THE MILTON H.

ERICKSON FOUNDATION
THE

Couples INSTITUTE present

The

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Couples
Conference

April 24th - April 26th, 2015

Manhattan Beach, California

ELLYN
BADER

PAT
LOVE

BILL
OHANLON

WILLIAM
DOHERTY

STEVE
FRANKEL

HARVILLE
HENDRIX

ALEXANDRA
KATEHAKIS

PETER
PEARSON

ESTHER
PEREL

STAN
TATKIN

JEFFREY
ZEIG

Syllabus

Contents
FACULTY ................................................................................................... 3
Accreditation and Continuing Education .............................................. 9
Important Conference Information .................................................... 10
The Milton H. Erickson Foundation .................................................... 11

T HE C OUPLES C ONFERENCE P ROGRAM

Thursday, April 23

Pre-Conference
Law & Ethics Workshop ................................................................... 14
Friday, April 24 ..................................................................................... 15
Saturday, April 25 ............................................................................... . 18
Sunday April 26 .................................................................................... 21
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Advertisements .................................................................................... 23
Map: Marriott Manhattan Beach ......................................... Back Cover

Program Objectives
Attendees will increase their clinical effectiveness by
1. Comparing and contrasting differing professional perspectives and translating these into specific interventions
2. Evaluating basic principles and techniques of contemporary schools of
therapy
3. Comprehending the commonalities that underlie successful clinical work

Conference Sponsors
THE MILTON H. ERICKSON FOUNDATION
erickson-foundation.org
2632 East Thomas Road Phoenix, Arizona 85016
Toll-Free in the US: 1-877-212-6678 602-956-6196 FAX: 602-956-0519
The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc. is a federal nonprofit corporation formed to promote and advance the
contributions to the health sciences by the late Milton H. Erickson, MD. In addition to organizing congresses,
workshops, and the previous Couples Conferences, the Foundation also has organized six landmark Evolution
of Psychotherapy Conferences in 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2009, attracting more than 7,000
professionals worldwide at each conference. The next Evolution Conference is scheduled for 2013 in Anaheim, California. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation Board of Directors are: Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD, Roxanna
Erickson-Klein, RN, MS, PhD, Camillo Loriedo MD, J. Charles Theisen, MA, MBA, JD, Bernard Trenkle, Dipl
Psych. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation does not discriminate on the basis or race, color, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, physical challenge, gender or sexual orientation.

THE

Couples INSTITUTE
COMMUNICATE. TRUST. CONNECT.

www.couplesinstitute.com
445 Burgess Drive, Suite 150, Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: (650) 327-5915 or toll free (877) 327-5915
Fax: (650) 327-0738
For more than 20 years, Dr. Ellyn Bader and Dr. Peter Pearson have been helping couples resolve issues and
create strong, loving relationships. Known worldwide through their pioneering work in couples therapy, they are
the founders of The Couples Institute in Menlo Park, California. They are frequently invited to speak at major
conferences and to conduct training in the psychological treatment of couples throughout the world. Their
book on couples therapy for professionals is used in graduate schools across the country. In addition to their
professional collaboration, they are married to each other, bringing even greater insight into the work they do.
They will educate, enlighten and entertain you with the challenges they have faced as a couple, and how they
overcame them to build a strong marriage. Ellyn and Peter have been featured on over 50 radio shows and on
television including The Today Show and CBS Early Morning News. The Bader-Pearson approach is known
for its practical applications that help partners create enduring love.

Financial Disposition
Profits from the meeting will be used by The Milton H. Erickson Foundation
to support educational and scientific efforts.

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Faculty
ELLYN BADER, PHD, is in private practice and is Co-Director of The Couples Institute
in Menlo Park, California. Over the past 27 years she has conducted professional
training programs in couples therapy and has trained therapists throughout the
United States as well as Europe, Asia, South America, and Australia. She is a pastpresident of the International Transactional Analysis Association and a recipient of
the Clark Vincent Award for an outstanding literary contribution to the field of marital
therapy from the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. Dr. Bader
is frequently invited to speak at national and international conferences.
She and her husband, Peter Pearson, PhD, co-authored the books, In Quest of the
Mythical Mate: A Developmental Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment in Couples
Therapy (Brunner/Mazel) and Tell Me No Lies: How to Face the Truth and Build an
Honest Marriage (St. Martins Press). He and Ellyn created The Developmental Model
of Couples Therapylong before couples therapy was recognized as a specialty. As a
therapist, workshop leader, author, and speaker, he is dedicated to helping couples
create extraordinary relationships. Drs. Bader and Pearson have been featured on
over 50 radio and television programs including The Today Show and CBS Early
Morning News.

WILLIAM J. DOHERTY, PHD is an educator, researcher, therapist, speaker, author,

consultant, and community organizer. He is Professor and Director of the Marriage
and Family Therapy Program in the Department of Family Social Science, College of
Education and Human Development, at the University of Minnesota, where he is also
an adjunct Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.
Bill is past president of the National Council on Family Relations, the nation's oldest
interdisciplinary family studies organization. His awards include the Significant Contribution to the Field of Marriage and Family Therapy Award, the Margaret E. Arcus
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Life Education, and the Outstanding
Community Service Award from the University of Minnesota.
He has authored or edited nine books for professionals, numerous articles in professional journals, and five books for lay audiences on the topics of family rituals, confident parenting, marriage, overscheduled kids, and the family dynamics of wedding
planning. A popular speaker to lay and professional audiences, he has won several
teaching awards in his career and is frequently interviewed by print, radio, and TV
media on family issues.

