Couples No-Fault Counseling

Deborah Day Poor, LCSW
Closeout Sale
50% Off!

Original price was: $39.00.Current price is: $19.50.

CE Credit Hours : 3
Intermediate Learning Level Intermediate
Online Course Online
Customer Testimonials

Course Abstract

Couples No-Fault Counseling is a 3-hour online continuing education (CE) course that teaches how to help couples to give up their BAD (blame, argue & defend) communication style and replace it with active listening. Couples counseling is a challenging undertaking for both counselors and couples. Counselors need to take a detailed history of both partners and gradually discover the real reasons they overreact to certain things their partner says and does. Couples need to be motivated enough to keep counseling appointments and need to believe that they can improve their relationship. This course will share four interesting case studies, where you will witness couples who came to therapy for an identified problem and left with a much greater understanding of the underlying causes of their difficulties. The studies clearly reveal the reasons the partners were attracted to each other, and how what they can learn from one another began in their childhoods. After taking this course, you will know how to help couples to give up their BAD (blame, argue & defend) communication style and replace it with active listening. In doing so, you will help them to create more harmonious relationships by increasing the empathy they feel for each other. By helping a couple who has children, you are making a positive difference in the couple’s lives, in the lives of their offspring and in the lives of countless unborn generations. The Couples No Fault Workbook, with twelve exercises to help couples begin their journey into greater self-awareness, is included at the end of this course.

Closeout Course #30-50 | 2010 | 48 pages | 20 posttest questions 

Learning Objectives

  1. 1. Identify techniques for discovering the real reasons couples have the same arguments over and over again
  2. 2. Define the author’s concept of “original pain” that can cause partners to overreact to each other
  3. 3. List methods for teaching active listening skills to clients
  4. 4. Name ways to give partners a deeper understanding of themselves and each other
  5. 5. Identify one’s own biases towards clients who have specific characteristics and issues

Course Directions

This online course provides instant access to the course materials (PDF download) and CE test. The course is text-based (reading) and the CE test is open-book (you can print the test to mark your answers on it while reading the course document).

Successful completion of this course involves passing an online test (80% required, 3 chances to take) and we ask that you also complete a brief course evaluation.

About the Author(s)

Deborah Day Poor, LCSW : Find out More

Deborah Day Poor, LCSW, has been in private practice for seventeen years. She graduated Magnum Cum Laude from the University of South Florida and did her graduate work at Florida State University where she studied Family Systems Theory. She is the author of “Peace at Any Price: How to Overcome the Please Disease.” Deborah says she became a victim of the “please disease” while growing up in an abusive alcoholic family. Like most adult children of alcoholics, she unknowingly recreated her past to give herself an opportunity to heal herself. She remains grateful for her recovery from co-dependency and continues to embrace the opportunity to help other victims of childhood abuse, abandonment and neglect.

Disclosure

:

Financial: Deborah receives royalty payments from Professional Development Resources on sales of her courses.
Nonfinancial
: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists. 

CE Information

Counseling

National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Approved Continuing Education Provider

Professional Development Resources (PDR) has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5590. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. PDR is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (#MHC-0135 - Note: New York counselors will receive 3 continuing education credits for completing this self-study course).

Marriage and Family Therapy

American Psychological Association Approved Sponsor

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Professional Development Resources is also approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC ACEP #5590); the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB #1046, ACE Program); the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists (#MFT-0100 - Note: New York MFTs will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course); the Texas Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists (#114); and is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion).

Psychology

American Psychological Association Approved Sponsor

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).

School Psychology

American Psychological Association Approved Sponsor

Professional Development Resources is approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Professional Development Resources maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0145).

Social Work

Association of Social Work Boards ACE Approved continuing education provider

Professional Development Resources, #1046, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 6/12/2022 - 6/12/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 3 clinical continuing education credits.

Professional Development Resources is CE Broker compliant (#50-1635 - all courses are reported within two business days of completion). Professional Development Resources, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0664 - Note: New York social workers will receive 3 continuing education credit(s) for completing this self-study course). Professional Development Resources is also approved by the Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners (#5678).

Customer Testimonials

I.V. Counselor

This course was very educational, and I have already begun to use it! Thanks!

M.T Psychologist

Very clearly organized and written. Good use of clinical vignettes to illustrate the theory and practice

R.J.T Psychologist

Article brought out the significance of early childhood attachments that are played out in later adult relationships--excellent!

M.A Counselor

I really enjoyed this course & have already begun implementing some of the worksheets & objectives into my practice with couples.

A.G. (Psychologist)

I appreciated the author's worksheets. Thank you

More Testimonials

C.H. (MFT)

Great course. I will use this material that I learned regularly!

L.C. (Counselor)

The course was very well written and it was very informative. It gave me many tools to use in my practice. Well done, enjoyed it very much.

D.J. (Psychologist)

A useful review of family and family functioning.

J.S. (Psychologist)

Excellent course that I will use for self analysis as well as for treating clients.

