Special Workshops on
Relationship Enhancement® and Filial Methods
Co-Sponsored by
National Institute of
Relationship Enhancement® (NIRE) and Association for
Filial and Relationship Enhancement® Methods
(AFREM)
Held in Conjunction with the
2014 AFREM Community Sharing and Connecting Meeting
April 25-26, 2014 in
Bethesda, MD
Community Sharing and Connecting Meeting
Facilitator: Robert Brown, Member of the Board of IDEALS,
the larger organization supporting AFREM and NIRE
Everyone with an interest in Relationship Enhancement
Methods, Filial and Child-Centered Play Therapy is
encouraged to attend this meeting! We want to know you more,
hear about your work and passion for these approaches, and
help you connect with others. Our purpose is to exchange
ideas and share in each others’ enthusiasm for helping
persons in need through RE, Filial and CCPT. Participants
will have an opportunity to share what is working for them
and excites and motivates them, including how they are using
these various models, what innovations or modifications they
have found useful, and how these programs are being used in
the US and other countries. Please come and let us know you,
while seeking support and connections for your work and
helping us all expand our expertise in applying the
methods.
Organized Friday Night Dutch Treat Dinner
This year’s traditional “Dutch Treat”
dinner will be held on Friday night April 25. This well
attended event always proves to be a fun time to connect and
relax with friends and colleagues around the dinner table.
Please join us if you can! Details below. And please
RSVP so we can properly plan with the
restaurant.
CE Workshops
In conjunction with AFREM’s annual meeting, the
National Institute of Relationship Enhancement® (NIRE)
and AFREM are co-sponsoring three special workshops on
Friday April 25 and Saturday April 26.
Friday will include two half-day workshops. The morning
workshop is entitled “The Young Child as Person:
The Development of Healthy Conscience.”
The Friday afternoon workshop is entitled “Group
Filial Therapy.”
Saturday will feature two 1.5 hour workshops. The first
workshop is entitled “The Neurobiology of
Empathy.”
The second 1.5 hour workshop is entitled “Let Me
Walk a Mile in Your Shoes—With Your Corns and
Calluses: Using Empathy for Context to Help Clients Get
Unstuck.”
Each Friday workshop qualifies for 3 CE credits.
Each Saturday workshop qualifies for 1.5 CE credits.
Registration
Registration information may be found below.
AFREM
Special Workshops Registration Form
Friday Workshops
The Young Child as Person: The Development of Healthy
Conscience
Presenters: Maryhelen Snyder, Ph.D. and Nancy Cochran,
MA, CAS, LMHC
Friday, April 25, 9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 3 CE credits
This very practical book describes in anecdotal detail
and with theoretical clarity the foundations and practices
that enhance the development of conscience in young
children. All the ideas and premises of this book are
congruent with Filial Therapy - largely because both
approaches are grounded in Rogerian insights and
practices.
Mel Snyder will present the three basic convictions about
the young child that are at the heart of what the authors
call "the justice culture." She will also
clarify what is meant by active understanding, enabling
a child to function and constructive caring.
Nancy Cochran who is currently active in working with the
young child in school and family settings, will discuss case
examples and practical applications.
Note: The revised edition of the book by this title
(authored primarily by Martha Snyder) will be in print and
available from Watermelon Mountain Press (at Amazon) and at
the workshop.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of
this workshop, participants will be able to:
- To learn the rationale and experiential support for
the three basic convictions about children that inform the
"Justice Culture"; to learn and be able to
illustrate the basic aspects of a justice culture that is
co-created with children.
- To learn what is (and what is not) meant by
"active understanding"; to be able to apply this
practice to real life situations.
- Participants will be better able to identify and
therefore provide empathy and “active
understanding” with young children by discussing
examples as seen and demonstrated in video examples of CCPT
sessions.
Maryhelen Snyder, Ph.D. has been a mental health
professional for 40 years, specializing much of that time in
Relationship Enhancement therapy. She has authored many
professional articles and book chapters and been an adjunct
professor at the University of New Mexico Medical School.
She is also a poet. Her recent book "Sun in an Empty
Room" has a similar focus to her therapy work, which is
wildly celebrative of human beings and human
possibilities.
Nancy H. Cochran, MA, CAS, LMHC is an adjunct assistant
professor for the Department of Educational Psychology and
Counseling at the University of Tennessee, and Treatment
Coordinator for the REACH (Relationship Enhancement and
Child Harmony) Project. She is certified as a
Child-Centered Play Therapy Supervisor by the National
Institute for Relationship Enhancement (NIRE) and regularly
provides post-masters supervision in Child-Centered Play
Therapy. Nancy is co-author with her husband Jeff of The
Heart of Counseling: A Guide to Developing Therapeutic
Relationships (Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2006) and co-author with
her husband Jeff and Dr. Bill Nordling of Child Centered
Play Therapy: A Practical Guide to Developing Therapeutic
Relationships with Children (Wiley, 2010).