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STEVEN FRANKEL, PhD, JD, is a clinical psychologist and an Attorney at Law licensed in
California, and The District of Columbia. He is a Diplomate in both Clinical and Forensic Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology. Beginning in 1980, his psychology practice focused increasingly on the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic and
dissociative disorders. In 1993, he joined with Walter and Linda Young in the opening of a
unit for the treatment of traumatic and dissociative disorders at Del Amo Hospital in Torrance, CA and remained a consultant to the program until July of 2000. An ISSD member
since 1990 and Fellow since 1998, he was elected President of the ISSD for 2001-02. His
legal practice is in health and administrative law. He represents healthcare professionals in
their dealings with agencies like licensing boards and Medicare, as well as with their miscellaneous worries.
He received the USC Award for Teaching Excellence early in his academic career. He was
similarly honored by his state professional society some years later. He has spoken at
local, national and international conferences on trauma and dissociation and his full-day
continuing education curriculum in law and ethics for mental health professionals (over
50 workshops/year) has earned him his latest Outstanding Teacher Award. An Adjunct
Professor of Law at Golden Gate University School of Law, he has taught courses on
healthcare policy, mental disorders and the law and regulation of healthcare practice.

HARVILLE HENDRIX, PHD is a Clinical Pastoral Counselor who is known internationally

for his work with couples. He and his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D. cocreated Imago
Relationship Therapy and developed the concept of conscious partnership. Their partnership and collaboration has resulted in nine books on intimate relationships and parenting.
Harville holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Theology from the University of Chicago and has
received an honorary doctorate and two distinguished service awards. Harville has appeared on many national television shows including sixteen guest appearances on the
Oprah Winfrey show. One of his appearances won her an Emmy award for the "most
socially redemptive" daytime talk shows and was included by Ms. Winfrey in her top
twenty shows. In addition to many radio shows, Harvilles work has been written about in
numerous newspapers and magazines internationally, including the November 2005
issue of The Oprah Magazine where he was referred to in an article as the marriage
whisperer. He is a member of the Redbook Marriage Institute, serving on the magazines team of marriage experts.
Harville is the author of GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT: A Guide for Couples and KEEPING THE LOVE YOU FIND: A Personal Guide,
both New York Times best sellers. With Helen he co-authored GIVING THE
LOVE THAT HEALS: A Guide for Parents, also a best seller, and RECEIVING
LOVE: Transform Your Relationship by Letting Yourself Be Loved plus three
meditation books, two study guides and a video for couples seen on more
than 300 public television stations. Their books are published in over 57
languages.

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Faculty (contd)
ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS MFT, CSAT-S, CST-S is the Founder and Clinical Director of
the Center for Healthy Sex in Los Angeles and the author of Erotic Intelligence: Igniting
Hot, Healthy Sex While in Recovery from Sex Addiction and co-author of Making Advances: A Comprehensive Guide for Treating Female Sex and Love Addicts and the daily
meditation book, Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence. Katehakis is a clinical supervisor at American Association of Sex Educators,
Counselors and Therapists and clinical supervisor and member of the teaching faculty
for the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) a national
certifying body for sex addiction therapists. She is a regular contributor to Psychology
Today and The Huffington Post, as well as a prominent expert panelist at sexuality conferences and public events.
Katehakis is the 2012 recipient of the Carnes Award, an acknowledgement for her contributions to the field of sex addiction, presented by the Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH). Shes also a co-recipient of the 2013 Clark Vincent Award
from the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) for her role in co-writing the clinical textbook, Making
Advances. She is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and The Huffington Post, writing their annual Best and Worst Sex List.
Katehakis makes appearances on radio, film and television news shows, as well as online and print interviews. She has appeared
on panels at national conferences to discuss sex addiction alongside the likes of Dr. Drew Pinsky and Daniel J. Siegel,as well as
movie screening panel discussions for Shame (2011 film) and, with the film's co-writer Matt Winston, Thanks for Sharing.

Pat Love, EdD is known for her warmth, humor, and practical, research-based wisdom. Her blog posts, YouTube clips, books, trainings, workshops, and online courses
have made her a popular go-to relationship consultant. Her work has been featured
on TV, in cyberspace, and popular magazines, but shes also a distinguished professor, licensed marriage and family therapist, and long-standing clinical member and
approved supervisor in American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Dr. Love has authored/co-authored six books, four workbooks,
and numerous professional publications, including Never Be
Lonely Again: The Way Out of Emptiness, Isolation, and a Life Unfulfilled; How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It;
The Truth About Love: The Highs, the Lows, and How You Can
Make it Last Forever; Hot Monogamy: Essential Steps to More
Passionate, Intimate Lovemaking; and The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to do When a Parents Love Rules Your Life.
Her work literally has taken her around the world to help people
understand and improve their relationships. Dr. Love received her
doctor of education in counselor education from West Virginia
University. She was a tenured associate professor at Texas A&M
University in Commerce, Texas for six years before establishing the Austin Family Institute in Austin, Texas. Dr. Love also
served as president of the International Association for Marriage
and Family Counseling. Today, she continues following her passion
to help others through her writing and as a relationship consultant, trainer, and workshop presenter.

