Helping Adult Clients Grow Up: Blen Objective Relations Perspective.......

Seminar Overview:

Many people seek help from mental health professionals for struggles like depression, anxiety, impaired judgment, substance abuse or behavioral difficulties. These noticeable problems are often symptomatic of something less conspicuous—deficits in maturity. No one arrives in adulthood in one piece. For various reasons, parts of the self get stuck in developmental culs-de-sac while other parts grow to maturity. Consequently, most people have “maturity gaps,” or discrepancies between chronological age and developmental age. In effect, most grown-ups need to grow up in some areas and life eventually requires the use of all aspects of the person, even those that are underdeveloped. When that happens, people either grow in those areas or stay stuck. And staying stuck not only leads people to seek out mental health services, but may also hinder their ability to achieve successful therapeutic outcomes.

This seminar equips participants to help clients identify and develop those immature parts giving rise to troubling symptoms. The theoretical framework presented for understanding this process is object relations which could just as well be called “human relations.” Participants will learn to use current relationships, both with the therapist and with others, to facilitate the growth of those personality aspects delayed in earlier times. This seminar communicates a user-friendly object relations perspective that helps clinicians enrich their therapeutic work, regardless of theoretical orientation, client population or treatment setting. The ideas are presented with frequent use of case examples, stories, illustrations and analogies which allow attendees to fully grasp the practical applications of the material. Character change and growth take place in the context of healthy relationships.

Learning Objectives

· Discover how an object relations perspective can enhance all clinical work and reach struggling clients

· Determine what it should and should NOT mean to “deal with your past”

· Understand how character develops and the results of stunted developmental and psychological growth

· Become a catalyst for change – help your clients grow where growth is needed

· Learn how to combine object relations concepts with other therapeautic approaches

Speaker Bio

ALAN GODWIN, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice with 20 years of experience. Certified in Alternative Dispute Resolution, he has dedicated himself to helping individuals, couples, churches and businesses develop better ways of handling conflict. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Godwin serves on the adjunct faculty of the Graduate Psychology Department of Trevecca University in Nashville, TN, where he teaches a class for doctoral students entitled “Psychodynamic Psychotherapies.” He also teaches undergraduates and has guest lectured in the Marriage and Family department. Dr. Godwin co-founded Integrity Management Resources, a consulting firm specializing in strategy development, security enhancement, relational improvement and spiritual well-being. Additionally, he pens a regular quarterly feature entitled “Ask Dr. Alan” for Deacon magazine. He has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs across the U.S. and Canada. He also serves as a People and Relationships expert on bizymoms.com. His book, How to Solve Your People Problems: Dealing with Your Difficult Relationships, was released in August, 2008. In it, he explains how and why conflict goes badly and how to make it go well with two types of people, reasonable and unreasonable. For more information about Dr. Godwin and his publications, please visit his website www.peopleproblems.org

TENTATIVE Seminar Schedule (6 CEUs)

· 8am – 8:30am – Registration Check-in

· 8:30am – 11:45am – Seminar

· 11:45am – 12:45pm – Lunch (1hr on own)

· 12:45am – 4pm - Seminar

Applying for 6 CEUs from the following boards:

• MN Board of Behaviorla Health: LPC/LPCC & LADC: Pending
• MN Board of Marriage and Family Therapy: Pending
• MN Board of Social Work: CEP-622
• MN Board of Psychology: Pending
• Iowa Board of Certification: Pending

Training shoudl satisfy licensure requirements for the following boards:

• Missouri Committee for MFT, LPC/LPCC, Pscyhology
• Wisconsin DSPS

**Providers are responsible for knowing their licesning boards CEU requirements and pre-approval process.

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