"[This is] the doctrine that we cannot accept the command of an authority, however exalted, as the ultimate basis of ethics. For whenever we are faced with a command by an authority, it is our responsibility to judge whether this command is moral or immoral. The authority may have power to enforce its commands, and we may be powerless to resist. But unless we are physically prevented from choosing the responsibility remains ours. It is our decision whether to obey a command, whether to accept authority. "

Immanuel Kant

Psychotherapy with couples & other close relationships

Jan. 28, 2019

Over the next two days I'm due to run a two day training workshop in Glasgow on "Psychotherapy with couples & other close relationships".  Here are the downloadable slides for the first day on "Working with couples" (sadly with the cartoons removed for copyright reasons) and here the slides for the second day on "Close relationships".  There are lots of relevant handouts - here are the details.  Copies of these handouts are downloadable from the "Couples folder" in the "Good knowledge" section of this website. Also very much on topic for this workshop are the sequence of half a dozen or so blog posts starting with "Personal social networks (1st post): Dunbar's 5-15-50-150 model".

To give a flavour of what I plan to cover, below are the initial four slides for the first day of the workshop that focuses primarily on couples:

 

On the second day of the workshop, the aim is to shift to a broader look at close relationships ... and here are the first four slides for this second part of the seminar:

 

Interesting & important territories!

 

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