Couples therapy, individual therapy, and group therapy each offer unique benefits — but they also come with inherent limitations. This webinar introduces a groundbreaking model that integrates the strengths of both into one powerful, trauma-focused process.
In this approach, individual therapeutic work takes place in the presence of the coupleship. Each partner is engaged and intermittently focused on, allowing the “person of focus” to feel deeply witnessed by their spouse while the witnessing partner gains a richer, more empathetic understanding. At the same time, the witness has the space to process their own reflections at a pace that feels safe and manageable. This format also minimizes the common pitfalls of misreporting and misrepresenting that can arise when individual and couples therapy are siloed. The result is a transformative, relationally attuned experience that fosters healing, empathy, and deeper connection.
https://frumtherapist.com/workshops/OneJourney/viewOne Journey, Two Stories. Couples Therapy Reimagined
Previously Recorded
Presenter: Yakov Danishefsky LCSW CSAT
Course Length: 6 Hours
This workshop Offers 6 Continuing Education Credits
This webinar is recorded and will not grant live credits.
Couples therapy, individual therapy, and group therapy each offer unique benefits — but they also come with inherent limitations. This webinar introduces a groundbreaking model that integrates the strengths of both into one powerful, trauma-focused process.
In this approach, individual therapeutic work takes place in the presence of the coupleship. Each partner is engaged and intermittently focused on, allowing the “person of focus” to feel deeply witnessed by their spouse while the witnessing partner gains a richer, more empathetic understanding. At the same time, the witness has the space to process their own reflections at a pace that feels safe and manageable. This format also minimizes the common pitfalls of misreporting and misrepresenting that can arise when individual and couples therapy are siloed. The result is a transformative, relationally attuned experience that fosters healing, empathy, and deeper connection.
1. Introduction - 45 minutes
-The challenges/limitations of individual therapy - discussion.
-The challenges/limitations of couples therapy - discussion.
-The challenges/limitations of group therapy -
-How this new approach was born to address these issues.
-Overview of the approach.
2. Who does this apporach work for? 25 minutes
-Different types of clients that it is particularly effective with.
-Who is this approach not for.
3. First step of the process 2 Hours
-Identifying the cycle. Summarizing it for them, nailing it on the head, describing it clearly, normalizing this dynamic in couples.
-AND showing them how this exact cycle can also go in the other direction. It either goes to extremes or two balance and integration.
4. Understanding the triangle that you are working 3 Hours and 10 minutes
-You are orchestrating a triangle - each individual and the relationship - moving back and forth.
-Your goals in orchestrating this triangle.
-When to shift from one part of the triangle to the other.
-What the individual therapy looks like.
-Enactments - when, how, what to be careful about.
-Different versions of how this process will look depending on the dynamic in the couple.
-Why this works.
-Downsides to this approach. Weighing the benefits and costs.
