63rd Annual Conference
Friday, February
24
Morning Open
Sessions
11:00 A.M.-12:00
noon
Session
219
Linked
for Life: How Our Siblings Affect Our Lives
Presenter:
Marvin Todd,
Ph.D., Private Practice, Sacramento,
California
Adult Sibling
Therapy is a one generational dynamic glimpse into the wealth of
information stored in siblings' history. This one hour open session
will demonstrate to and with participants' assistance how this
resource will assist their own personal growth as well as an
opportunity to enhance, explore and utilize this therapy method in
their professional work.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Discover the
power of their own sibling relationship.
2. Utilize
siblings as a here to for unknown and unexplored area for their own
patients/clients.
3. Learn the
value, inherent support, and willingness for siblings to participate
with each other in the desire for growth.
4. Experience the
utilization of Adult Sibling Therapy with siblings in therapy as
well as siblings who work together in business. Both of these are a
dynamic development in this one generational family therapy.
Course References:
1.
Lewis, K. (1990). Siblings: A hidden resource in therapy. Journal of
Strategic and Systemic Therapies, 9 (1) 39-49.
2. Merrell, S.
(1995).
The Accidental Bond-The Power of the Sibling Bond. New York, NY:
Times Books.
3. Todd, M. (2001)
Linked for Life-How Our Siblings Affect Our Lives. New York, NY:
Citadel Press-Kensington Publications. |
