Old wounds and resentments toward parents can negatively impact adults as they raise their own children or relate to their partner. In this workshop, Dr. Fishbane will explore ways to facilitate healing & dialogue in distressed relationships between adults and their families of origin, especially parents. Utilizing a resilience-based view & a relational-neurobiological approach, this workshop addresses family legacies & loyalties, resentment and blame, cutoffs, differentiation, boundaries, power, guilt, repair, and forgiveness.
Gender-based and cultural beliefs that affect intergenerational relationships will inform the discussion. The neurobiology underlying emotional reactivity will be explored, along with interventions to facilitate emotional intelligence, relational empowerment, and healing where possible between the generations. Theory and techniques, with case illustrations, will be offered to facilitate intergenerational repair, promoting positive interactions and legacies into the future.
https://frumtherapist.com/workshops/HealingIntergenerational2/viewHealing Intergenerational Wounds:
An Integrative Relational-Neurobiological Approach to Transform Family Relationships
Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 10:00 AM EST - 1:00 PM EST
Presenter: Mona D. Fishbane, Ph.D.
Course Length: 3 Hours
This workshop Offers 3 Live Interactive Continuing Education Credits
Old wounds and resentments toward parents can negatively impact adults as they raise their own children or relate to their partner. In this workshop, Dr. Fishbane will explore ways to facilitate healing & dialogue in distressed relationships between adults and their families of origin, especially parents. Utilizing a resilience-based view & a relational-neurobiological approach, this workshop addresses family legacies & loyalties, resentment and blame, cutoffs, differentiation, boundaries, power, guilt, repair, and forgiveness.
Gender-based and cultural beliefs that affect intergenerational relationships will inform the discussion. The neurobiology underlying emotional reactivity will be explored, along with interventions to facilitate emotional intelligence, relational empowerment, and healing where possible between the generations. Theory and techniques, with case illustrations, will be offered to facilitate intergenerational repair, promoting positive interactions and legacies into the future.
Intergenerational family distress; family legacies; dynamics & neurobiology of reactivity; impact of unfinished business from the family of origin on current relationships; cultural factors in intergenerational relationships. Lecture, Power Point, Case Examples, Discussion (90 minutes)
Interventions: Facilitating healing & relational empowerment skills in intergenerational relationships: Empathy, curiosity, respect; multiple narratives; building trust. Cultivating skills of repair, including apology and forgiveness. Lecture, PowerPoint, Case Examples, Discussion (90 minutes)