E.W. (Counselor)

What a pleasant surprise to read this article at this time in my life.  While I had known much of the material from my previous 25 years of clinical work I found this material to be a concise presentation of information that I could offer in my own marriage.  Thank you!  Now I will have quick access to tools to take continue my self care and, hopefully, my husband will try them as well.

K.B. (Counselor)

Impressed with the health of the author.

J.W. (Counselor)

I learned some ideas that I will be able to put to use immediately.

R.P. (Counselor)

This was a wonderful course. One of the best ever with excellent materials!

T.H. (Counselor)

This is probably the best course I have taken from PDR. It contained great insights for use with my clients and in my own marriage. It is highly practical. I loved the workbook included.

J.G. (Counselor)

Very insightful with dealing with couples.

L.B. (Counselor)

I was pleasantly surprised how much I learned!!  It definitely kept my interest and I will be able to incorporate many of the concepts in my counseling practice.

S.H. (Social Worker)

Good course.  I will use the workbook with clients in my current practice.  Thank you for offering this course.

L.L. (Psychologist)

I have come to count on PDR for online CEU's.

E.M. (Psychologist)

Very well written. Interesting material.  Very helpful information for working not only with couples but with individuals as well.

C.H. (Psychologist)

I am excited about using the workbook materials with my patients.

C.P. (Counselor)

Great course, even for some one with a lot of experience.  I, nevertheless, learned a lot.  I would recommend this course to any of my professional peers.  Thanks.

D.H. (Psychologist)

Excellent course for learning to improve self and be effective as a relationship therapist.

F.E. (OT)

I loved this course and recommended to my coworkers thank you.

A.G. (Counselor)

This course was extremely helpful and served as an excellent review of previously learned information (while supplying additional approaches and insight).

M.W. (Psychologist)

Very practical suggestions.

L.M. (Counselor)

This was a great CE online course! There were many times that I reflected back to my own upbringing and how it may be affecting how in interact and communicate in my marriage, which is always helpful.

S.W. (Counselor)

Never bored or disinterested. Fun and engaging material!

K.W. (Counselor)

Good course. Workbook also helpful. thank you!!

B.G. (Mental Health)

Straightforward and pertinent to my real?life experiences. Well written and presented in an understandable manner. Will apply learning immediately.

B.M. (Psychologist)

Using case examples was a very effective way to present the content. I enjoyed and benefited from the course.

W.S. (Psychologist)

Good course.  Straightforward, practical.  And I like the workbook which I can integrate into my clinical practice!

L.L. (Counselor)

Would not change anything with this! It was very informative, interesting and thought provoking. It was a course you could "feel" as well as think about, thank you for offering this! It will help me greatly with my couples work, especially having the worksheets as well to use, and will help with clinical work overall as all ages and populations are impacted by the subject matter explored in this course.

K.A. (Counselor)

I particularly like being given the workbook as a concrete tool I can use with clients.

J.C. (Counselor)

I learned so much from this course and I will use this in my practice. I always feel inadequate when counseling couples but this gives me a place to start.

A.N. (Counselor)

This course's workbook is simple and applicable to many clients. The information presented in this course is immediately useful. Highly recommend this course.

L.C. (Psychologist)

I enjoyed this course and will find it useful in my practice.

B.H. (Counselor)

Wonderful course You can never learn enough about working with couples even if it is information you have learned and used before. I like the case studies and the worksheets will be very helpful.

S.K. (Counseling)

This is a fantastic course!  It reinforced previous learning and introduced useful techniques and questions.  I would highly recommend it!

D.R. (Psychologist)

Course presented a theoretical perspective without clearly defining her theoretical leanings, the impact was that the content was presented as fact vs. theory. 

R.S. (Psychologist)

Nice course with the emphasis on not "fixing things" but helping clients learn about themselves as the path to contribute to better relationships.

C.Y. (Psychologist)

Like that you attached the workbook.

L.U. (Counseling)

This is one of the best couples therapy trainings I've done!

J.P. (Social Work)

This was a very interesting as well as very useful course. I will refer to it in my practice, going forward. I'm really glad I took it.

J.C. (Counseling)

The author presented the material in a clear and understandable way.

S.H. (Counseling)

This was a very timely course and I plan on using what I've learned and the workbook in as I counsel couples.

G.H. (Counseling)

I found this course very helpful and have been able to use the information in my practice at the hospital.  Thank you.

R.F. (Psychologist)

Thank you for this valuable information, presented in a user-friendly manner.

C.L. (Counselor)

Very interesting and informative.

L.G. (Counselor)

I appreciated the authors knowledge on this subject. In addition, I found the workbook portion of the course helpful and something I can use with clients in the future.

K.S. (PY)

For me, somewhat too much case description, but this was balanced by succinct clinical material and tools.

L.M. (PY)

Good course, like the workbook. Useful.

J.H. (SW)

I learned a lot of useful tools to help my clients.

N.B. (MHC)

Absolutely loved this course! It is my favorite one so far! Great material to use in counseling. Extremely helpful.