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BILL OHANLON, MS, began his professional career in 1975 as a hippie transpersonal counselor at the A.R.E. (Edgar Cayce) Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. Earlier he
ran growth groups and taught seminars at the Phoenix growth center Sentheon.
Deciding he really ought to know something more about what he was doing, he
studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming (before they even had a name for it) and
ultimately went back to school and became a marriage and family therapist. During graduate school he studied with Milton Erickson and became Erickson's gardener (he was Dr. Erickson's only work/study student). He was so confused and
impressed by Dr. Erickson's work, he felt compelled to spend the next several
years of his career writing and teaching in an effort to make Erickson's approach
more understandable and accessible. Bill then moved on to develop his own
method, the Solution-Oriented Approach, a brief approach to change focused on
identifying and using strengths to reach goals and overcome challenges. It has
been applied with individuals, couples, families and organizations.
In 1999, he appeared on Oprah with his book, Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple
Ways to Change Your Life. He has also appeared on The Today Show, Canada AM,
and Body By Jake. His work has been featured in O Oprah's magazine, Ladies
Home Journal, New Woman, Newsweek, Bottom Line, Self, Women's Health and
The Psychotherapy Networker. Bill has now authored or co-authored over 30
books. His books have been translated into 16 different languages. He has written over 50 articles or book chapters.
OHanlon is a Diplomate, Board Member, Fellow and Master Therapist in the
American Psychotherapy Association; certified by the National Board of Certified
Clinical Hypnotherapists, is a Clinical Member of the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified
Professional Counselor, was awarded the "Outstanding Mental Health Educator of
the Year" in 2001 by the New England Educational Institute and was the top-rated
presenter (out of over 200 presenters) at the AAMFT national conference several
years in a row.

PETER PEARSON, PHD. For more than 27 years, Peter Pearson, PhD, has specialized in helping
couples transform their relationships. He and his wife, Dr. Ellyn Bader are pioneers in the field of
couples therapy, creating The Developmental Model of Couples Therapy and founding The Couples Institute long before couples therapy was recognized as a specialty. As a therapist, workshop leader, author, and speaker, Pete is dedicated to helping couples create extraordinary
relationships. He and his wife have been featured on over 50 radio and television programs
including The Today Show and CBS Early Morning News.
Whats even more important, for those looking for a marriage counselor is that Dr. Pearson is an
engaging, dynamic expert. His fierce directness is tempered with humor and empathy as he
guides you through difficult times and helps you create the relationship you truly desire. In addition to regular therapy appointments, Pete offers intensives for couples who want to work with
him for 12 hours in two to three days. Intensives are well suited for couples who come from out
of the area. His office is at The Couples Institute in Menlo Park.

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ESTHER PEREL, MA, LMFT, is recognized as one

of the most insightful and provocative voices on
personal and professional relationships and the complex science behind human interaction. She is the best-selling author of Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, translated into 25 languages. Fluent in nine of them, the Belgian native is a practicing
psychotherapist, celebrated speaker and organizational consultant to Fortune 500 companies. The New York Times, in a cover
story, named her the most important game changer on sexuality and relationships since Dr. Ruth. Her critically acclaimed viral TED
Talk reached nearly 5 million viewers in the first year. Known for her keen cross-cultural pulse, Esther shifts the paradigm of our
approach to modern relationships.
Perel is regularly sought around the world for her expertise in relational health and communication,
team building, erotic intelligence, couples and family identity, work-life balance, and corporate relationships. Her clients and platforms include companies such as Nike, Johnson & Johnson, the Open
Society Institute, Tony Robbins Productions, Brighthouse Consulting, Summit Series, Founders Forum, PopTech, Young Presidents Organization, Entrepreneur Organization, and the Bronfman Foundation. Esthers innovative models for building strong and lasting relationships have been widely
featured in the media across 5 continents spanning The New York Times, the Washington Post, The
Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Le Monde, HaAretz and The Guardian, The New Yorker, Fast Company,
and Vogue. She is a frequent guest on radio and television shows including NPRs Brian Lehrer
Show, Oprah, The Today Show, Dr. Oz and The Colbert Report.
In addition to Esthers 30-year therapy practice in New York City, she also serves on the faculty of
The Family Studies Unit, Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center and The International Trauma Studies Program at Columbia University.

PAY ATTENTION, STUDENTS...

Beginning on Page 9 of this syllabus is what we like to call Important Conference
Information. That will include our Eligibility statement. Read it carefully. If you are
not eligible to attend this conference, a volunteer will grab hold of your ear and
roughly escort you off the premises.
Also on Page 9 is Continuing Education information, including how to obtain your
CE certificate online. You will be able to receive both your pre-conference (if applicable) and full-conference certificate (also if applicable, and if no one grabbed your ear
and threw you out.)
You should also hold on to this syllabus: make notes in it, jot down reminders, get
autographs, then put it on eBay. You never know.

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Faculty (contd)
STAN TATKIN, PSYD, MFT, is a clinician, researcher, teacher,
and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple
Therapy (PACT). He has a clinical practice in Calabasas, CA,
where he has specialized for the last 15 years in working with
couples and individuals who wish to be in relationships. He
and his wife, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, developed the PACT
Institute for the purpose of training other psychotherapists to
use this method in their clinical practice.
His books include: Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of
Healthy Relationships; Wired for Love: How Understanding
Your Partners Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship; Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy with coauthor Marion Solomon.
In addition, Dr. Tatkin teaches and supervises first- through third-year family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland
Hills, CA, and is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. He is
on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Institute and serves as a core member on Relationships First, a nonprofit organization founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt.

