Thursday, February 15, 2024, Foundations Group C via Zoom
Friday, February 16, 2024, Foundations Group A via Zoom
Friday, February 16, 2024, Foundations Group B via Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

This workshop is designed to support clinicians on eliciting the Negative Interactional Pattern (NIP) in session. Participants will compare and contrast various ways to describe patterns in the family including structural hypotheses, systemic hypotheses, and the NIP. The workshop will outline key strategies for engaging families in the development of the NIP. The direct connection between the NIP and the development of the Relational Treatment Plan will also be reviewed.

Objectives:

As a result of participating in this workshop, therapists will be able to:  

1. Describe the difference between a structural pattern (label) and the systemic hypothesis.
2. List the components of the Negative Interactional Pattern.
3. Describe the ways in which the Negative Interactional Pattern session sets the stage for the Relational Treatment Plan

Agenda
8:25am-11:00am: Objectives 1-2
11:00-11:10pm: Break
11:10-1:10pm: Objective 3

This is a beginner level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

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Thursday, March 14, 2024, Foundations A via Zoom
Thursday, March 14, 2024, Foundations B via Zoom
Friday, March 15, 2024, Foundations C via Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

This workshop is designed to support participants in utilizing enactments, a core intervention in ESFT. The term enactment will be defined and its role in modifying family patterns will be explored. The workshop will focus on the role of the clinician in facilitating the enactment. Participants will also discuss key reflection questions. The four phases of the enactment will be outlined-focusing on the key tasks of each phase.  

Objectives 

As a result of participating in this workshop, therapists will be able to:  

1. Define Enactment
2. List two beginning strategies for facilitating enactments
3. Describe the connection between Enactment and modifying family patterns

Agenda
8:25am-11:00am: Objectives 1-2
11:00-11:10pm: Break
11:10-1:10pm: Objective 3

This is a beginner level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

Frequently Asked Questions
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Thursday, 10/5/23, Foundations Group A via Zoom
Thursday, 10/5/23, Foundations Group C via Zoom
Friday, 10/6/23, Foundations Group B via Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

This workshop is designed to help therapists introduce and explain the ESFT treatment approach to families.Participants will learn key information to share with families about the ESFT model focusing on both the structure of treatment and the focus on relationships. During the workshop, participants will develop an “elevator pitch” that describes the model quickly and simply, as well as an “orienting script” that provides more information for the family about what to expect during treatment. The workshop discusses systemic thinking, language, and actions that are the cornerstones of ESFT intervention.  .

Objectives:

As a result of participating in this workshop, therapists will be able to:  

1. List 6 core mechanisms of change
2. Develop an “elevator pitch” that simply describes the model; 
3. Recognize differences between systemic and individualistic approaches

Agenda
8:25am-11:00am: Objectives 1-2
11:00-11:10pm: Break
11:10-1:10pm: Objective 3

This is a beginner level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

Frequently Asked Questions
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Thursday, 10/19/23, Foundations Group C via Zoom
Friday, 10/20/23, Foundations Group A via Zoom
Friday, 10/20/23, Foundations Group B via Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

This workshop is designed to help lay the foundations for building and evaluating the quality of therapeutic alliances. Participants will learn key information about the therapeutic alliance including the definition as it pertains to ESFT, differentiation from rapport and joining, and common barriers. During the workshop, participants will use a combination of group discussions and videotape analysis to identify clues to the quality of a therapeutic alliance. Attention will also be given to the importance of having equal empathy for all family members and strategies to engage peripheral/absent members of the family system.  

Objectives:

As a result of participating in this workshop, therapists will be able to:  

1. Describe the nature of a therapeutic alliance and how it differs from “creating rapport”
2. Utilize clues to assess the strength or quality of the alliance with family members  
3. Define the elements of Equal Empathy

Agenda
8:25am-11:00am: Objectives 1-2
11:00-11:10pm: Break
11:10-1:10pm: Objective 3

This is a beginner level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

Frequently Asked Questions
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Thursday, November 2, 2023 Foundations A via Zoom
Thursday, November 2, 2023 Foundations C via Zoom
Friday, November 3, 2023 Foundations B via Zoom
8:25am-1:10pm

This workshop focuses on the challenge of engaging peripheral and reluctant family members in family treatment. One of the core mechanisms of change in ESFT is ensuring that all key family members have been identified and are engaged and participating in the change process. Common reasons that a family member may be reluctant to participate in treatment are identified, along with Motivational Interviewing strategies for addressing these challenges. Resistance is described in terms of the Stages of Change and the relationship interactions between the family member and the ESFT therapist.  Motivational Interviewing techniques such as Rolling with Resistance, Developing Discrepancies and Increasing Self-Efficacy are defined, discussed and then role played for skill development.  

Objectives:

As a result of participating in this workshop, therapists will be able to:  

1. Define treatment resistance from a relationship lens.
2. Identify Motivational Interviewing strategies for increasing family member engagement in sessions. 
3. Practice Motivational Interview strategies, such as rolling with resistance, developing discrepancies and increasing self-efficacy.

Agenda
8:25am-11:00am: Objectives 1-2
11:00-11:10pm: Break
11:10-1:10pm: Objective 3

This is a beginner level course. The target audience is behavioral health professionals working within an Ecosystemic Family Therapy Model. This is a live synchronous distance learning activity conducted in real time, allowing for simultaneous participation of participants and instructors from different locations.

Frequently Asked Questions
Visit our FBMHS Policies & FAQs for additional information regarding the CFBT online learning center, accommodations for disabilities, reporting problems with the course, instructions for viewing webinars, etc.