Creating A Vision: Supervising Family Therapists to See "The How"
Families come into therapy feeling failed. They are ready to begin by answering questions about what has gone wrong in their closest relationships. Family therapy is an opportunity to see the How. How does a family find its connection? How do they find their strength? How do they decide to do what they do? How does a family assign power and privilege? Seeing this how begins early in the sessions to identify and give meaning to the strengths of the family. From the lens of strength, the family story evolves to a story of possibility rather than of failure. This vision of possibility is identified and discussed early in the work. The therapeutic discourse is co-created. It is a transactional process. Supervisors shape new clinicians away from what is wrong to how the family does as well as it does. The sessions focus on Universals, Ways of knowing, Metaphors, and Meaning. The ways in which power and privilege are enacted and experienced in and outside of the family shape the realities of families' lives and are made visible through therapeutic discourse. Holding the realities of peoples' family lives is a dance, whose movement is away from content to process, then to noticing the patterns, and then to embracing the family themes. The movement is away from what to how. Supervisors understand parallel process, and create an environment of firmness and kindness to mentor therapists who create therapeutic environments of firmness and kindness.
The following content points will be covered:
- Creating a shift to second-order change
- The effect of inequities in power and privilege
- Creating a space for emotional risk
- Creating A Vision: Supervising Family Therapists to See "The How"
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Families come into therapy feeling failed. They are ready to begin by answering questions about what has gone wrong in their closest relationships. Family therapy is an opportunity to see the How. How does a family find its connection? How do they find their strength? How do they decide to do what they do? How does a family assign power and privilege? Seeing this how begins early in the sessions to identify and give meaning to the strengths of the family. From the lens of strength, the family story evolves to a story of possibility rather than of failure. This vision of possibility is identified and discussed early in the work. The therapeutic discourse is co-created. It is a transactional process. Supervisors shape new clinicians away from what is wrong to how the family does as well as it does. The sessions focus on Universals, Ways of knowing, Metaphors, and Meaning. The ways in which power and privilege are enacted and experienced in and outside of the family shape the realities of families' lives and are made visible through therapeutic discourse. Holding the realities of peoples' family lives is a dance, whose movement is away from content to process, then to noticing the patterns, and then to embracing the family themes. The movement is away from what to how. Supervisors understand parallel process, and create an environment of firmness and kindness to mentor therapists who create therapeutic environments of firmness and kindness.
The following content points are covered:
- Creating a shift to second-order change
- The effect of inequities in power and privilege
- Creating a space for emotional risk
Upon completion of this training professionals will be able to do the following:
- Work with process rather than content
- Explain the role of power and privilege in families
- Use parallel process to personalize supervision
Vicki Loyer, Ph.D., LMFT
Vicki Loyer (Carlson) Ph.D., LMFT, is the CEO/President of Blue Door Psychotherapy, a center for individual and family therapy services and a center for family therapy training. She is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, and a Subject Matter Expert, Site Supervisor, and Instructor for Graduate Studies at Grand Canyon University. Using a competency focused family therapy approach to working with individuals and families, she provides equine assisted psychotherapy as an experiential therapy for greater depth. Most recently, as a result of Covid-19 restrictions, Dr. Loyer has expanded her practice and teaching in the area of delivering quality Telemental Health and has been a co-organizer of Webinars on Telemental health Ethics and Effective Therapy. Dr. Loyer is a regular contributing author to the House Calls section of the Tucson magazine Desert Leaf, has co-author of books on premarital relationships and youth-at-risk, and has been publishing and speaking in the areas of self-injury, mental illness, addiction, and family therapy for many years. Dr Loyer is an AAMFT Clinical Member, Approved Supervisor and a past president of the Arizona Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AzAMFT).
Tara Gardenhire, MA, LMFT, Approved Supervisor
Tara Gardenhire, MA, LMFT, Approved Supervisor believes in a whole health approach to mental health treatment with a focus on nutrition, exercise, and spirituality. She specializes in life span development (children, adolescents, adults, and aging) and family therapy, emphasizing work with trauma survivors, substance abuse, parenting, and couples. Tara has worked in the field of mental health for 10 years and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
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Instructors
Tara Gardenhire
MA, LMFT, Approved Supervisor
Tara Gardenhire, MA, LMFT, Approved Supervisor believes in a whole health approach to mental health treatment with a focus on nutrition, exercise, and spirituality. She specializes in life span development (children, adolescents, adults, and aging) and family therapy, emphasizing work with trauma survivors, substance abuse, parenting, and couples. Tara has worked in the field of mental health for 10 years and is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Vicki Loyer, Ph.D.
Vicki Loyer (Carlson) Ph.D., LMFT, is the CEO/President of Blue Door Psychotherapy, a center for individual and family therapy services and a center for family therapy training. She is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, and a Subject Matter Expert, Site Supervisor, and Instructor for Graduate Studies at Grand Canyon University. Using a competency focused family therapy approach to working with individuals and families, she provides equine assisted psychotherapy as an experiential therapy for greater depth. Most recently, as a result of Covid-19 restrictions, Dr. Loyer has expanded her practice and teaching in the area of delivering quality Telemental Health and has been a co-organizer of Webinars on Telemental health Ethics and Effective Therapy. Dr. Loyer is a regular contributing author to the House Calls section of the Tucson magazine Desert Leaf, has co-author of books on premarital relationships and youth-at-risk, and has been publishing and speaking in the areas of self-injury, mental illness, addiction, and family therapy for many years. Dr Loyer is an AAMFT Clinical Member, Approved Supervisor and a past president of the Arizona Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AzAMFT).
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