Treating Stepfamilies: Systemic Treatment in Action 

Treating Stepfamilies: Systemic Treatment in Action

April 17, 2015 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
The Mansion, Voorhees, NJ
(Registration & Continental Breakfast 8:00–8:30, the workshop begins at 8:30) 

Presented By:
Dr. Scott Browning, Ph.D.
Elise Artelt, MEd., MS

Workshop Learning Objectives

• List why some of their most trusted family therapy interventions work poorly when applied to stepfamilies
• Explain the rationale for starting with the most stable sub-system
• Explain the ten-point stepfamily treatment approach
• Demonstrate a clearly delineated technique to expand the empathic understanding between members of a remarried couple
• Apply clinical interventions appropriately with stepfamilies.
• Apply research findings to clinical interventions
• Utilize systemic thinking in determining unique aspects of stepfamilies
• Create treatment plans that capture the specific issues related to stepfamilies

About Our Presenters

Elise Artelt, LMFT  received her Med. from Penn State University and her MS in counseling psychology from Chestnut Hill College.  She has worked in community mental health centers for 20 years; as part of her job, she has been assigned to various schools as a Student Assistance Program counselor doing individual and group counseling.  This has given her the opportunity to work with hundreds of stepchildren over the years.  Her interest in stepfamily work began with her experience as a step-grandchild, and then as a stepmother with three stepchildren.  She also has a daughter, Maya.  Now her family includes four step-grandchildren as well.  Ms. Artelt has a private practice in Wayne, Pennsylvania, specializing in therapy with stepfamilies, couples and women. 

Dr. Scott W. Browning, Ph.D.  is a professor in the Department of Professional Psychology at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia.  He is a noted authority on psychological treatment with stepfamilies.  As a scholar, teacher and clinician, Scott has explored the intricacies of treating stepfamilies, and has provided advanced training in the treatment of stepfamilies to clinicians and graduate students both nationally and abroad.  He is the author of numerous chapters and articles on the topics of: stepfamilies, empathy, c o-dependency, Strategic Family Therapy, autism and family therapy training practices.  He is the co-author (with Elise Artelt) of the book from APA Books, "Stepfamily Therapy: A Subsystems-Based Approach" (2012).

Workshop Schedule

8:00 am: Continental Breakfast, Registration, Networking
8:30 am: Why Not Family Therapy?
9:00 am: Stepfamily Vulnerabilities
10:15 am: Break
10:30 am: Six Critical Concepts
11:30 am: Expectations of stepparents after marriage
Noon: Lunch
1:00 pm: Stages 1-7 of Stepfamily Therapy Model
2:15 pm: Break
2:30 pm: Steps 8-10 of Stepfamily Therapy Model
3:15 pm: Wrap Up, Evaluations, CE Certificates

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