JEFFERY ZEIG, PHD is the Founder and Director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation, having studied intermittently with Dr. Erickson for more than six years,
He edited, co-edited, authored, or coauthored more than 20 books that appear
in twelve foreign languages. His current area of interest is extracting implicit
codes of influence from various arts, including movies, music, painting, poetry
and fiction that can be used to empower professional practice, and everyday
communication.
Dr. Zeig is the architect of The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conferences, considered the most important conferences in the history of psychotherapy. He organizes the Brief Therapy Conferences, the Couples Conferences, and the International Congresses on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy.
Dr. Zeig is on the Editorial Board of numerous journals; is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 29, Psychotherapy); and Fellow of the
American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.
He is a Distinguished Practitioner in the National Academy of Practice in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice. A psychologist and marriage and family therapist in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Zeig conducts workshops
internationally (more than 40 countries). Specialty topics include experiential
psychotherapy, hypnosis and brief therapy with various clinical problems. Dr.
Zeig speaks at major universities and teaching hospitals including The Mayo
Clinic, Menningers and MD Anderson. He is president of Zeig, Tucker & Theisen,
Inc., publishers in the behavioral sciences and the Erickson Foundation Press.

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Imporvtant Conference Information

Eligibility

The Couples Conference is open to professionals in health-related fields, including physicians, doctoral-level psychologists and pastoral counselors who are qualified for membership in, or are members of, their respective professional organizations (e.g., AMA, APA),
and to professionals with mental health-related graduate degrees (e.g., MSW, MA, MS, MSN) from accredited institutions. Applications also will be accepted from full-time graduate students in accredited programs in the above fields who supply a letter from their
department certifying their full-time student or intern status as of April 2015.

Continuing Education
The Application for Continuing Education and Evaluation forms will be available online beginning Monday, April 27th. You can obtain your certificate by going to CouplesConference.com and following the link on the home page, and complete the evaluation
form and print it out immediately. If you do not have internet access, or prefer obtaining your certificate by mail, please stop by the
registration desk and well help you get a paper form. But please be aware that your certificate will take 8-10 weeks to be mailed.
PLEASE NOTE: Attendees receive a separate Documentation of Attendance for the Law & Ethics pre-conference workshop. This is
also available through the conference website.

Accreditation
A.M.A. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., is accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to
provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Milton
H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., designates this live activity for a
maximum of 26.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians
should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of
their participation in the activity.
A.P.A. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., is approved by the
American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc.
maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Credit
is provided on an hour-per-hour basis (26.0 hours maximum).
N.A.S.W. This program is in process of being approved by the
National Association of Social Workers (Provider #886392793)
for 26.0 continuing education contact hours.
N.B.C.C. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation is an NBCC-Approved
Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCCapproved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements.
The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.
B.R.N. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc. Provider approved
by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number
CEP 9376 for 26.0 contact hours.

B.B.S. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc., is a boardapproved provider (PCE No. 398). This course meets the qualifications for 26.0 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs
and/or LCSWorkshop as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.
State of Florida Department of Professional Regulation. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation, Inc. is approved by the Florida Board
of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental
Health Counseling as a provider of continuing education (CE
Provider #: 50-2008).

Please note: It is your responsibility to contact your

licensing/certification board directly to determine eligibility to meet your continuing education requirements.
Total Credit Hours
Full Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20.0 credit hrs
Full Conference + Pre-Conference . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 credit hrs
Maximum Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.0 credit hrs
Credit Hours Per Day
Thursday, April 24th, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.0 credit hrs
Friday, April 25th, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.0 credit hrs
Saturday, April 26th, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.0 credit hrs
Sunday, April 27th, 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 credit hrs

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONFERENCE?

THE MILTON H. ERICKSON FOUNDATION
2632 East Thomas Road, Suite 200 Phoenix, Arizona 85016
Phone: 602-956-6196 Fax: 602-956-0519

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Important Conference Information

SITE, SESSIONS & SEATING
The Couples Conference is held at

Manhattan Beach Marriott

1400 Parkview Avenue

Manhattan Beach, California 90266
Phone: 1-310-546-7511
Fax: 1-310-939-1486
Attendance at the individual sessions of the Conference is limited by room size. There is no pre-registration. Early arrival to
individual sessions will ensure optimal seating. The first row of
all meeting rooms is reserved for attendees with physical challenges and for VIPs. Please do not block aisles or sit on the
floor in meeting rooms. Strict regulations are enforced. We appreciate your cooperation.

AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDINGS

Presentations will be audio recorded and available for purchase. The Audio and Video Recordings tables will be located in
the registration area: Manhattan Ballroom foyer.

VOLUNTEERS
A number of volunteers are assisting with the Couples Conference. Volunteers can be identified by special red ribbons on
their name tags. If you are asked to change seats to accommodate someone who is physically challenged, please comply.

PARKING
Self-parking at the Marriott is $14 per day/per car; $23 for
valet parking, per day/per car.

SMOKING POLICY
The Marriott is 100% non-smoking.

LOST & FOUND

Please turn in found items to the Erickson Foundation Registration Desk. At the end of the day these items will be turned over
to the hotel security.

LITERATURE TABLES

Each attendee should already have a name badge. Please wear

your badge at all times. Only persons who wear identification
badges will be admitted to conference sessions.

Literature tables are located in the registration area for faculty

and sponsor materials. Please ask at the Erickson Foundation
desk for information and permission to display literature on
these Free-Take-One tables. Unauthorized material will be removed.

SYLLABUS

BOOKSTORE HOURS

IDENTIFICATION BADGES

This book contains educational objectives, presentation descriptions, location of events and other important information.
Additional copies will be available for $20, while supplies last.

