Patricia Papernow, EdD
Cost:
Individual registration rate is $140.00; Early registration rate for individuals is $130. Group registration rate for groups of two or more is $125 per person; Early registration rate for groups is $115 per person. Early registration ends on October 28, 2016. PLEASE NOTE: Groups must register and pay together to receive the group discount.
Location:
186 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA in the conference room at the Public Conversations Project
Individual registration rate is $140.00; Early registration rate for individuals is $130. Group registration rate for groups of two or more is $125 per person; Early registration rate for groups is $115 per person. Early registration ends on October 28, 2016. PLEASE NOTE: Groups must register and pay together to receive the group discount.
Location:
186 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, MA in the conference room at the Public Conversations Project
Description
Whether you work with adults or children, with individuals, couples, or families, this Patricia Papernow, EdD, will help you work effectively with the intensity and complexity of stepfamily challenges. Forty two percent of Americans have a close step relationship. This data does not include the significantly increasing numbers of families living in a blended family structure without marriage, struggling with the same relational dilemmas. All of this means that clients in “blended families” saturate every therapist’s practice.
The phrase “blended family” is part of the problem. Recoupling parents and their partners often move too quickly to create new family relationships based on their model of a first family and their personal needs. The problem is that stepfamilies are fundamentally different infrastructurse upon which to build intimate relationships. Subsequently, stepfamilies often report having “resistant” and unhappy children, divided stepcouples, struggling stepparents, conflicting parenting styles, and differing values on everything from what constitutes a “mess” to the appropriate cost of a new pair of sneakers; not to mention ex-spouses, dead or alive, who remain an integral part of the family. Clinicians who understand stepfamily dynamics can be extremely helpful. If not, they can miss the boat and even be destructive.
Integrating her training in preventive education, couple and family systems work, and attending to trauma, Dr. Papernow offers a three-level model for assessment and intervention: psychoeducational, interpersonal, and intrapsychic work. We will look at how adults can support children’s well-being despite the losses and emotional binds that stepfamily living often foists upon them; how successful second family parenting and stepparenting differ from parenting in a first-time family; how we help parents, new partners and stepparents support each other; and how these families move from struggling to thriving.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will identify the major differences between first-time families and stepfamilies.
Participants will be able to describe at least two challenges the stepfamily structure creates.
Participants will be able to briefly describe three levels of clinical intervention.
Dr. Papernow draws upon four decades of clinical experience, teaching and writing about stepfamilies, weaving together Internal Family Systems, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, systemic (couple and family) therapy, with current stepfamily research. A highly acclaimed and engaging trainer, she presents throughout the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Papernow is the author of two of the classic books in the field, as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Her second book, Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships, is receiving rave reviews from clinicians and stepfamily members. People love the way she simplifies complex material and her generosity in sharing easy to use resources. Dr. Papernow is a psychologist in private practice in Hudson, MA, and Director of the Institute for Stepfamily Education.
The phrase “blended family” is part of the problem. Recoupling parents and their partners often move too quickly to create new family relationships based on their model of a first family and their personal needs. The problem is that stepfamilies are fundamentally different infrastructurse upon which to build intimate relationships. Subsequently, stepfamilies often report having “resistant” and unhappy children, divided stepcouples, struggling stepparents, conflicting parenting styles, and differing values on everything from what constitutes a “mess” to the appropriate cost of a new pair of sneakers; not to mention ex-spouses, dead or alive, who remain an integral part of the family. Clinicians who understand stepfamily dynamics can be extremely helpful. If not, they can miss the boat and even be destructive.
Integrating her training in preventive education, couple and family systems work, and attending to trauma, Dr. Papernow offers a three-level model for assessment and intervention: psychoeducational, interpersonal, and intrapsychic work. We will look at how adults can support children’s well-being despite the losses and emotional binds that stepfamily living often foists upon them; how successful second family parenting and stepparenting differ from parenting in a first-time family; how we help parents, new partners and stepparents support each other; and how these families move from struggling to thriving.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will identify the major differences between first-time families and stepfamilies.
Participants will be able to describe at least two challenges the stepfamily structure creates.
Participants will be able to briefly describe three levels of clinical intervention.
Dr. Papernow draws upon four decades of clinical experience, teaching and writing about stepfamilies, weaving together Internal Family Systems, attachment, interpersonal neurobiology, systemic (couple and family) therapy, with current stepfamily research. A highly acclaimed and engaging trainer, she presents throughout the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Papernow is the author of two of the classic books in the field, as well as numerous articles and book chapters. Her second book, Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships, is receiving rave reviews from clinicians and stepfamily members. People love the way she simplifies complex material and her generosity in sharing easy to use resources. Dr. Papernow is a psychologist in private practice in Hudson, MA, and Director of the Institute for Stepfamily Education.
Registration Instructions:
You may register online and pay by credit card, Paypal or check. If paying by check, please download the mail in registration form. Your seat is not secured until we receive payment.
Workshop CEs:
Participants MUST attend 100% of the program to earn the 6 CEs approved for this program. CE certificates will be given at the end of the event after you are fully paid and have completed the evaluation form. Details for your approved professions here: 6 CEs have been approved for licensed Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychologist, Licensed Mental Health Counselors and Nurses by Commonwealth Educational Seminars. Licensed Mental Health Counselor's can earn 6 CEs as Therapy Training Boston has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6707. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Therapy Training Boston is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Workshop policies:
Cancellations and Refunds: Events may be cancelled by Therapy Training Boston if minimum enrollment requirements are not met. In this case, full fees will be refunded or applied to future programs. Otherwise, no refunds are provided for registrants.
Special Accommodations: Please submit a written statement at least 30 days prior to the program to see if we can meet your needs.
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Special Accommodations: Please submit a written statement at least 30 days prior to the program to see if we can meet your needs.
All TTB policies here.
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