Dr. Brent Atkinson will demonstrate how you can guide and motivate couples through a process of “laying down their weapons” and abandoning the blame game, which so often stalls therapy. Using extensive video examples, he will show how to help couples take mutual responsibility for the distressed state of their relationship as well as give you tips to navigate moments where therapists often get stuck. Cutting Through the Blame Game in Couples Therapy Key Points: Summary of the most essential findings from landmark relationship studies and explain how they provide a road map for relationship success How to talk to each client directly about their self-defeating habits in ways that help them avoid feeling shame or defensiveness How to present a compelling case to each partner for a) why their own mindset over time has likely contributed just as powerfully to the depleted condition of the relationship as has their partner’s, and b) why it is in their own best interest to assume mutual responsibility For full details and Learning Objectives, please visit anatomyofintimacy.com