The Couples Therapist Toolbox Program

An eight-month program where you meet in community with other therapists to develop your couples therapy practice with confidence, beyond the modality.

Eight Month Program

In the program, you will:

Explore who you are as a couples therapist
Uncover your philosophies about couples therapy
Determine your role as a couples therapist
Develop a comprehensive consent form
Explore your secrets policy
Expand your individual assessment
Learn how to do a sex assessment
Figure out how to work with high conflict couples
Learn what to do when there is abuse in a relationship
and how to work with couples while doing individual sessions with them

We will meet for 90 minutes each month, starting with education, but allowing for interaction and questions at the end. To get the best out of the program, we suggest that you attend live!

Monthly Peer Group

Join your peers in this monthly group to discuss cases and get support. Led by Amanda Bacchus, couples therapist and supervisor.

The Business Side of Private Practice
Become More Successful Without Blowing Your Budget or Burning Out

Free access to a 40 minute webinar by Amanda Bacchus and her colleague Andrew Sofin, how to build a thriving private practice without burning out.

You will learn a few tips on how to build your private practice on a shoestring budget.

In this webinar, Amanda and Andrew,

Introduce you to the concept of thinking like an entrepreneur
Teach you how to build your support team on a budget
Discuss common struggles, such as how to manage your time and administrative duties
Introduce you to Budgeting
Discuss top Marketing strategies

Investment

Eight 90 minute webinars

* if you hired a supervisor at $150 an hour @ 8 ninety minute sessions,

it would cost you a minimum of$1800 to get support on these topics.

Monthly Peer Group Consultation - 60 minutes

* Supervision with Amanda would cost you $200 an hour.

Private Practice Support

* Coaching from consultants could cost you about$200 an hour

That's a $2200 value

and we are underestimating!

It takes years to get the exposure of these topics and support provided in this program

Cost:

$997 for the full 8 months!

Build Your Toolbox Now!

Join the Couples Therapist Toolbox Program Here

Modules:

Explore what you we will discuss each month. Again we suggest that you attend live. Can't make it? No worries, it will be recorded and held for one month. We don't want you to get behind, so the 30 day expiration is to push you to keep up and not miss a beat. We know this is an investment of time and money, want to ensure you get the ost of the program.

Safe and Effective Use of Self in Couples Therapy (SEUS)

When working with couples it is important that you know who you are as an individual and as a therapist. It is easy to by triggered by clients or have countertransference. In this interactive webinar, we will explore the self as a therapist. We will also explore who is your client, the individuals or the couple? Explore what kind of couples you want to work with, what is in your scope of practice, and when to refer out, determining your role as a couples therapist, and how to avoid burnout. In addition, we will explore competence and supervision. The webinar will set the foundation of your practice.

Creating a Consent Form for your Couples Therapy Practice

Creating a consent for that protects you and your clients is essential. Amanda's consent form has evolved over the years. In this webinar, she will go over various policies and what to consider. For instance, recording sessions, who has access to these? Who has access to files? Which part of the file? What are you legally required to disclose?

How to conduct your first session

We will discuss we will discuss how to develop rapport with two people in the room. How to determine goals of therapy, especially when they are not the same, what to track and pay attention to, and how to close off the first session.

How to Conduct an Individual Assessment and Sex Therapy Assessment

In this webinar, we will discuss the benefits of doing an individual assessment and the impact to the couple if you forgo this. In addition, we will discuss an explore possible questions you can add to your assessment. This is an interactive webinar with time to develop your assessment questions.

Working with High Conflict Couples and should you do couples therapy when there is abuse?

Most couples therapy training do not discuss how to do a sex therapy assessment, but it is an essential part of the couple dynamic. We will discuss questions to ask, how to feel comfortable asking these questions, while maintaining ethical boundaries.

When is it appropriate to let them argue? How do you contain the sessions to not do further harm? How to intervene and not let the session be a shouting match? How do you manage your nervous system in these moments and countertransference? When is it time to stop couples therapy and move them to individual therapy? We will discuss these questions and more.

What is your Secrets Policy?

Most therapists know what to do if an affair is disclosed, but what if it is different secret, like sexual orientation, past abuse, a one night stand, addiction? In this webinar we will look at different secret policies. This is a very controversial topic and policies are usually developed based on moral values. We will look at benefits of each policy, and evaluate them against different types of secrets.

Conducting individual sessions with both partners while doing couples therapy

There are some instances, where it is not beneficial to conduct couples therapy with both partners in the room, but at the same time it is not effective for the couple to see different individual therapists because they get differing information that does not support the couple dynamic. While challenging, there is an ethical way to continue to do couple therapy while seeing each partner individually. In this webinar, we will discuss when is it appropriate to do this, how to manage ethics, avoid triangulation, and ensuring confidentiality practices are clear to the couple.

Oh no...an affair has been disclosed!

When an affair has been disclosed, it is a difficult time for a couple. Couples attend sessions heightened, the betrayed partner wants answers, who, when where, how, how often, why. The other partner wants the questions to stop and move on. Sometimes it looks like they are not remorseful, when in fact they are deeply struggling. More often than not, the betrayed partner does not trust, which keeps therapy stuck. In this webinar, we look at how to hold the space and create containment for the couple, while managing your nervous system.

FAQs

What if I cannot attend live?

No worries, you can watch a recording. The recording will be available in the portal until the next live event. But if you don't watch in those 30 days, it will disappear. Just like we re-schedule clients, book a time in your calendar when you watch the recording.

Do you have a payment plan?

Yes, you can pay each month????

I joined the program and now I am not sure.

Please contact admin and let us know. You can withdraw from the program within 7 days of signing up.

Can I count this towards CEUs?

When you complete the program, we will provide you with a certificate. You will need to check with your regulatory body to see if will count as CEUs.

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