MML Program Leader Training at the Fiesta

Mastering the Mysteries of Love (MML) Program Leader Training

July 6 and 7, 2011 Albuquerque, New Mexico

www.bettermarriages.org/register

 

Mastering the Mysteries of Love (MML) is a research-validated Relationship Enhancement® Program developed by Dr. Bernard Guerney, Jr. and Mary Ortwein, MS.  You will be qualified to teach the 8 hour MML program to couples in community, faith based, or professional practice settings:.  In this workshop you will learn:

  • Five core RE skills (Listening, Expression, Discussion, Problem Solving, Conflict Management)
  • Use of the Experience Diagram and Couple Coaching
  • Creation of education sessions that are fun for both you and your participants
  • Mixing experiential learning and skills training activities
  • Adjusting and adapting curriculum to your community

Who should attend:  Community and faith-based marriage and relationship educators, clergy, students in the helping professions, professionals who want to offer an educational approach to couples.

  

Registration: see  www.bettermarriages.org/register for registration, cost and description of the leader training.

  

Cost:  $150 a couple or individual if registered for Fiesta; $190 without Fiesta; leader manual included

  

Workshop Presenters:  Joan  Liversidge, MS, LCMFT and Rich Liversidge,  240-678-3929, joanlive@earthlink.net.   Joan and Rich have been members and leaders with Better Marriages since 1986.  They use  MML  to help couples deepen their dialogue skills and more effectively handle conflict; two of the essentials of a healthy, long lasting marriage identified by David Mace.  Joan is a staff therapist and educator at the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement in Bethesda, Md.

To lear more about Mastering the Mysteries of Love go to www.skillswork.org


  
Joan D. Liversidge, M.S., LCMFT 240-678-3929 (cell)

Guerney Flyer for DVD

Yes You Can!

 Relationship Enhancement Family of Family Therapies and Enrichment

The Pioneering Work of Drs. Bernard and Louise Guerney

 

A newly released documentary!

This is a tribute to the groundbreaking work of Drs. Bernard and Louise Guerney. It includes interviews with the Guerneys and those who have followed in their footsteps, video clips demonstrating each of them working with clients, research and publications, and descriptions of local and worldwide outreach by others. Implications for the enormous possibilities

for the future by means of prevention and positive change are envisioned.

 

           

“…What the Guerneys did that was so special was to show that, with the right training and the right follow-through and support, families are capable of great things.”

Risë VanFleet, Ph.D.,

Family Enhancement and Play Therapy Center, Inc.

 

“…the Guerneys had a real belief that the clients had the ability to learn, to make lasting changes and to acquire the skills that traditionally, the therapists had for themselves.”

William Nordling, Ph.D.,

Founding Faculty Member of the Institute for the Psychological Sciences

 

“…an excellent tribute to the Guerneys and quite a strong representation of the

power of their methods.” 

Steven L. Herb, Ph. D., Head of Education and Behavioral Sciences Library in the University Libraries

Affiliate Professor of Education, Penn State University

 

“…Yes You Can… recounts the remarkable contributions of Drs. Bernard and Louise Guerney. Their emphasis on skill-training has transformed the fields of

mental health and child, couple and family therapies. This DVD includes

excerpts of their work and historical recounting by their colleagues.

A fascinating listening experience.” 

Barry G. Ginsberg, Ph.D.,

The Center of Relationship Enhancement (CORE)

 

 

 

To order this DVD for $15 (plus S/H), contact Wrenwood Studios at 814.669.4443 or email www.gallaanddan.com.