2007 VAMFT Conference

Sustaining intimacy in a long-term relationship is a challenge for all of us, therapists and clients alike. While most people want to be in an intimate and sexually satisfying relationship these issues are often not explicitly addressed in couples therapy. The purpose of this workshop is to help therapists identify how and when to address these issues during the course of therapy and to gain a better understanding of how their own life experiences can affect how therapists manage these topics.

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Dr. David C. Treadway is a marriage and family therapist in a private practice and is director of the Treadway Training Institute of Weston, Massachusetts. He is author of Intimacy, Change and Other Therapeutic Mysteries; Before It's Too Late: Working with Substance Abuse in the Family and Dead Reckoning: A Therapist Confronts His Own Grief.

Additionally, he has presented workshops throughout the country for nearly thirty years, is a frequent contributor to the psychotherapy Networker and other national publications, and has appeared on 20/20, Good Morning America and other national television shows as well as hosting a public radio program on family communications.

Participants, at the end of this workshop will be able to:

1. Understand when and how to introduce intimacy and sexuality issues into couple's therapy.
2. Help couples celebrate and transcend their gender differences.
3. Know how to create a safe and nurturing environment to explore intimacy and sexuality vulnerabilities without blame or shame.
4. Help couples create a rainbow of intimacy, sexual and romantic possibilities
5. Help couples go beyond their childhood wounds and unmet expectations.
6. Understand how your own gender and life experiences enhance and hinder you as a couple's therapist.

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