Group Filial Therapy
Presenter: Louise Guerney, Ph.D.
Friday, April 25, 2:00 - 5:15 p.m. 3 CE credits
This workshop will present a description of group filial
therapy; the advantages of working with a group; added
complexities in working with filial groups; a brief summary
of relevant supportive research; the role of the therapist
in leading a filial play group; and a live role-play
demonstration of a filial play group with audience members
taking on roles of parents in a group.
Learning objectives: Participants
attending this workshop will be able to:
- Describe criteria for setting up group filial
therapy
- Describe the advantages and complexities of group
filial therapy
- Describe how to structure group filial therapy to
maximize parental learning
Dinner, Friday Night, 6:30 p.m. Dutch Treat.
Following the Friday afternoon workshop, those who are
interested will go out together as a group for dinner for
fun, relaxation and an opportunity to connect with friends
and colleagues. If you are interested in joining the group
for dinner: Please be certain to sign up on the
Registration Form. Advance payment is not necessary, but we
do need to be able to give an accurate count to the
restaurant.
Saturday Workshops
The Neurobiology of Empathy
Presenter: Maryhelen Snyder, Ph.D.
Saturday, April 26, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. 1.5 CE Credits
Brain research continues to support and qualify and
quantify the amazing phenomenon of human empathy, the
capacity that is at the very heart of the Relationship
Enhancement family of therapies. In this workshop, I shall
give an overview of that research to date. The workshop will
include didactic, discussion, and practice components.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of
this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe the basics of "interpersonal
neurobiology" on the two levels of (a) brain and body
findings that clarify what is happening on a
neurophysiological level when we empathize and (b) research
regarding what happens in the therapy or training session
that transforms subjective experience and close
relationships.
- Apply these findings - and match the subjective
(phenomenological) experience of attunement to self and
other with the brain discoveries that support the subjective
phenomena.
- Distinguish different therapeutic practices and
approaches in regard to their alignment with
neurophysiological research.
Maryhelen Snyder, Ph.D. has been a mental health
professional for 40 years, specializing much of that time in
Relationship Enhancement therapy. She has authored many
professional articles and book chapters and been an adjunct
professor at the University of New Mexico Medical School.
She is also a poet. Her recent book "Sun in an Empty
Room" has a similar focus to her therapy work, which is
wildly celebrative of human beings and human
possibilities.
Let Me Walk a Mile in Your Shoes—With Your Corns
and Calluses: Using Empathy for Context to Help Clients
Get Unstuck
Presenter: Mary Ortwein, MS, LMFT
Saturday, April 26, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1.5 CE
Credits
Empathy is one of the Relationship Enhancement®
therapist’s most valuable tools. Yet sometimes empathy
does not quite work to move a client or client couple to a
place where something new is possible. In this workshop you
will learn how to expand empathy to include context in order
to move people past blocks. Contextual empathy includes
entering into someone’s worldview and working from the
inside. During this workshop participants will learn a
rationale for contextual empathy, observe how it works, and
practice using it.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of
this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify when and how to use contextual empathy in
client scenarios
- Practice the use of contextual empathy
- Apply contextual empathy to a current client
situation
Mary Ortwein, MS, LMFT is Founder of IDEALS for Families
and Communities (IFC) in Frankfort, Kentucky. She is the
co-author with Bernard Guerney of nine Relationship
Enhancement® curricula, including Mastering the
Mysteries of Love (MML).
Community Sharing and Connecting Meeting
Saturday, April 26, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. No CE
Credit.
Facilitator: Robert Brown, Member of the Board of IDEALS,
the larger organization supporting AFREM and NIRE
Everyone with an interest in Relationship Enhancement
Methods, Filial and Child-Centered Play Therapy is
encouraged to attend this meeting! We want to know you more,
hear about your work and passion for these approaches, and
help you connect with others. Our purpose is to exchange
ideas and share in each others’ enthusiasm for helping
persons in need through RE, Filial and CCPT. Participants
will have an opportunity to share what is working for them
and excites and motivates them, including how they are using
these various models, what innovations or modifications they
have found useful, and how these programs are being used in
the US and other countries. Please come and let us know you,
while seeking support and connections for your work and
helping us all expand our expertise in applying the
methods.