Terrace Ballroom, Salon A

Friday April 24
7:30am-7:00pm
Saturday April 25 7:30am-6:00pm
Sunday April 26
8:00am-4:00pm

Please be considerate of others at the conference. Do not use cell phones

during sessionsand please turn off your ringers.

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THE MILTON H. ERICKSON

F O U N D AT I O N
Started in 1980, the educational outreach activities of The Milton H.
Erickson Foundation have made it a leading provider of continuing
education opportunities for mental health professionals.

Training Opportunities
CONFERENCES
The Foundation organizes educational conferences designed to
share and explain state-of-the-art methods, while refining and enhancing clinical skills. Currently these conferences include:
The International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (begun in
1980 and scheduled every three years)
The Brief Therapy Conference (begun in 1988 and
scheduled approximately every three years);
The Couples Conference (first held as a stand-alone
conference in 1995 and roughly each year thereafter).

Since its inception, the Foundation operated out of modest 40s

style bungalows in central Phoenix.
Recently, the Foundation moved its headquarters and archives into
new facilities, and launched a capital campaign to support the
headquarters as a center of study for Ericksonian psychotherapy
and hypnosis. Funds raised will also be used to create a museum
in Dr. Ericksons Phoenix home: the same home where he conducted his famous teaching seminars.

The Evolution of Psychotherapy

Apart from other conferences is the celebrated Evolution
of Psychotherapy Conference. The Foundation organized the first
Evolution conference in 1985 in Phoenix. It was instantly hailed as a
landmark conferenceThe largest gathering ever devoted to the
practice of psychotherapy by TIME. At the suggestion of Virginia
Satir, the conference was repeated every five years. A four-year cycle
was initiated with the 2009 conference.

INTENSIVE
TRAINING IN
ERICKSONIAN
APPROACHES
TO HYPNOSIS
& THERAPY
Since 1987,
the
Foundation has offered Intensive
Training
in
Ericksonian
Intensives Class visits the Erickson Museum Approaches to
Hypnosis and
Psychotherapy. Held three times a year in Phoenix, Arizona, these
workshops have limited enrollment for individualized instruction,
and are organized into Fundamental, Intermediate, and Advanced
levels of training. All of them focus on principles, applications, and
techniques of Ericksonian Hypnotherapy.

MASTER CLASS IN BRIEF PSYCHOTHERAPY

New to the educational opportunities offered by the Foundation is
the Master Class in Brief Psychotherapy. This program is limited to
12 participants and open only to licensed, experienced mental
health professionals. A special aspect of the Master Class is that it
is held at the Erickson home, in Dr. Ericksons office and teaching
study, where he conducted his famous teaching seminars.

The new center provides a home base for the Foundations dedicated staff, as well as serving as a destination for practitioners. We
can now focus our energy in one place, maximize our efforts, expand
our rich archives and continue to enhance the skills of students and
professionals.
In 2010 the Foundation purchased Dr. Ericksons last home in
Phoenix, Arizona. The Foundation is committed to preserving the
legacy of the late Dr. Erickson by transforming the home at 1201
E. Hayward Avenue into a museum. The home, where the master
both lived and worked in the last decade of his life, will be preserved with integrity to give visitors an emotionally-charged experience. Friends of the Foundation can rediscover the man behind
the methods by experiencing Erickson in his actual environment.

Audio,Video &
The Foundation Press

The Milton H. Erickson Foundation has for purchase professionally

recorded audio from its meetings, available in CD and many as
MP3 downloads. Professionally produced videos of one-hour clinical demonstrations by members of the faculty of the 1981, 1982,
1984, 1989 and 1997 Erickson Foundation Seminars, and the
1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2007 Erickson
Congresses also can be purchased. Audio and video recordings
from the 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2009, 2013 Evolution
of Psychotherapy Conferences, and the Brief Therapy Conferences
also are available from the Foundation.
The Erickson Foundation distributes recordings of lectures by Milton H. Erickson from the 1950s and 1960s, when Ericksons voice
was strong. Releases in our audio series are announced in the
Newsletter.

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THE MILTON H. ERICKSON

F O U N D AT I O N
THE ERICKSONIAN MONOGRAPHS
The Foundation is sponsor of The Ericksonian Monographs. The highest quality articles on Ericksonian hypnosis and psychotherapy are
included in The Monographs. Ten issues were published under the
editorship of Stephen Lankton. The Monograph series evolved into
the Annual of Brief Therapy.
These are available from Taylor & Francis.

CURRENT THINKING AND RESEARCH IN BRIEF THERAPY

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TIME

PROGRAM NUMBER

7:30 AM
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

LOCATION

REGISTRATION FOR LAW & ETHICS

Manhattan Ballroom
Foyer

LE 1

LAW & ETHICS

TERRACE BALLROOM
SALON B

Presented by

Steven Frankel, PhD, JD

WTF???

WHATS THE FUTURE

& WHERE TO FIT
PART 1
This 6-hour program addresses the profound changes that are taking
place in the health system in the U.S., the implications for mental
health care, and, in turn, the implications for mental health care providers. We begin with a discussion of the role of the insurance industry in health care and how that role has expanded over the past 50-60
years, affecting the licensure and practices of mental health professionals. From there, we move to the current changes themselves, including:
the Affordable Health Care Act
Accountable Care Organizations
Current Procedural Terminology DSM vs. ICD
Electronic Health Care Records HIPAA Changes
Also covered are insurance panels for independent practitioners, the
Parity Law, Professional Wills, alternatives to licensed mental health
practice, and licensing board action summaries.
Educational Objectives: 1. Define ACA, ACO, CPT, DSM, ICD,
EHR, & HIPAA 2. State a major alternative to licensed mental
health practice 3. State two helpful attributes of DSM-5 4. Define
crosswalk 5. List at least two models of professional wills 6. List at
least two of the most frequent causes for discipline of mental health
care providers.

