Healing Incest and Complex Childhood Trauma with Couples: A Collaborative Change Model

Includes 5.5 CE credits, clinical demonstrations by CCM founder Mary Jo Barrett, downloadable resources and more

Clients who experienced childhood trauma carry those wounds of abuse, incest, and abandonment forward, often resulting in fractured adult relationships. Learn an effective framework for helping couples heal by creating the safety, motivation and collaboration necessary for meaningful change.

Discover a blueprint for healing couples impacted by childhood trauma

Learn how to...

• Use their relationship to help couples heal from childhood trauma without retraumatizing
• Provide structure, validation, hope and other essential components of change
• Incorporate your own therapeutic gifts to foster collaboration and connection
• Help clients recognize how past trauma impacts their present relationships
• Identify negative cycles and interrupt escalations both in session and at home
• Gauge client readiness and introduce challenge to keep sessions moving forward

“We have to help create a meaningful vision of the future where clients can have hope. I believe they can change, they believe they can change, and I can create that reality.”
—Mary Jo Barrett

Collaborate with clients to create goals that are meaningful with progress that is measurable