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• Archive: Topic Areas:Couples Therapy | WorkshopCategory:Couples Conference | Couples Conference 2017Faculty:Martha Kauppi, MS MFTDuration:1:53:37Format:Audio OnlyOriginal Program Date :Apr 02, 2017 Description CC17 Workshop 13 - Therapy with Polyamorous Clients: Gaining Cultural & Clinical Competence with a Marginalized Population - Martha Kauppi, LMFT, ACST Polyamory is in the news, in the movies, and in the therapy room.
• As media attention for this open relationship style grows, more and more people are giving it a try.
• Working skillfully with this marginalized group requires gaining cultural competence specific to their struggles.
• Learn who chooses polyamory and why, how long their relationships last, how many relationships they have, what their family groups look like, and how challenges specific to polyamory might present in your therapy room.
• Learn how to identify and disrupt maladaptive relational strategies without perpetuating negative cultural bias.