When Partners Become Parents: Using Pact to Create a Birth Bubble birth for therapists parents patricia williams pregnancy third Apr 15, 2018

Patricia Williams, LCSW
Westchester, NY & Vermont
PACT Level 2
patriciawilliams.net

As a couple therapist, it has long been a passion of mine to help couples prepare for the birth of a child, not only prenatally but post birth, as well. There is substantial evidence that...

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The Gift of Win-Wins for Couples Who are Parents children for couples kara hoppe parents Mar 18, 2018

Kara Hoppe, MA, LMFT 
PACT Level 2 
Los Angeles, CA 
karahoppe.com 

I recently became a parent to a beautiful baby boy, and I can speak from my own experience when I say that the struggle of mothering and coupling is real. I now have a new...

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Repairing Misattunement for therapists inga gentile regulation repair Feb 11, 2018

Inga Gentile, MFT  
PACT faculty 
Bardu, Norway 
www.ingagentile.com 

In the PACT model, a priority is placed on experience over interpretation. This is in part because we target the more primitive, less plastic parts of the brain (which are experience driven)...

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HowĀ SecureĀ Functioning CanĀ HelpĀ PolyamorousĀ  Couples clinton power polyamorous secure-functioning Jan 15, 2018

Clinton Power, Grad.Dip.Psych.Couns., Gestalt therapist
PACT Level II
Sydney, Australia
clintonpower.com.au
When a new couple present to your practice and reveal they are in a polyamorous relationship, you may find the concept of loving multiple people strange, risky, or...

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Remove Working With a Couple Who Have a Trauma History amanda woolveridge for therapists trauma Dec 11, 2017

Amanda Woolveridge, M.App.sci.
PACT Level II
Sydney, Australia
amandawoolveridgecounselling.com.au

John yanked open the curtains at 10:30 am. Light flooded the bedroom as he placed their one-year-old baby on Susanne, who looked bleary eyed and confused as she struggled to wake up. “He’s...

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First Things First: The Primacy of Partnership in Blended Families blended families for couples for therapists jason polk Nov 20, 2017

Jason Polk, LCSW, LAC
PACT Level II
Denver, CO
paramitacounseling.com

There is no magic bullet to maintaining and raising children within a blended family (a family with children from multiple relationships), and I am not an expert in the finer points of day-to-day interactions in a...

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Building Secure Functioning in the Face of Difference attachment eda arduman for couples for therapists secure functioning Oct 15, 2017

Eda Arduman, Ma.
PACT Level II therapist
Istanbul, Turkey
edaarduman.com

Agreeing to disagree can be easier said than done. Some people believe that their beliefs and values constitute their character, and thus can’t be changed. But a relationship in which change is disallowed will not be...

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The Devil is in the Details for couples for therapists krista jordan Sep 18, 2017

Krista Jordan, Ph.D., ABPP
PACT Level III candidate
Austin, TX
www.kristajordan.com

“He doesn’t find me attractive,” she lamented, eyes cast downward toward his shoes.

My interest as this couple’s therapist was piqued: the woman before me could easily be mistaken for a model....

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The Poetry of Couple Communication communication for therapists susan b. saint-rossy Aug 14, 2017

Susan B. Saint-Rossy, LCSW
PACT Level III candidate
Ashburn, VA
www.relationship-therapist.com

Most couples who come to me identify their main problem as lack of or poor communication. Many times, couples believe that if they just learned to communicate properly, their...

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Using PACT in Individual Therapy: A Pro-Relationship StanceĀ  for therapists individual therapy margaret martin Jul 17, 2017

Margaret Martin, LCSW, SEP
PACT Level III candidate
Austin, TX
margaretmartinlcsw.com

When I started my career, I was a dyed-in-the-wool individual therapist, with little or no interest in couple therapy. My master’s program offered minimal education in couple...

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Joysticks and Controllers: Using PACT With Kids Who Use Video Games Obsessively children jason brand parenting Jun 18, 2017

Jason Brand, LCSW
PACT Level II
Berkeley, CA
www.jasonbrand.com

Video games used to have joysticks—simple black boxes with a red trigger button and a stick for movement. Today they have controllers that are multi-buttoned, provide sensory feedback, and obey spoken commands. In many families, I...

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The Making of a Third for couples for therapists parenting sara slater thirds May 15, 2017

Sara Slater, MSW, LICSW

Seattle, WA

PACT Level III candidate

[email protected]

 

Apparently the pregnant couple in my office didn’t want to talk about preparing for baby at all. Instead, in the first minutes of their first session, Meg launched into her frustrations about their...

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