Workshop 18

 

Schema focused therapy with couples and families

Frank Dattilio, Harvard Medical School, USA

 Frank Dattilio

This workshop focuses on the specific use of cognitive-behavioral techniques for identifying schemas with couples and families that contribute to relationship dysfunction.  Specific CBT techniques will be discussed for restructuring schemas and facilitating change in relationships.  The use of video will be offered in demonstrating how the interventions are employed.
 
Key Objectives:
1) To describe three cognitive-behavioral techniques for restructuring schemas with couples and families.
2) To address rigid longstanding schemas that are resistant to change.
3) To identify when to use cognitive over behavioral strategies.

Training Modalities: Didactic lecture, videotape demonstrations, questions and answers.

Dr. Frank M. Dattilio is a board certified clinical psychologist and marital and family therapist.  He is world renown for his work in the use of CBT with couples and families.  He has more than 200 professional publications to his credit, which have been translated into 22 languages.  He has presented workshops and seminars in over 30 countries throughout the globe.
 
References: Dattilio, F. M. (Ed.). (1998).  Case Studies in Couples and Family   Therapy:  Systemic and Cognitive Perspectives. New York: Guilford
2) Dattilio, F. M.  (2005).  Restructuring Family Schemas: A Cognitive Behavioral Perspective.  Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,31(1), 15-30.
3) Dattilio, F. M. (2005).  Cognitive-Behavior Therapy with Couples (pp. 77-85).  In G. O. Gabbard, J. S. Beck, and J. Holmes (Eds.) Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy.  Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.