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

LUNCH BREAK

PART 2
Continues on themes from Part 1 on awareness and management of
risk factors in the major areas of high-risk practice.
Educational Objectives: 1. Define ACA, ACO, CPT, DSM, ICD,
EHR, & HIPAA 2. State a major alternative to licensed mental
health practice 3. State two helpful attributes of DSM-5 4. Define
crosswalk 5. List at least two models of professional wills 6. List at
least two of the most frequent causes for discipline of mental health
care providers.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 24
TIME

PROGRAM NO.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

7:00 AM

REGISTRATION
CONVOCATION
JEFFREY ZEIG, PHD

8:00 AM-8:30 AM

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

K1

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1
HARVILLE HENDRIX &
HELEN LAKELLY HUNT, PHD
A New Way to Think About Couples

LOCATION
Manhattan
Ballroom Foyer

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM
MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

In the old way of thinking, couples were depicted as a communication system that could be
improved with relational skills or as interacting psychopathologies needing treatment by a mental health professional. In the new way of thinking, couples are a
system of mutually reinforcing interactions that create anxiety or safety, wounding
or healing. They also are the source of culture and the fulcrum of social transformation. What happens in the couple happens in the culture; what happens in the
culture happens in the couple. This lecture will show how the shift from a pathological unit to healing agency occurred; discuss the features of an optimal relationship, and describe the therapeutic process. We will also introduce a global movement, Relationships First, with a mission to show scientifically the essential relationship between healthy couples and a healthy society and to establish
relationship as a primary cultural value.

Educational Objectives: 1. Discuss the historical shift of role of couples in culture.

2. Describe the core features of an optimal relationship. 3. Document the positive impact of healthy couples on society. 4. Initiate a dialogical conversation with
a couple.

9:45 AM -10:45 AM

K2

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2
STAN TATKIN
Secure Functioning:
Therapeutic Stance for All Couple Therapists

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

This one-hour presentation will define and describe the term secure
functioning as attitudinal and behavioral, and not characterological.
Because the concept of secure-functioning is principle based and not personality
based, the success of secure-functioning relationships does not depend upon attachment orientation. The presentation will endeavor to establish the validity of this
approach and will encourage all attending couple therapists to incorporate-secure
functioning principles into their therapeutic stance.

Educational Objectives: 1. To be able to list at least five characteristics of a securefunctioning relationship 2. To be able to apply at least three interventions for moving couples toward secure functioning 3. To be able to differentiate and describe
the difference between secure attachment and secure-functioning relationships

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

TP 1

Topical Panel 1

Why Differentiation Matters

ELLYN BADER, PETER PEARSON, AND JUDITH ANDERSON

TERRACE
BALLROOM
SALON B

12:00-1:15 PM Lunch Break

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1:15-2:15 PM

TP 2

9:45 -11:45 PM

K3

Topical Panel 2
Deepening Attachment
and Connection
HARVILLE HENDRIX, MARION SOLOMON, AND STAN TATKIN
KEYNOTE ADDRESS 3
PAT LOVE
Sexy Body/Sexy Brain
It Helps to Know the Difference

TERRACE
BALLROOM
SALON B

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

Our natural sexual setpoint explains a lot about arousal, desire and
intimate satisfaction. We will explore this issue with research, facts
and humor, with the objectives of understanding the effects of estrogen on desire and the effects of testosterone on desire.

Educational Objectives: 1 to explain the effects of estrogen on desire 2. to explain

the effects of testosterone on desire

3:455:45 PM

WS 1

WORKSHOP 1
ELLYN BADER AND SUE DIAMOND-POTTS
Addiction and Self-Absorption

PARKVIEW

This workshop will address two challenging issues that surface in couples therapy: addiction and self absorption. Through the lens of the Developmental Model
of Couples Therapy, we will emphasize how to make strategic treatment decisions
that propel couples toward sobriety and more collaborative functioning.
Case examples will demonstrate the challenge of confronting individual partners
with addictive or self-absorbed behaviors, while simultaneously supporting the
developmental growth of the couple.
Educational Objectives: 1. Discuss 4 important Dos and 4 important Donts
which are strong guidelines when working with married partners who are addicted. 2. Describe 2 techniques for facilitating other-differentiation in selfabsorbed partners.

WS 2

WORKSHOP 2
HARVILLE HENDRIX
Core Features of a Conscious Partnership

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

Couples therapy tends to operate without a clear map of successful outcome,

except the reported satisfaction/dissatisfaction of the couple. In this workshop,
we will propose an optimal outcome of couples therapy, the process of reaching
it and demonstrate the procedures that achieve it.

Educational Objectives: 1. Describe the core features of a conscious partnership.

2. Initiate the practice of the dialogue process. 3. Share with a couples the goal
and process of a Conscious Partnership.