Registration Information
Location: The AFREM annual meeting and
workshops will be held at the National Institute of
Relationship Enhancement® (NIRE) conference suite on the
Roof level of the Topaz House at 4400 East-West Highway,
Bethesda, MD. The Topaz House is located six miles from the
White House and Georgetown. NIRE is less than three blocks
from the Bethesda metro stop.
Parking: Parking on Friday
may be available at the Topaz
House’s underground garage on a first come first
served basis. There is a public parking lot at East-West
Highway and Waverly Street, a block and a half from the
Topaz House. Be certain to bring plenty of quarters
for the public parking lot. The cost is $.75 per hour in
long term parking; plan on 9 hours, i.e., $6.75. [Be
prepared! Parking rates may have gone up!] Parking
is free on Saturday. On Saturday parking should be easier at
Topaz House, and is free at the public parking lot.
Schedule: Each Friday CE workshop will
be 3 hours long. There will be one 15 minute break during
each workshop. Each Saturday CE workshop will be 1.5 hours
long. There will be one 30 minute break between those two
workshops. The AFREM Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday
afternoon beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Refreshments: Starting at 8:40 a.m., and
available all day, each day, there will be a sidebar with
fruit, coffee and tea, soda, and snacks.
CE Credits: IDEALS/NIRE is approved by
the American Psychological Association to
sponsor continuing education for psychologists. IDEALS/NIRE
maintains responsibility for each program and its content.
IDEALS/NIRE also is approved by the National Board
of Certified Counselors to provide continuing
education for National Certified Counselors. NBCC Provided
#5560. IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Maryland State
Board of Social Workers to offer Category 1
continuing education programs for social workers. NIRE also
is approved by the Association for Play
Therapy to offer continuing education specific to
play therapy. APT Approved Provider 95-009. IDEALS/NIRE
maintains responsibility for the program.
Each half-day workshop on Friday will earn attendees 3 CE
credits. Each Saturday workshop will earn attendees 1.5 CE
credits. CE credit is not available for the AFREM Annual
Meeting.
A Certificate will be issued to you
attesting to your completion of each workshop attended and
documenting the CE credits you have earned.
Cost: The fee for each 3-hour workshop
is $60. The fee for each 1.5 hour workshop is $30.
The fee for currently enrolled, full-time graduate
students is $10.00 for each workshop, or $30 for all four
workshops.
Lunch: Lunch each day is the
responsibility of each participant, though
arrangements will be made to provide lunch on Saturday prior
to the AFREM Community and Sharing Meeting for those who
wish. The cost will be $10.00 per person. Please
see the registration form below for details.
Optional Friday Night Dinner (Dutch
Treat): Many participants at past AFREM annual
meeting workshops have enjoyed each other’s company
over dinner at a restaurant in Bethesda. We will do the same
this year, on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. While prepayment
is not necessary, it is necessary for planning purposes to
know who plans to attend, so please indicate on the
registration form that you would like to attend the dinner
so that we can make appropriate arrangements and reserve
table space for our group. Some participants may also choose
to go out to dinner on Saturday evening, but that will not
be a formally organized event.
Travel: For those coming by
air: NIRE is 15 miles from Washington National, 22
miles from Baltimore-Washington, and 18 miles from Dulles
Airports. For those coming by car: NIRE is
two miles south of the Connecticut Avenue exit or the
Wisconsin Avenue exit of the Beltway (I-495).
Municipal parking is very close and is free on Saturday
(at Waverly and East-West Highway). Be certain to
bring plenty of quarters to feed the meter for parking on
Friday. The cost is $.75 per hour in long term parking; plan
on 9 hours, i.e., $6.75. Parking is free on
Saturday. All registrants will be sent a map detailing how
to reach NIRE.
Accommodations: Discounted hotel rooms
are available at the Bethesda Court Hotel. To secure the
discounted rate, please call 1-800-874-0050 and ask
for the “NIRE” rate, which for 2014 is
$129 per night Thursday through Sunday, plus a $15.00 per
night fee for parking. This discounted rate is
available until the hotel reaches a certain point of
capacity for the respective dates, so you are advised to
make reservations as early as possible. Information
about alternative accommodations can be provided when you
register.
For Further Information about
arrangements, call Chriss Stanton, at
301-680-8977.
Registration:
To register, please
(1) call NIRE at (our new number)
301-680-8977
(2) send your Registration Form by fax to (our
new fax number) 502-226-7088
or (3) mail your Registration Form and check to
(our new Administrative Office address)
IDEALS/NIRE, Admin. Office, 306 West Main Street, #507,
Frankfort, KY 40601.
Caution: Do not send credit card information via
email.
Registration Form
AFREM
Special Workshops Registration Form
We look forward to seeing you there!
Rob Scuka, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Institute of Relationship
Enhancement®
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