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Clinical Issues in Open Relationships
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Clinical Issues in Open Relationships
Friday, February 28, 2025
Via Zoom, 2CE, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
by MacKenzie Stuart, LMFT
Workshop Description
Whether we work in community mental health or in private practice, more and more clients in nontraditional relationships are crossing our paths. This training will help you begin to develop the knowledge you need to understand consensual nonmonogamy (CNM), including swinging, open relationships, polyamory, and relationship anarchy. Join MacKenzie Stuart, LMFT as she walks you through key concepts, clinical issues, case conceptualization, interventions, and tips for working with this diverse population.
MacKenzie Stuart, LMFT (she/they) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adults, couples, partners, and families. She specializes in nontraditional relationship structures, including polyamory and other forms of consensual nonmonogamy, as well as chronic depression and suicidality. Her other clinical interests include psychosis, psychopharmacology and drugs, LGBTQIA2-S and GNC/non-binary communities, kink and BDSM practices, and sex work. MacKenzie enjoys psychodynamic case conceptualization, the enneagram, biofeedback, narrative and solution-focused interventions, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) skills. She is a member of core faculty at The Wright Institute in Berkeley and leads a private practice in Alameda.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Describe common styles of CNM using accurate language, including using open-ended questions to explore personal meaning clients attribute to relationship structure
- Identify common clinical issues in CNM relationships, including using ACT techniques to identify relationship agreements aligned with client values
- Describe interventions appropriate for use in their work with CNM clients
- Address inquiries regarding their cultural understanding of CNM clients
Additionally - You will receive a Zoom registration link from "Alameda County Psychological Association - SUBJECT: Event Videoconference Notification", please click on the link and register.
CPA is cosponsoring with the Alameda County Psychological Association (ACPA) & San Francisco Psychological Association (SFPA). The California Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CPA maintains responsibility for this program and its contents. Important Notice: Those who attend the workshop and complete the evaluation form will receive 2.0 continuing education credits. Please note that APA rules require that we only give credit to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credits. This workshop will be recorded and available to members only. No refunds. Registration closes February 27.
Videoconference information will be provided in an email once registration is complete.
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