{"product_id":"5-ways-to-destroy-relationships-therapy-mistakes","title":"5 Ways to Destroy Relationships","description":"\u003ch1 data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 Ways to Destroy Relationships: When Good Intentions Go Wrong in Therapy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relate.online\/blogs\/daniel-gummo\/how-therapy-damages-relationships-with-the-best-of-intentions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Therapy Damages Relationships (With the best of intentions)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e February 9 at 1 PM NZ | 11 AM Sydney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuration\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cspan\u003e 90 Minutes \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudience:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e LMFTs, Counselors, Psychotherapists, and Social Workers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContinuing Education:\u003c\/strong\u003e Australia Counselling Association OPDs Pending\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere: \u003c\/strong\u003eOnline via Zoom | Recording available 10-15 after presentation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Helping a Client Can Unintentionally Harm Their Relationship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImagine a client leaving therapy feeling understood and validated. For the first time, they feel certain their partner is responsible for their unhappiness. They return home, explain what they've learned, and another argument begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe therapist intended to help. But did the intervention increase understanding, or reinforce the division?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is one of the uncomfortable questions at the heart of relationship-informed counselling. Supporting an individual's autonomy matters. So does understanding the relationship system in which their choices take place. Good therapy requires us to consider both.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn his article, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relate.online\/blogs\/daniel-gummo\/how-therapy-damages-relationships-with-the-best-of-intentions\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHow Therapy Damages Relationships (With the best of intentions)\u003c\/a\u003e,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Dan Gummo explores how familiar therapeutic strategies can sometimes contribute to relationship deterioration, and why therapists need to remain curious about the person who isn't in the room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/relate.online\/blogs\/daniel-gummo\/how-therapy-damages-relationships-with-the-best-of-intentions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRead Dan's article \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCourse Description\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if the intervention that feels most supportive in session is actually making a client's relationship worse?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTherapists enter the room intending to help. Yet even compassionate, well-meaning interventions can unintentionally reinforce blame, increase emotional distance, or push clients toward decisions they may not have otherwise made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this provocative 90-minute training, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 Ways to Destroy Relationships: When Good Intentions Go Wrong in Therapy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, we examine five common clinical pitfalls that can undermine relationships in both individual and couples therapy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParticipants will explore how one-sided validation, therapist overidentification, premature advice, poorly framed boundaries, and unbalanced therapeutic alliances can inadvertently intensify relational distress. Through realistic clinical examples, the course examines how therapists can support individual clients without reinforcing rigid narratives about absent partners, and how couples therapists can maintain balanced alliances while addressing destructive interaction patterns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial attention is given to distinguishing potentially repairable relationship distress from abuse, coercive control, and situations where separation may be the safest or healthiest choice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis engaging, clinically focused training challenges therapists to examine the unintended consequences of their interventions and offers practical strategies for promoting relational understanding, informed decision-making, and client autonomy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLearning Objectives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon completion of this 90-minute training, participants will be able to:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIdentify\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e five well-intentioned therapeutic practices that may inadvertently contribute to relationship polarization, emotional disconnection, or premature separation.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDifferentiate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e empathic validation from therapist overidentification and reinforcement of one-sided relationship narratives in individual therapy.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDescribe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e strategies for maintaining balanced therapeutic alliances and reducing blame, triangulation, and polarization in couples therapy.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEvaluate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e how interventions involving boundaries, empowerment, and relationship decision-making can become overly directive, and identify more collaborative alternatives.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApply\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a safety-informed clinical framework to distinguish relationship distress from abuse or coercive control while supporting client autonomy and appropriate treatment planning.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Thinkific","offers":[{"title":"Price","offer_id":55837127672099,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/8266\/9347\/files\/Therapy_sPuppetShadowDynamics.png?v=1793127265","url":"https:\/\/relate.online\/products\/5-ways-to-destroy-relationships-therapy-mistakes","provider":"Relate","version":"1.0","type":"link"}