WS 3

WORKSHOP 3
STAN TATKIN
Working with Disorganization in Couple Therapy:
A PACT Perspective
This workshop focuses on couple therapy with highly disorganized partners and
couples. Special attention will be paid to the importance of strong therapeutic
frame (rules) and therapeutic stance (goals). Highly disorganized partners and
couples will be viewed through the lens of attachment theory, regulation theory,
and neurobiological development.

Educational Objectives: 1. name at least five principles of secure functioning

2. describe at least five diagnostic markers for assessing disorganized states and
traits in the clinical setting

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25
TIME

PROGRAM NO.

7:30 AM
8:30 AM-9:30 AM

K4

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

LOCATION

REGISTRATION

Manhattan
Ballroom Foyer

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 4
ESTHER PEREL
Mating in Captivity: Attachment Security and
Erotic Life in Couples

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

This bold take on intimacy and sex grapples with the obstacles and
anxieties that arise when our need for secure love conflicts with
our pursuit of passion. We will tackle eroticism as a quality of vitality in relationships extending far beyond mere sexuality and show how reconciling
these two competing needs is at the heart of sustaining desire over time. We will
address paradoxes of desire and how social forces inhibit erotic expression; attachment history and the erotic blueprint.

Educational Objectives: 1. Learn innovative strategies to reconcile the need for

safety and stability with the need for separateness and passion. 2. Discover how
our emotional history translates itself into our erotic blueprint. 3. Learn how love
and desire relate, but also conflict.

9:45 AM-11:45 AM

WS 4

WORKSHOP 4
ESTHER PEREL
Rethinking Couples Therapy:
Innovative Approaches to Love, Sex, and Infidelity

TERRACE
BALLROOM
SALON B

Through case examples, Esther Perel will show how to effectively engage such
issues as intimacy, sexuality and infidelity by creating separate spaces where
each partner can explore his/her feelings and experiences along with larger relationship dynamics. We will show how to navigate privacy and secrecy, honesty
and transparency, stage interventions around sexual impasses, and structure a
safe and flexible therapeutic environment to work effectively with infidelity.

Educational Objectives: 1. How to create a safe and non-judgmental therapeutic

environment to work with secrets, privacy, transparency and truth-telling 2. Present a more nuanced therapeutic approach for working with extra-marital relationspast and present, fantasized or real, disclosed or withheld 3. Introduce two
interventions for couples to rebuild trust and intimacy and to promote erotic recovery following an affair

WS 5

WORKSHOP 5
ALEX KATEHAKIS
The Long and Bumpy Road to Recovery:
Restoring Trust and Love
in Shattered Relationships
Sex addiction destroys trust in relationships, traumatizing the partner, the sex
addict, and the family system. Relational trauma left untreated will have both
parties and the entire system crumbling. Attunement, communication, and empathy (ACE) are the three-pronged stool that supports the long, and sometimes arduous, journey to restoring trust. The goal is to recognize the signs of relational
trauma in both parties, and compare the difference between relational trauma
and co-dependence.

Educational Objectives: 1. Recognize the signs of relational trauma in both parties 2. Compare the difference between relational trauma and co-dependence

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25
9:45 AM-11:45 AM

WS 6

(contd)

WORKSHOP 6
ELLYN BADER
Lies and Deception:
The Deep Pit Couples Fall Into When Differentiation Fails

PARKVIEW

Everybody lies. Some lies are loving and harmless. But, others are enormously
destructive. Couples patterns of deception often begin innocently but end in couples destroying the love they once had. Self- deception, conflict avoidance and
felony lies all undermine commitment and connection. Learn to identify and disrupt deception, confront evasiveness and hypocrisy and facilitate differentiation.

Educational Objectives: 1. Delineate 4 main types of lies. 2. Describe 6 types of

confrontation to disrupt patterns of deception and facilitate differentiation.

11:45 AM-1:00 PM Lunch Break

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

K5

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 5
ELLYN BADER AND PETER PEARSON
Couples Developmental Model:
Integrating Attachment, Differentiation,
and Neuroscience

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

Understanding couples development will give you a powerful way to assess what
is wrong and to lead couples to make sustained change. Learn to integrate principles from attachment theory, differentiation theory and neuroscience to direct
your treatment decisions. Skillfully integrating these approaches will enable you
to manage couples hostility calmly, confront partners outrageous demands and
disrupt conflict avoidance.

Educational Objectives: 1. Summarize core principles from Attachment Theory,

Differentiation Theory and Neuroscience 2. Demonstrate how to integrate these 3
theories in direct application with fighting couples.

2:15 PM-4:15 PM

WS 7

WORKSHOP 7
PAT LOVE
The Passion Paradox:
Can You Really Love an Other?

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

While we love those deep, intimate conversations that bring us close together
and join our spirits, what role does difference play in passion? Come explore this
and other questions relatied to relational happiness. We will identify two empathic systems, and understand the role of dopamine in intimate relationships.

Educational Objectives: 1. list two empathic systems 2. explain the role of dopamine in intimate relationships

WS 8

WORKSHOP 8
WILLIAM DOHERTY
Working with Mixed Agenda Couples
in Discernment Counseling

TERRACE
BALLROOM
SALON B

How to work with partners who are leaning in difference directions about staying
together and trying therapy. Learn core techniques and see a video demonstration of how to work confidently with these challenging couples. You will learn the
key pathways offered couples in Discernment Counseling.

Educational Objectives: 1. Explain strategies for working differently with leaning-in

and leaning-out partners. 2. Describe the key pathways offered couples in Discernment Counseling.

