Marriage and relationships today are, to a large extent, based on the assumption that two individuals fuse into one. Most of us know that 50+% of all first marriages end in divorce as do approximately 70+% of second marriages. Add to this the remaining secretly “miserably married” (those living lives of quiet -or not so quiet – desperation based on fear of being alone, children, financial security, religion, social stigma, etc.) and we begin to see the magnitude of the problem. Simply put, we are either all a bunch of “very sick puppies” (pathologizing all of us) or there is something fundamentally flawed with our model of relationships and marriage. People may be trying too hard at the “wrong” things rather than not trying hard enough at those things that might work for them.
After specializing internationally in practicing/teaching/training/learning couples therapy for over 40 and 25 years respectively, Bob and Rita Resnick have evolved a process model of relationships and marriage that emphasizes two crucial relationship issues: (1) the basic human dilemma: How to be connected to another and maintain a self…. and (2) Dealing with Differences vs Differences in Dealing. With rare exception, how couples deal with differences is far more important than what the differences actually are. Almost all couples issues have dealing with differences at their nexus.
Eligibility: This is a one day seminar open to couples (married or not, straight or gay), singles, divorced individuals, therapists, clergy, etc. — all who are interested in learning some of the perspectives and skills distilled from the Resnick’s long and ongoing history of working with couples and teaching Couples Therapy. Although there will be some live (and/or video) demonstrations of couples therapy with volunteers, this is not a therapy workshop but rather an interactive seminar with lectures, discussion, questions, exercises and some small group work. Nobody will be asked to share anything publically. Topics include: intimacy, love, communication, power, trust, dealing with differences, assumptions, gender differences, etc. Come and join us for a fresh and sold new perspective on relationships and marriage. Bring your biases and your sense of humor.
Individual: $125 each
5 registering together: $100 each
Full time Student: $100 each
5 Students registering together: $75 each
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Rita Resnick, LCSW, Ph.D. has been Faculty Chair of GATLA’s European Summer Residential Training Program since 1991. Rita is in private practice in Santa Monica California and is actively training psychotherapists in the United States, Australia and Europe in both Gestalt and Couples Therapy. Co-author: Supervision: A Collaborative Endeavor, Gestalt Rev 4:121-137. Rita has a devoted, passionate (and self serving) interest in the area of women growing older – menopause and mid-life vitality.
Email: ritaresnick@gatla.org
Robert W. Resnick, Ph.D. is an internationally known Gestalt Therapist and Trainer and core faculty of GATLA. Bob, the youngest of the Gestalt “old timers”, was chosen by Fritz Perls to introduce Gestalt Therapy to Europe in 1969. Since then, he has been training worldwide (45 years) and has had the very special opportunity to teach, train and learn from thousands of therapists and students from dozens of different countries across all these decades and generations. For years, he has been threatening to edit some new Gestalt Therapy videos and to write. Finally this is happening. In another life, Bob was a New York City taxicab driver while moonlighting at CCNY and Columbia University.
Email: BobResnick@aol.com
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Location: 1575 Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90024