PACT Interviews and Workshops
Gain practical skills and learn new approaches that help you and your clients grow and thrive — even if you have not taken PACT training.
Open to all clinicians, these interviews and workshops are chock-full of useful information vital to your ongoing growth and development as a couple therapist.
If you have a PACT+ Alumni Membership, these interviews and workshops are included in your membership. Please sign up in advance in your PACT+ portal for these events at no additional cost.
If you are not a PACT+ Alumni Member, you can still register and join in! Simply sign up for each workshop using the links below.
Interviews
Join PACT developer Dr. Stan Tatkin as he interviews other experts in the field of couple therapy and delves deeper into topics related to sex issues, consensual non-monogamy, and the integration of PACT with other models of couple therapy.
In these interviews, you’ll meet a range of innovative and inspiring people who are working with couples in their own ways.
Workshops
In workshops, you’ll learn from PACT founder and other PACT faculty about experiential strategies, pioneering approaches, and practical resources that allow you to integrate new skills into everyday clinical practice and feel more confident in your work with couples.
Upcoming Events
Couples, Trauma, and the World We’re Living In: A Conversation with Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, and Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP
April 24, 2026
12:00pm - 1:30pm Pacific timeÂ
PACT+ Members: Sign in and reserve your FREE seat!
Therapists everywhere are sitting with couples whose lives and relationships are being shaped not only by their personal histories and attachment patterns but by the daily news and the world outside their doors.Â
Global instability and widespread social and economic pressures are affecting people in real and profound ways. For many couples, these realities impact how they connect, communicate, and feel secure together.
In this special live conversation, PACT developer Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, interviews Akilah Riley‑Richardson, MSW, CCTP, author of Marginalized Couples in Therapy: Interventions for Healing from Systemic Trauma.Â
Her groundbreaking work centers couples navigating systemic trauma. Drawing from her own clinical framework, Akilah invites all therapists to look directly at the forces shaping couples today and expand their therapeutic stance to meet the moment.
“The purpose of this is not just to have people learn, but to sense deeply… the necessity of therapists thinking about the impact of our current climate on couples.” ~Akilah Riley-Richardson, MSW, CCTP
Akilah will introduce her B.I.O.M.E. framework (Bravery, Intensity/Intimacy, Openness, Microliberatory Movements, Epistemic Embracing) and the P.R.I.D.E. model (Pivot, Rumble, Imagine, Develop, Evolve), both of which she developed and uses to guide her work.
“Akilah Riley-Richardson is a shining star, a passionate thinker, a teacher and clinician. She is an original and an exciting thought leader in our field.” ~Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
The interview will blend discussion, teaching, and clinical illustration. Akilah will share video clips from her work — moments that help therapists feel the lived experience of couples facing systemic harm.Â
Stan and Akilah will explore how clinicians can integrate the B.I.O.M.E. framework into their own practices, and they will also leave time for questions.Â
When you register to join, you’ll receive a recording that you’ll be able to watch on demand for three months after the live event.Â
* PACT training is not a prerequisite to attend.
* PACT+ Members! Sign in and reserve your FREE seat now!Â
* Not yet a PACT+ Alumni Member? Join now and reserve your seat for FREE.