The Self of the Couple Therapist
Deepening Your Craft Toward Becoming an Advanced Clinician
- Speaker:
- Alexandra Solomon, PhD
- Duration:
- 1 Hour 07 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Nov 07, 2025
- Product Code:
- POS150491
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
This workshop explores your journey as a couple therapist, focusing on both professional developmental “milestones” and the sneaky but powerful ways that working with couples shapes the self of the couple therapist. Participants will examine the paradoxical twin tasks of, on the one hand, amassing experience to hone our abilities (to recognize patterns, to conceptualize cases, and to intervene in ways that are grounded and authoritative), and, on the other hand, maintaining a beginners mindset and capacity for wonder. Additionally, participants will learn how to use their family of origin experiences and relationship history to deepen rather than inhibit the work of building a treatment alliance with partners who are often deeply polarized. Participants will leave this workshop with a deepened sense of their strengths and growing edges as a couple therapist.
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Speaker
Alexandra Solomon, PhD Related seminars and products
Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon is internationally recognized as one of today’s most trusted voices in the world of relationships, and her framework for Relational Self-Awareness has reached millions of people around the globe. A couple therapist, speaker, author, and professor, Dr. Alexandra is passionate about translating cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom into practical tools people can use to bring awareness, curiosity and authenticity to their relationships.
She is a clinician educator and a frequent contributor to academic journals, and she translates her academic and therapeutic experience to the public through her popular Instagram page, which has garnered a quarter of million followers. She is an adjunct professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, and she is the face of MasterClass in Practice. She is a licensed clinical psychologist, who works with individuals and couples in private practice.
Her hit podcast, Reimagining Love, reaches thousands of listeners across the globe each week and features deep dives into complex relationship dynamics as well as conversations with high-profile guests from the worlds of therapy, academia, and pop culture. She is the award-winning author of three bestselling books: Love Every Day, Loving Bravely and Taking Sexy Back. Her work has been covered by outlets including NPR, Today, New York Times, Scientific American, and the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Alexandra Solomon is the owner and founder of The Institute for Relational Self-Awareness and has an employment relationship with MasterClass and Northwestern University. She receives royalties as a published author and is the podcast host of Reimaging Love. She is the founding expert for Mine'd app. Dr. Solomon receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Alexandra Solomon is an ad hoc for several peer review journals, for a complete list contact PESI, Inc. Dr. Solomon is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), and the American Association for Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT).
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Objectives
- Examine the research about professional developmental milestones and markers of a skilled couple therapist.
- Identify the challenges and opportunities of being a couple therapist in this current cultural moment.
- Determine common self-of-the-couple-therapist challenges including the impact of being a couple therapist on one’s own relationship life.
Outline
The developmental trajectory of a couple therapist including research on core skills and turning points that indicate growth
The paradoxical twin tasks of pattern recognition and beginner mind
The role of creating a community of peers
Inside out: The impact of your personal relationships (FOO and intimate relationships) on your work as a couple therapist
- Framing of couples and their problems
- Beliefs and expectations about growth and acceptance
- Formation of treatment alliance- strengths and blind spots
Outside in: The impact that being couple therapist has on your intimate relationships
Risks and Limitations
Target Audience
- Counselors
- Social Workers
- Psychologists
- Marriage & Family Therapists
- Other Mental Health Professionals
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