Live Stream: Friday, November 15th | 10:00am-11:30am
Mathew Meyers, MA, LMFT
Presenter Bio: Mathew is passionate about relationships and has a desire to help couples redesign their relationship so it suits both partners, improve communication and understanding for parents and children, and support parents in reasserting their parental authority when feeling as though they have lost control of their family. Matt says that he is passionate about his work because, “We heal ourselves through our relationships, we become ourselves in relationships, we are who we are because of those we love and are loved by. I can think of no greater honor than to assist families, couples, parents and children in working to repair, heal build and rebuild relationships.
Michael Borowiak, MSW, LICSW
Presenter Bio: Michael has been in private practice since 1997. He specializes in helping individuals and families out of stressful and challenging dynamics, such as divorce, trauma, substance abuse, depression, anxiety and significant medical conditions. Michael has an MSW (Masters of Social Work) and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). He is trained in family systems therapy, chemical dependency, discernment counseling and child and adolescent therapy, with an undergraduate degree in psychology. Michael has been working with couples, families and children his entire career. Michael enjoys running, adventures, and spending time with his wife and family.
Description: Working with a family, couple or an individual with significant conflict, especially those that have had court involvement can be very anxiety provoking. This presentation will support clinicians in understanding best practices in working with families with these conflicted dynamics and how to discern when to get out! Guardian ad Litem’s, Parenting Consultants, CPS investigations OH MY! Conflicted couples and families (or an individual within a conflicted family system) can create a great deal of anxiety for clinicians. It is not uncommon that therapists are invited to take a position on their conflict in ways that perpetuate their dysfunction and attempt to invite them if/when they have legal involvement. They can express their pain in ways that on one end of the spectrum is dysfunctional and difficult to influence out of the dysfunctional patterns. On the other end of the spectrum, they name anyone that does not participate in their dysfunctional patterns as a perpetrator of harm. This presentation will identify dysfunctional family/couple dynamics, how to avoid participating in ways that perpetuate those dysfunctional dynamics and respond if when Subpoenas show up. Individuals within conflicted family systems are often sophisticated litigants and understand how to make board complaints about clinicians which they have worked with, or family members have worked with. Many board complaints come from this profile of client. This presentation will demystify the process responding to a board complaint.
Objectives:
1. Gain a familiarity with AFCC (Association for Family Conciliation Courts) guidelines for court involved therapy to enhance their systemic therapeutic approach.
2. Understand how to respond if/when clients attempt to involve them in court related conflict (subpoenas or other requests for records).
3. Participants will learn how to discern if/when the client would benefit from a referral to another provider or for a different service.