Are you triggered when conflict flares up in your work?

Do you wish you had more tools in your toolbox to help people work through conflict?

Do you have difficulty helping clients move from a charged conflict to a workable agreement?

Attend our workshop September 21 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm and September 22 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm:

Navigating Conflict for Mental Health Professionals

Faculty:  Stacey Shuster, Ph.D. and Catherine Conner, J.D.

Location:  34 Forrest Street, Mill Valley, California

Cost:  $450, includes lunch on Sept. 22

*Limited to 12 participants*

This seminar will explore the challenges in helping parties work through conflict, and will present a structure for reaching agreements using the concepts and strategies of the Understanding-Based conflict resolution model pioneered by Gary Friedman and Jack Himmelstein.

Who Should Attend This Workshop:

This workshop is perfect for therapists and other professionals, such as:

• A child therapist or co-parenting counselor who wants to improve their ability to work with high conflict parents
• A couples counselor working with very reactive clients to help them start listening differently to one another
• A collaborative coach, mediator or parenting coordinator who is triggered by the parties’ positions
• An individual therapist who is coaching a client in the middle of a high conflict divorce
• Any other professional who wants to enhance their work helping people through conflict

Focus of the Training:

• Underlying patterns and dynamics that impact conflict resolution
• How and when to demonstrate understanding of content and process
• Conditions, attitudes and beliefs that help parties work through conflict
• Steps to establish an effective and agreed-upon framework for working through conflict
• The roles of laws, rules and behavioral research in decision-making processes
• Working from understanding what is important to each person and the reality they face to a concrete set of agreements

Dr. Stacey Shuster

Catherine Conner

Continuing Education Credits:

Mental Health:  The Center for Understanding in Conflict is approved by the California Psychological Association to provide continuing professional education for psychologists. The Center for Understanding in Conflict maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  BBS licensees may also receive credit from The Center for Understanding in Conflict as a provider approved by the California Psychological Association.  This course qualifies for 10 CE credits.

Legal:  The Center for Understanding in Conflict is pending renewal as an accredited provider of California Continuing Legal Education.  The  Navigating Conflict for Mental Health Professionals Training will qualify for 10 CA MCLE credit hours.

For additional detailed information about our faculty credentials, this program, or our fees and refund policies, please visit our website at understandinginconflict.org or contact us at  (844) 242-3428.

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