This workshop will go over some of the principles of "Core Focused Family Therapy" from a book of the same title that the presenter published in 2008, with Ross Cohen, LPC, (IdyllArbor, Inc, 2008). Judye will give a brief history of how and why she created this approach and began using it with adult children and their families. Following this, Judye will ask for volunteers to role play in an unscripted family, and will work with them for 30-45 minutes, after which there will be time for discussion and Q&A.

By the end of this presentation, participants will be better able to:

1. Define the ways that working with families with"adult children" differs from doing family therapy with live-in families.
2. Describe the main themes that emerge in working with "adult children" and their families.

Schedule: 

12:00-12:45: Presentation of the major themes involved in doing Family Therapy with "adult children".

12:45-1:30:   Role play session with family including an "adult child"

1:30-2:00:     Discussion of role play session, including Q and A.

 

The presenter, Judye Hess, phd, has worked with families since 1974 when she began her family therapy career at Worcester Child Guidance Center in Worcester, Mass. In 1977, Judye moved to the west coast and found a home at Xanthos, a family counseling center in Alameda, CA, where she worked for the next three years. In 1984, she began teaching at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she was on the core faculty until 2015. She is now Professor Emerita from CIIS, and since then has maintained a private practice, seeing couples and families exclusively.


Date: November 9th, 2024; 12:00pm - 2:00pm PT

Where: In Person at Alliant International University and Online via Zoom

Cost: Free to attend for active members and non members

CE: 2 CE credits free for members and $30 for non members