Become A More Effective Couples Therapist...
Learn how to practice one of the most effective approaches to couples therapy.
The Complexities of Couple Therapy
Clinical supervision for couples therapists may be what you need if the complexities of doing couple therapy leave you bemused. As a couples therapist, do you sometimes feel like you are standing on the freeway with two trucks trying to run you over?
That is how Sue Johnson described the experience of doing couple therapy, before she developed the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) model of couples therapy. EFT is uniquely based on attachment theory as a description of adult romantic love and is highly effective.
Clinical supervision for couples therapists recognizes that working with couples can be a very difficult experience for therapists. In many ways, it is more complex than either individual or family therapy because of the highly charged emotions of two individuals in an intimate relationship. Perhaps you notice that you are putting in excessive energy trying to help couples make changes, only to find them slipping back into old patterns time and time again.
If you are finding couples therapy to be highly onerous and frustrating, why not enlist some help from a couples therapist supervisor with training and experience in a clinically proven effective model of couple therapy?
I can offer you clinical supervision as a couples therapist that is sure to bring encouragement and empowerment to your clinical work.
Self-of-the-Therapist Issues
As a couples therapist, do you find that you are getting “hooked’ with particular types of individuals or couples?
Working with two individuals in a distressed relationship can trigger intense emotional reactions inside a couples therapist. Intimate relationships are a strong force for disturbing a therapist’s interpersonal and intrapsychic issues and insecurities.
Couples in despair, can evoke despair, frustration and unmet attachment needs for safety and security within a couples therapist. Clinical supervision or consultation can be of great help in assisting you to separate your own personal issues from those of your clients.
Benefits of Clinical Supervision for Couples Therapists
Discover how clinical supervision or consultation can provide a calm and affirming context to examine isomorphic issues that you share with a client.
Discover how clinical supervision can transform the isolation of private practice into an affirming collegial endeavor and empower you professionally!
Although I provide clinical supervision to all couples therapists, I am registered to provide clinical supervision for Emotionally Focused Therapy trained couples therapists.
I can help you:
- work productively with negative emotions, such as reactive anger and depression, to help your clients heal through safe and secure connections
- frame couple and family conflict in the non-pathologizing framework of attachment theory so that you have a clear map to guide your work
- revitalize your clinical skills, confidence and hopefulness as a therapist
Receiving consultation or clinical supervision for Emotionally Focused Therapy from a certified EFT Supervisor can revolutionize your work with couples, families and individuals. You can discover how to ground yourself in a non-pathologizing model with clinically proven effectiveness. You can be refreshed by your work!
Whether you are seeking to develop expertise in Emotionally Focused Therapy or simply seeking to rejuvenate your practice and attract more clients through consultation or clinical supervision as a non-trained EFT couples therapist, I can provide you with quality supervision that will make a difference.
Find how to do couple therapy in a way that is rewarding and leaves you with the thrill of having coached couples through stormy waters to safe and secure ground!
Types of Clinical Supervision
Individual or group supervision:
Couples therapy supervision can be done individually or in a group format. Individual supervision has the benefit of focusing entirely on your own couples therapy work, while group supervision facilitates learning from and being encouraged by your colleagues.
In Person Supervision:
I will meet with you in person in Winnipeg, Manitoba to provide feedback to you based on your video and audio recordings, case presentations or role-playing. I will also provide live supervision to you during your couple therapy sessions.
Distance Supervision Via Phone and Email
I provide supervision to couples therapists in distant locations by email or telephone. You can send me audio or video recordings of couples therapy sessions by mail or through the internet via secure file share programs such as Pando.
In providing clinical supervision for couples therapists, I use an integrative model, influenced most strongly by the process-experiential therapy known as Emotionally Focused or Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). I do not restrict myself to supervising therapists who use EFT, however. In the beginning stages of our working relationship, we will clearly discuss your expectations and goals and the compatibility of our philosophical and theoretical orientations. I view supervision as a process for increasing your techniques and skills and for enhancing your flexibility in the “use of self” in therapy with clients.
Who I Work With
- professional therapists and psychologists seeking consultation regarding challenging couple therapy cases and marriage and family therapy students
- couples therapists seeking supervision hours for registration as an Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT)
- couples therapists seeking to become registered marriage and family therapists or seeking registration with other professional couples therapist organizations
- professionals wanting specialized supervision and consultation in EFT for couples
Supervision Credentials as a Couples Therapist
- I am an Approved Supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT)
- I am a registered supervisor in Emotionally Focused Therapy (Registered with the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy).
- I am a registered Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) with the Canadian Registry of Marriage and Family Therapy and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT).
- I have assisted with Emotionally Focused Therapy training, recognized by the International Centre for Excellence in EFT, in San Francisco, California, Vancouver, BC and Charlotte, NC.
- I have over 18 years of training counselling students in university settings:
- I am an invited guest and consultant on Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with students in couple therapy classes at the University of Winnipeg, Canada and the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- I have taught counselling courses at University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg and University of British Columbia, from 1988-2006.
- I have supervised graduate psychology students from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in the area of couple and family therapy.
- I provided individual and group consultation to the counselling staff at the Aulneau Renewal Centre in Winnipeg for two years.
- I have published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy (2006) and other professional journals
- I am the British Columbia Association of Marriage and Family Therapists’ (BCAMFT) 2007 recipient of the John Banmen Award for outstanding service and contribution to Marriage and Family Therapy.
Contact Me
My collaborative, empathic and sharply focused approach to couples therapy supervision is sure to provide you with encouragement and renewed enthusiasm for your profession and for who you are as a person and as a couples therapist.
Contact me to discuss how we can work together to meet your couples therapy supervision or consultation needs:
lorrie@lbrubacher.com or in Winnipeg at 204-221-4776; in Greensboro, NC at 336-392-0013.
To schedule a FREE 10-minute telephone consultation to discuss my counselling services, please contact me at lorrie@lbrubacher.com or call me: in Winnipeg at 204-221-4776; in Greensboro, NC at 336-392-0013.
Individual and Couple Therapy and Couple Therapy Supervision and Training with Lorrie Brubacher available in-person in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Greensboro, North Carolina and by distance via webcam or telephone.
