Recorded Webinar
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
CEs/Contact Hours: 1.5
Level: Intermediate
Target Audience: Social workers and other social service providers.
Course Delivery Method and Format: Recorded webinar, self study. All courses are hosted on SmithOnline. Login information will be emailed immediately after registration to the email address entered during registration.
System Requirements: Attendees will need access to a computer with internet and the capability to play recorded videos.
Date of original webinar: July 17, 2019
This course explains how doing effective therapy with more than one person in the room is a whole different endeavor from working with an individual. Couple therapists often find that people come in not to make changes in themselves but to get the therapist’s help in changing the other. Shifting the frame from the problem lying inside one person to one that stems from an interactive pattern between two people can be a major undertaking. How to accomplish this task while offering deep empathy and validation for each member of the couple involves skillfully shifting back and forth from the systemic view of the couple to the careful exploration of the inner worlds of each individual.
This webinar is based on the basic concepts of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based approach that has been shown to be highly effective in helping distressed couples repair and create a secure bond. Based on an integration of structural systems theory, the theory of attachment and emotional bonding, and an experiential humanistic approach to exploring emotions, EFT offers a roadmap to help couples stuck in a perpetual cycle of conflict to find their way back to loving connection.
If you are considering offering couples therapy or have already started seeing couples without a clear road map, this webinar can begin to orient you to the particular challenges of this important specialty.
Registration Fee and Deadlines:
$35 (one time registration fee of $5) | Ongoing
Learning Objectives:
- Describe the fundamental differences between individual and couple therapy.
- Explain the challenges of holding two competing perspectives simultaneously.
- List three contra-indicators for couples therapy.
- Define the role of the therapist as the safe attachment figure.
Instructor Biography:
Nancy Knudsen, LMFT, is a Marriage and Family Therapist in Northampton, MA with over 30 years experience. Over the past 10 years, Nancy’s primary clinical modality has been Emotionally Focused Therapy. She is a certified EFT therapist and supervisor and has taught a number of workshops on EFT. Additionally, she is a Past President of the Massachusetts Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is currently the director of the Couple and Family Institute of New England.
To receive a CE certificate, you must complete the entirety of the recorded webinar or recorded video presentation. Partial credit will not be awarded to those who attend only a portion of the class. For recorded webinars and online courses, participants must complete an evaluation and a post test, noting the length of time to complete the course. Participants must earn a minimum score of 80 percent on the post test in order to earn CEs. Retesting is allowed up to five (5) times. If a passing score is not achieved, CEs will not be awarded. Links to the evaluation and post test are available in SmithOnline. Participants must also complete an attestation of completion for each fully completed course. A copy of the attestation is available in SmithOnline. It is attendee’s responsibility to contact their state licensing board/certification boards to determine eligibility to meet continuing education requirements.
Upon completing the course evaluation, successfully passing the post test and submitting the attestation, participants will be emailed their online certificate within 30 days of course completion. Participants should save and/or print the certificate upon receipt for their records. Receiving the CE certificate is contingent on submitting attestion, completion of the evaluation and passing the post test.
Continuing Education Credits and Approvals for This Course
Continuing Education (CE) credits offered vary by course. This course only offers the CE credits listed below. It is the attendees' responsibility to contact their licensing board to determine eligibility to meet continuing education requirements.
ACE
Smith College School for Social Work, #1755, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period:11/19/2024-11/19/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 clinical continuing education credits.
CSWE
Smith College School for Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and is therefore authorized to provide CEs as a postsecondary institution accredited by CSWE in many states. Courses offered through the School’s Program of Professional Education are awarded continuing education credits in accordance with Continuing Education Regulation 258, CMR, 31.00 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NY State
Smith College School for Social Work is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0169.
Approved for Counselors (LMHC/LPC)
Smith College School for Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7110. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Smith College School for Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. This program offers 1.5 contact hours.