K.B. (MHC)

This course enabled me to learn more about couple counseling and it will afford me better results.

R.R. (PY)

This course was very helpful in learning new skills to approach couple's counseling from a no-fault perspective. Looking forward to the next couple's sessions with a new perspective on helping couples avoid the blame game and focus more on what each brings to the relationship from their history.

R.F. (MHC)

I enjoyed the course. The material is easy to utilize in practice and understandable to client.

D.W. (PY) PhD

I think this is one of the best and most useful courses i have taken for CE credit.

V.P. (PY)

A solid model of working with couples,very clearly communicated. Some self-disclosure by the author really helps to demonstrate how the therapist's personal history and experience can profoundly influence biases and interactions in the process. Deep and thoughtful yet coherently presented.

D.O. (PY)

Really like the neutral, practical approach.  The worksheets will be especially helpful.

N.M. (MHC)

Self disclosure by author was very helpful and courageous.

L.W. (MHC)

Found the material very compatible with the latest brain research.

M.J.M. (PY)

I felt that this class was very informative. Well done.

K.K. (MHC)

I really appreciated the author sharing her own experiences.

T.D. (MFT)

This will be a really great resource to share with clients... Not in its entirety... but to pull references for ideas/research that can support their understanding of our work together. Thank you for a well written summary of some very crucial elements of good couples work! I really appreciate your offerings!

M.B. (MFT)

I will definitely use the Couples Workbook in my practice. Very useful questions and organization!

L.P. (MHC)

I enjoyed this training. I could tell that the author has a passion for the subject matter and appreciated that she included the workbook.

D.S. (SW)

I liked having the work sheets and the questions to challenge one's own memories and possible biases that one brings into the interpersonal dynamics of couples therapy.

A.L. (MHC)

I usually don't leave comments on here, but I want to say that I truly enjoyed this material.  I appreciate that the author included her own childhood experiences to discuss this subject.  This material validated and gave me more confidence in continuing with the work I'm doing with two couples that I'm working with.  I am going to definitely use the worksheets in the near future.  Thank you.

M.R. (PY)

One of the best, most comprehensive, informative classes I've taken!

H.E. (SW)

This was one of the best online courses I've taken in a long time.  I learned so much from it, and it will be incredibly useful for me, both professionally and personally.

J.W. (PY)

I awork with post divorce couples who have to learn how to co-parent despite their divorce. These concepts and skills are also appropriate for them since they have to communicate with each other. They also have to learn how to put the problems of their marriage behind them. This course was quite helpful. I can apply the information to these couples

M.T. (PY)

Although there wasn't a lot of "new new" info here for me, it was laid out in a concise way that I could easily pass on to clients - therefore making it very useful to my work!

I really enjoyed this excellent course, and although I don't work with couples, it will be very helpful to my practice.  It was really nice that the course provides you with the couples workbook.  Thank you for another great CE opportunity!!

J.B. (PY)

I loved the case examples and the author's personal story.

S.E. (MHC)

It was very helpful to have the case examples.

J.S. (MHC)

Enjoyed how principles were exemplified by case studies. The workbook was an added bonus.

L.M. (SW)

I am a seasoned therapist (40 years) & I found this course well worth my time & effort!

M.S. (PY)

Extremely helpful and well-organized. I especially appreciated the teaching style of using case histories and the author's self-disclosure of her own childhood conditioning. The workbook is very helpful and I intend to use it. Many thanks.

B.B. (SW)

Vignettes held my interest and though concepts are familiar, bringing them together in the fashion you have is very helpful.

C.M. (MHC)

I loved this course. Truly. And I am inspired to do more couples work. Thank you.

P.B. (MHC)

The author's workbook is an excellent learning tool.

K.S. (MHC)

This has been my favorite course so far. The author did a wonderful job of using examples from her own therapy cases to illustrate her info. Kept my interest the whole time. Excellent!

L.W. (SW)

Like the workbook and activities for clients to do to understand each other. Practical, useable materials and information.

B.W. (PY)

I really liked concept of fuser and isolator. I see this in treating military couples. Most spouses are fusers in counseling session. The soldiers tend to be isolators, many using video games to isolate.

J.R. (MHC)

Excellent course. Clear, concise and very useful! Thank you!

V.L. (MHC)

Good course. Well presented, informative. Liked how author used herself as an example of what she was explaining at the beginning.

A.M. (PY)

Really liked concept of fuser and isolator. I see this in treating military couples. Most spouses are fusers in counseling session. The soldiers tend to be isolators, many using video games to isolate.

I really liked and appreciated the transcripts of the therapy session conversations and scenarios to illustrate the techniques being described.

I really liked that this course had such a focus on the family aspect of the couple relationship. As a systems-based therapist I was really happy to find that there was a lot of attention to the role of childhood in adult relationships and patterns of behavior.

Thank you for a clear, helpful, and relevant course that is useful for couples' therapists, as well as individual therapists, whose clients need to learn more about healthy communication styles.