Please note: This seminar has been converted to a ZOOM seminar.

Working with Couples: The Relationship Enhancement (R) Model

Friday, November 12, 2021   *   8:30 am - 3:45 pm (6 CEUs)

(8:00 am - 8:30 am log-on, registraton check-in)

ZOOM Seminar

The link to join the Zoom training and the program handout materials will be emailed to registrants a few day prior to the seminar

This program is funded in part by the William B. and Sylvia A. Hunsburger Fund

This skills-based program will teach clinicians concrete and practical skills for working with couples and families. The Relationship Enhancement® (RE) Model is a psychoeducational program and brief therapy model that employs a skills-training methodology for empowering distressed couples and families. It enables them to uncover and communicate deep feelings, concerns and desires and will help them develop skills to create solutions to problems while also deepening a sense of connection and, as relevant, facilitating a process of healing and reconciliation. The seminar will focus on four core RE skills: Empathic, Expressive, Structure Dialoged Process and Conflict Management with a brief explanation of the other six RE Skills. Discussion will also include how RE therapy equalizes power within relationships, both between genders and across generations. The workshop will involve lecture, demonstrations, videos and a practical exercise.

Workshop Objectives: at the conclusion of the seminar, attendees should be able to:

• Describe how to structure an intake interview to avoid potential in-session conflicts
• Describe how to help couples develop a method of deep empathy within the context of a structure dialogue process
• Describe how to teach couples to express themselves subjectively and respectfully to minimize defensive responses
• Describe how to utilize RE techniques, such as Becoming and Troubleshooting, for optimal clinical outcomes

Featuring Robert Scuka, PhD, MSW, LCSW-C, executive director of the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement® in Kensington, MD. Dr. Scuka has over 20 years of experience facilitating retreats, professional trainings, and couples workshops both in the U.S. and abroad. He is a frequent lecturer at professional continuing education mental health conferences and seminars across the east coast. Dr. Scuka is the author of Relationship Enhancement Therapy: Healing Through Deep Empathy and Intimate Dialogue (Routledge, 2005).

Registration Information:

Seminar Fee:  $119.00  (includes 6 CEUs)

Cancellation Policy: A $10.00 processing fee applies to all cancellations. To receive a refund (less the $10.00 cancellation fee), cancellations must be made in writing and received no later than one week prior to the seminar. After that date, no refunds will be made.

Continuing Education Credits:

An important message about Continuing Education Credits:  Brook Lane seminars are approved for continuing education credits as an entire event.  PARTIAL CREDIT WILL NOT BE AWARDED. To assure that you receive continuing education credit, you must be on time and complete the entire seminar.

Counselors/Therapists:  Brook Lane Health Services has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP TM) # 5452. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Brook Lane solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.  This program will provide 6 clock hours; partial credit will not be awarded.

Social Workers:  Brook Lane Health Services is an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland. This program will provide 6.0 credit hours of Category I continuing education; partial credit will not be awarded.   

Psychologists:  The Maryland State Board of Examiners for Psychologists will accept continuing education hours provided by Brook Lane, an approved CE sponsor by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners.

Other Healthcare Professionals and Attendees:  A certificate of completion noting the number of educational/contact hours will be provided for other disciplines to allow attendees to apply for CE credit as an individual.