Intro to Family Systems Workshop
Fri, Aug 16
|The Nest Retreat Center or Online
5 CE hours for Rule 114. Participants will receive a certificate of completion at end of training.
Time & Location
Aug 16, 2024, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
The Nest Retreat Center or Online , 4570 Churchill St, Shoreview, MN 55126, USA
About the Event
If you are working with families of any kind, this is a MUST! The workshop covers various aspects of family systems thinking and theory in the context of mediation. It discusses the importance of understanding systems thinking for the mediator, the problems with scapegoating in dysfunctional systems, managing emotional force-fields during conflicts, the impact of triangulation, the effects of change on systems, the power of emotional maturity, and the guidance provided by systems thinking in mediation.
“The Issue Is Never the Issue” - The Curiosity and Clarity Found in Systems Thinking and Theory (Dr. Dan Rotach, LMFT)
Teaching and discussion around the discernment systems thinking affords the mediator.
“Who’s to Blame Here?” - The Problems With Scapegoating in Systems (Dr. Dan Rotach, LMFT)
Teaching and discussing the need for dysfunctional systems to find and fix the identified patient. Some discussion around generational transmission (Bowen), from generation to generation (Friedman)
“The…