Working with Couples with Emotional Abuse

Sunday, May 19th, 2013

SOLD OUT

Location: The offices of the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, 25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 215, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Please read the following information:

If you are seeking continuing education hours, to receive full credit, you cannot be absent for more than 10 minutes per programming hour. If any participant needs to leave the program for more than 10 minutes, please check out & check back in with the registration table so that attendance can be monitored.

Presenter: Ellen Yashinsky Chute, LMSW, ACSW

Date: May 19, 2013 ~ 10-1PM
Fee: $35
3CE’s

Emotional abuse is an ongoing relational dynamic that perpetuates a “one-up” dynamic for the abuser and a “one-down” dynamic for the victim.  This dynamic perpetuates a contemptuous and toxic atmosphere that may easily escalate to other forms of abusive behaviors.  This workshop will address the complex etiology of emotional abuse, the family system dynamic it creates, and strategies for intervention that address the root causes of the behaviors.  This workshop will also address safety factors, and long term relational recovery.  

This workshop addresses social justice by helping to facilitate more just and egalitarian family systems.

This workshop will use a combination of PowerPoint, lecture, discussion, case study, video, and role play. 

Learning objectives:

Hour 1

1.      Understanding emotional abuse: 30 minutes

2.      Etiology of abuse as a behavioral strategy: 30 minutes

Hour 2

1.      Relational effects of abusive behaviors: 30 minutes

2.      The escalation sequence30 minutes

Hour 3

1.      Treatment strategies: 30 minutes

2.      Safety planning: 10 minutes

3.      Enforcing change: 20 minutes

 This workshop is for therapists of all educational background and degree.

Core Learning, Inc. is an approved provider with the 
Michigan Social Work Cotninuing Education Collaborative - Approved Provider Number: MICEC 0067, Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals (MCBAP), and through the National Board for Certified Counselors – ACEP Provider #6541. 

Getting the Love You Want Couples Workshop

Saturday, June 8th, 2013

For straight, gay and lesbian couples

Limited to 20 people. Registration beforehand is required.

Location: The offices of the Center for Relationship and Sexual Health, 25600 Woodward Ave, Suite 215, Royal Oak, MI 48067

Click here to download the pdf flyer.

Learn more about Imago Relationship Therapy

Dates: June 8-9, 2013
Sat 9:30am to 9pm
Sun 9:30am to 6pm
Cost: $700 per couple OR $650 per couples registered by June 1, 2013

The workshop includes a manual which you will be using throughout the weekend to write down effective ways to personally communicate with your partner. You will take the manuals with you following the workshop to continue doing the work..

There is no unwanted sharing nor is there much interaction from one couple to another.. Many have concerns there will be group therapy dynamics however this is not the case.

This weekend couples workshop is based on Imago Relationship Therapy, as developed by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D. and explained his book, Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples.

Gay Men’s Group Therapy

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Tuesdays  5:30-7:30PM
Location: The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health

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For gay men, self-acceptance means challenging society’s persistent stereotypes and prejudices about homosexuality. Rather than translating self-esteem guidance from a hetero-centrist view, the Gay Men’s Group allows for personal growth specifically aimed at helping gay men deal with the very particular issues they have in their lives.

The Gay Men’s group will examine:

• Contributing feelings of shame and self doubts of left over from growing up gay
• Careers
• Relationships
• Negative life choices based on internalized homophobia
• Sexual concerns
• Family of origin issues

Gay men’s group allows for these issues to be explored in safe and supportive environment. Gay Men’s Group allows the members to change what they say to themselves, and begin to recognize their strengths, and develop new directions for self-growth.   This group will guide you from distortions of old thinking, through the challenges of today, and into the peace and joy of tomorrow.

Every Tuesday 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Clients will have to complete an initial consult and a minimum 6 month commitment applies.

Men’s sexuality group therapy

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Thursdays 5:30 – 7:30pm
Location: The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health

Click here to download this information in pdf.

Click here to read ‘What are you searching for? An Introduction to Men’s Work’

This therapy group is designed to help men increase awareness of how their sexuality developed and how best to integrate it with a healthy, fulfilling life. It will help men resolve sexual behaviors that are interfering in their lives.

Sexual Addiction/compulsion is rarely about sex, but rather about early childhood trauma. Often it is based in childhood sexual, physical and emotional abuse or neglect. The individual is usually terrified of adult intimacy and uses the sexual acting out behaviors as a way to avoid it unconsciously.

The issues we examine and help solve include:

• Examining the negative effects of unresolved family-of-origin issues in childhood, which are currently interfering in men’s adult lives.
• Pornography use and Internet cybersex
• Past and present abuse (sexual, physical, verbal, emotional) and other traumas that lead men to be ashamed of their sexuality.
• Misconceptions about sexual behavior and bad role models that can damage or even ruin men’s intimate relationships.

For more information, please email [email protected].

Recovery from Betrayal

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Ongoing group Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm at The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health

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Recovery group for partners experiencing trauma from betrayal and broken trust.

• Have you worried about your partner’s sexual behavior?
• Do you blame yourself for feeling worried?
• Do you feel sad, empty and angry toward your partner having sexual encounters outside your relationship?
• Are you feeling shameful and hurt?  Are you questioning yourself over your partner’s relationships?
• Do you feel that you will never be enough for your partner?
• Are you a survivor of childhood or adult sexual or other abuse?

Space is limited.  Contact (248)399-7447 or email [email protected] for your appointment.  Interview is required before you begin.

Women’s group therapy

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Thursdays 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: The Center for Relationship and Sexual Health

For a pdf of this information click here.

Would you like to feel more connected to other people?
Would you like to improve your confidence in social situations?
Do you want to learn how to better handle conflict?
Do you want to gain greater insights about your behaviors in relationships?
We all spend the majority of our life in a variety of different group settings. Our family, workplace, friends and community are all groups in which we interact with others. The more successful we are in groups, the more satisfied we are in life.
Are you involved with someone with an untreated addiction or emotional disorder?

Group therapy has been shown to be a powerful tool in helping people overcome longstanding, self defeating behaviors and interpersonal difficulties. Challenges in relationships with spouses, partners, family members, or social groups can contribute to problems such as anxiety, depression, and loneliness. Each of these symptoms can be successfully treated in group therapy.

Group therapy allows members to understand how and why they react the way they do to different situations. It is ideal for people with interpersonal concerns such as intimacy, assertiveness, trust, isolation, anger and loss. Group is a social microcosm. The problems that individuals have in relationships are replicated in the group. Group members will learn new ways of interacting and dealing with people in their life.

Another powerful aspect of group therapy is the experience you have that you are not alone in the world. Group is a place where you feel connected and get support, empathy and validation from people who have shared experiences.