Study psychoanalytic couple therapy in the UK. Explore the unconscious role in relationships and common conflicts. CPD courses for psychologists.
For UK therapists drawn to couple work, this course explains how psychoanalytic thinking understands the relationship between two partners. Tertia Myers, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist based in Johannesburg, discusses the central role of unconscious processes, the idea of couple fit and why arguments about sex, money and children often point to deeper psychological themes. She moves on to assessing the couple, the use of transference and countertransference, and the technique and aims that set psychoanalytic couple therapy apart. It can be recorded as a learning activity in an HCPC CPD record.
Psychoanalytic couple therapy is based on the fascinating premise that the unconscious has a defining role to play in couple relationships. Tertia Myers, a Johannesburg-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist with a special interest in psychoanalytic couple's therapy, explores some of the fundamental concepts of this field. This illuminating talk offers therapists who are interested in the inner workings of the couple relationship insights into the couple psyche and couple fit, the meanings of conflicts around sex, money, and children, and the role of the psychoanalytic couple therapist.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this talk, participants will be able to:
Understand the central role of unconscious processes in shaping couple dynamics.
Define the concept of "couple fit" and its implications for therapy.
Identify how conflicts around sex, money, and children often reflect deeper psychological themes.
Recognise the role of transference and countertransference in couple therapy.
Describe the distinctive therapeutic posture and objectives of psychoanalytic couple therapy.