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2:15 PM-4:15 PM

WS 9

(contd)

WORKSHOP 9
ESTHER PEREL
Unlocking Erotic Intelligence

PARKVIEW

Why does great sex so often fade for couples who claim to love each other as
much as ever? Why doesnt good intimacy guarantee good sex? When you love ,
how does it feel and when you Desire how is it different? Loss of Desire brings
many people into our offices. It is the prime sexual complaint that leads relational
unhappiness, infidelity and even divorce. For the most part, sexuality has been
relegated to sex therapy and couple therapy has been a desexualized practice.
Yet, love in our digital age puts sex at the center of couples lives.

Educational Objectives: 1 To demonstrate how to invert traditional therapeutic

priorities, by using the sexual relationship as a lens into the couples interpersonal dynamics. 2. To utilize experiential exercises to cultivate eroticism between
partners and help them take emotional risks to open up sexual communication.
3. To learn how to map the connections between emotional histories, attachment
orientation, and sexual feelings and behaviors 4. To learn four new strategies to
help couples bring a sense of aliveness and vitality to their relation and cultivate
playfulness, in and out of the bedroom.

4:30-5:30 PM

K6

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 6
BILL OHANLON
Im Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair:
Using Creative Rituals to Help Couples Move On and Heal
Rituals have been used for thousands of years to help people move
through difficult developmental times, to move on from problems
and stuck places and to grieve and leave trauma behind. In this session, you will discover the two types of rituals that can help couples resolve their
issues effectively. Educational Objectives: 1. Give at least one example of a crea-

tive ritual. 2. List the two type of therapeutic rituals in couples therapy

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SUNDAY, APRIL 26
TIME

PROGRAM NO.

REGISTRATION

7:30 AM

9:00-10:00 AM

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

K6

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 7
WILLIAM DOHERTY
Discernment Counseling for
Mixed Agenda Couples

LOCATION
Manhattan
Ballroom Foyer

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

What do you do with couples who are split on trying to working on

their relationship or calling it quits? They are often poor candidate
for traditional couples therapy but they are idea candidates for "Discernment
Counseling," a creative way of working with couples our therapy models are not
designed for. We will discuss the difference between couples therapy and discernment counseling.

10:15 AM-12:15 PM

WS 10

W O R K S H O P 10
WILLIAM DOHERTY
Marital First Responders:
A New Way to Engage Communities of Support for Couples

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

People turn to friends and family long before they go to a couples therapist. Marital First Responders is a new training program for people who are natural confidants on relationship problems: people turn to them for support and perspective.
Learn what the training involves, tune your skills in being a confidant in your own
social world, and see if youd like to teach this course in your community.

Educational Objectives: 1. Discuss key skills that confidants can learn to be more
confident and effective.2. Identify the prevalence of confidants about marriage
and relationship problems.

WS 11

W O R K S H O P 11
BILL OHANLON
Reel Love: Couples Issues Through the Lens of the Movies

TERRACE
BALLROOM
SALON B

Using movie clips, this presentation will illustrate a simple five-step model for effective interventions with couples. Movie clips are condensed lessons that can
quickly illustrate the complexities of couples issues and their solutions. Bring the
popcorn and have fun while you learn. You will learn the five steps in this model of
couples therapy, and methods of breaking unhelpful patterns in couples therapy.

Educational Objectives: 1. List the five steps in this model of couples therapy 2.
Give two methods of breaking unhelpful patterns in couples therapy

WS 12

W O R K S H O P 12
PAT LOVE
Is it Love, or is it Addiction?

PARKVIEW

This workshop will explore the fine line between love and addiction. Therapeutic
strategies and questions will be explored, and you will learn three predictors of
compulsion/addiction.

Educational Objectives: 1. To list three predictors of compulsion/addiction 2. To

define love

12:15-1:45 PM Lunch Break

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1:45-3:45 PM

WS 13

W O R K S H O P 13
PETER PEARSON
A New Approach to Start Therapy with
Dysfunctional Couples

TERRACE
BALLROOM
SALON B

Conventional approaches begin with: What brings you here? How can I help?
What are your objectives? These are great questions for individuals but they are
toxic for dysfunctional couples. Their responses will get you a truckload of cross
complaints. After ten minutes nobody is feeling great.

Educational Objectives: 1. Demonstrate how therapists canunderstand the presenting problems without the couple blaming, shaming or guilting each other.
Couples listen curiously and exchange compliments as problems are described.
2. Demonstrate how each partner identifies their individual objectives for being in
therapy and how to deal with the inevitable resistance to achieve those goals.

WS 14

W O R K S H O P 14
JEFF ZEIG
Ericksonian Experiential Therapy
with Couples

MANHATTAN
BALLROOM

Milton Erickson was one of the earliest people to work in Brief Therapy model
with couples. This workshop will describe advanced advantages of using experiential methods with couples, including enactment technique and sculpting, lecture, demonstration, and small group practice.

Educational Objectives: 1. Given a couple, compose an experiential intervention

2. Describe the value of experiential approach with couples 3. Indicate benefits of
experiential approach

WS 15

W O R K S H O P 15
BILL OHANLON
Love is a Verb:
Using Action Talk to Decrease Misunderstanding and to
Find Solutions in Couples Therapy

PARKVIEW

Couples, because they come from different background and have different understandings, often use the same words to mean different things, leading to unnecessary conflict. This workshop will provide a simple, but powerful method to
quickly resolve couples conflicts using action talk.

Educational Objectives: 1. Use action talk to resolve one conflict. 2. List one analogy that can be used to introduce action talk to couples.

4:00-4:15 PM

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