Equipping your Toolkit to Work with Couples

Lifelong Learning

Course Introduction:

With rising divorce rates in many parts of the world, including Hong Kong and China, couple therapy is becoming a counselling modality in demand. Yet specialized training in working with couples is a gap in most counselling programs. This two-day workshop introduces participants to a systems lens in assessing the factors that contribute to couple distress and ways to fuel their desire to make adaptive changes. We will also view couples through a cultural lens to identify values and practices that could strain or support this pivotal unit in the family.

Learning Outcomes:

Name 4 areas to assess a couple’s functioning
Identify the couple’s communication postures
Delineate patterns in the couple system
Recognize how each person’s past influences their present relationship
Affirm and validate couples’ universal-spiritual human needs

Details:

Instructor:	Dr. Bonnie Lee
Date:	06 and 07 September 2024
Time:	Fri 18:30 – 21:30; Sat 09:00 – 13:00
Duration:	7 Hours (2 Sessions)
Location:	University of Saint Joseph – IIha Verde Campus
Language:	English supplemented with Cantonese
Delivery of Mode:	Face-to-face Lecture
Tuition Fee:	MOP1,000
Targeted Participants:	Counsellors, Graduate Students and Interested parties

Biography of Instructor:

Dr. Bonnie Lee is Professor in Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. A Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist-Supervisor in Canada, she is the developer of the evidence-based Congruence Couple Therapy model that has been adopted in health systems for addiction treatment. In 2023, the Alberta Health Quality Council recognized the model as a Distinguished Initiative for enhancing health services in the province. Dr. Lee was awarded the prestigious Board of Governor’s Research Chair in recognition of her innovation and leadership in addiction treatment research that addresses trauma, communication and emotion regulation. A trainer at the Advanced Clinical Education Institutes (AAMFT) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada, Dr. Lee has been a featured speaker and keynote with many universities and professional organizations internationally.

Remarks:

A certificate of completion for this training programme will be issued for participants fulfilling a required attendance rate of 100%.
Participants failing to attend 100% of the course (with or without the justification of absence) will not be awarded the Certificate of Completion.
Please note that the D.S.E.D.J. 2023-2026 Continuing Education Development Subsidy Scheme and the LLO Discount Scheme are NOT available for applying for this course.

HOW TO APPLY

A three-step flow of “Registration, Notification, Enrolment” applies.

Registrants shall complete the registration through the “Online Registration Form” during the application period of a Programme. Accepted Registrants will be notified through E-mail and they must complete the Enrolment process in person during the period mentioned in the E-mail.

A certificate of completion will be issued for participants fulfilling an attendance rate of 100%.

Withdrawal applications must follow stated policies.

Remark: Programmes may be cancelled due to insufficient registration.