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The University of Maryland School of Social Work Office of Continuing Professional Education is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education programs and maintains full responsibility for this program. We are also approved to offer CE to Licensed Counselors and Psychologists. Clinicians in other states should verify with their licensing Board. For any questions, comments or concerns, please email cpe@ssw.umaryland.edu

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Relationship Enhancement (RE) Therapy for Couples and Families

Total Credits: 3 including 3 Category I CEs

Categories:: 200 Adults, Couples & Families
Instructor:: Robert Scuka, PhD
Course Levels:: Intermediate
Duration:: 3 Hours 15 Minutes
Target Audience:: Social Workers, LCPCs, and Psychologists

Dates

Event Dates

Wed, Oct 21, 2020 - 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM EDT

$85.00 - Late Fee

Description

RE Therapy combines a psychoeducational skills-training approach with deep emotional processing designed to transform couples’ and families’ negative patterns of interaction into positive, nurturing ones, so as to facilitate deepened emotional connection and healing in ruptured relationships. The core RE skills focus on how to manage conflict effectively and how to dialogue in order to uncover clients’ most vital feelings, concerns, and desires. This in turn empowers even the most distressed couples and families to resolve current and future problems on their own. An additional strength of RE Therapy is that it equalizes power within relationships, both between genders and across generations. RE Therapy is supported by 40 years of research that validates its clinical effectiveness. This introductory workshop will briefly introduce the theory and practice of RE therapy. More importantly, the focus will be on the core RE skill of deep empathy, including how to understand it, how to teach it to couples, and how to employ the special Identification Mode of verbal empathy.

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Instructor

Robert Scuka, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Dr. Rob Scuka is a Maryland licensed clinical social worker and has been meeting the diverse and complex needs of couples, families, and individuals for the past 15 years.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Rob is Executive Director of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement® (NIRE) in Bethesda, MD, where he is also a member of NIRE’s training faculty and certified as a trainer and supervisor in relationship enhancement (RE) Therapy, the RE Program, and child-centered play therapy.

Dr. Rob is the author of numerous articles and the book, Relationship Enhancement Therapy: Healing Through Deep Empathy and Intimate Dialogue, published by Routledge in 2005. He holds a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) from the University of Maryland School of Social Work (1994) and has served as an adjunct faculty. Dr. Rob has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and Philosophy from Southern Methodist University.

Agenda & Learning Objectives

AGENDA:

09:00	Registration
09:00 - 10:30	Definition of the Relationship Enhancement (RE) Model - a combination of skillss training plus intensive couple diaologues. Philosophy - RE as skills training because people are lacking skills (vs. psychopathology) Effectiveness and research The 10 RE Skills and Diaologue Process A Theoretical background to RE Therapy A Combination of Carl Rogers, Learning Theory, Behavioral Psychology Three formats for conducting RE Therapy: Structured Teaching Format Experiential Format Crisis Intervention Format
10:30 - 10:45	Break
10:45 - 12:15	RE Therapy Special Techniques: Becoming Laundering Drawing Out Underlying Positives Client Troubleshooting The Two Components of Deep Empathy - The Experiential Component and the Verbal Component The Two Modes of Verbal Empathy - You Mode Empathy and Identification Mode Empathy Teaching Empathy as a Skill Demonstration of Identification Mode Empathy Introducing Partner Appreciations
12:15	Questions & Adjournment

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Upon the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe how to bring a couple into a structured dialogue process to minimize negative communication and maximize constructive communication;
Describe how to orient couples to a method of deep empathy within the context of a structured dialogue process; and
Describe how to employ and teach couples a special Identification Mode of verbal empathy.

Live Interactive Webinar Platforms

LIVE INTERACTIVE WEBINAR PLATFORMS

The Office of Continuing Professional Education hosts Live Interactive Webinars through two platforms: Zoom and WebEx.

Both platforms offer high quality and user-friendly webinar platforms for our registrants.

System Requirements:

Operating Systems: Windows XP or higher; MacOS 9 or higher; Android 4.0 or higher.
Internet Browser: Google Chrome; Firefox 10.0 or higher.

Our system is not compatible with the Safari web browser.

Broadband Internet Connection: Cable, High-speed DSL and any other medium that is internet accessible.

**Please have your device charging at all times to ensure that your device does not lose power during the webinar.

Course Interaction Requirements:

To participate in Live Interactive Webinars, you MUST have a device that allows you to view the presentation on screen and hear the instructor at all times. We do not allow participants to call-in from their phones or mobile devices and solely listen to the presentation. Participation in Live Interactive Webinars is mandatory.

Late Fees and Refunds

Fee & Registration:

Cost is $65 and includes CE credit. Registering after October 7, 2020 will incur an additional $20 late fee. *Cancellations must be received 24 hours in advance prior to the live interactive webinar to receive a refund or a credit letter.

*All cancellations will be subjected to a $35.00 administration fee

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