Just a short video.
Click here:http://youtu.be/aRsg7o1L11M
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Fighting in a relationship: Know the rules!
One of the things Dr. John Gottman and other therapists know from scientific research is that in any healthy marriage or relationship how you deal with arguments, fights, and mistackes,,miststakes...mistakes...is critical. In this short video John Gottman talks about a simple technique to deal with relationship mistakes, he calls this "repairs." Take a look at the video, and then take a look at Dr. Gottman's books, DVDs or MP3's. You can find more information about Gottman based therapy on my website (www.relatedminds.com) or feel free to call me for an appointment (778.998-7975).
As usual, I will repeat my advice on finding a couples/relationship/marriage or family therapist. Find someone who is actually LICENSED or REGISTERED in the field. Not someone who claims to be a counsellor or therapist and also does relationship or family therapy. Someone who is REGISTERED by a regulating body in that field and has met their minimum standards for practice in the field. Here in BC the field of marriage and family therapy is regulated by the British Columbia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. To be a Registered Family Therapist you need a graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. not counselling, psychology or social work. In family and marriage issues. PLUS you need to have one or two years of full time experience in the filed. A full year. Registered Clinical counsellors (who are not really "registered" as there really isn't a regulating body) are required to have 100 hours of supervision, and no where is there a requirement for them to have a specific period of supervised practice like 3,6,9 or 12 months). Registered Marriage and Family Therapists have, at minimum, one year of full time practice under a certified and specially trained supervisor. Some Registered Marriage and Family Therapists are also registered as psychologists here in BC, so if your insurance insists on a psychologist, go to the BCAMFT website and find someone who is both. and ask questions. Someone who is a "counsellor" and claims to be providing "Gottman" therapy may have very little experience, no supervision in family or marriage therapy and only attended a weekend workshop by John Gottman or someone speaking about John Gottman. Ask questions. Be aware!
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More information about my services can be found at either the British Columbia Psychological Association (click here), Psychology Today (click here) or my AAMFT Family Therapist website (Click here). I am a registered Psychologist here in British Columbia, along with being a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist. There is also some specific information on treatment for aggression and anger in children on my webpage called "The Angry Child," (Click here) as well as many other resources. Remember, if your having problems with anger, depression, anxiety or sleep...talk to your medical doctor first. He or she can help you make a decision about where to go and who to see for treatment
I look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Jim Roche
Registered Psychologist
778/998-7975
Offices in Burnaby and Vancouver, British Columbia
As usual, I will repeat my advice on finding a couples/relationship/marriage or family therapist. Find someone who is actually LICENSED or REGISTERED in the field. Not someone who claims to be a counsellor or therapist and also does relationship or family therapy. Someone who is REGISTERED by a regulating body in that field and has met their minimum standards for practice in the field. Here in BC the field of marriage and family therapy is regulated by the British Columbia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. To be a Registered Family Therapist you need a graduate degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. not counselling, psychology or social work. In family and marriage issues. PLUS you need to have one or two years of full time experience in the filed. A full year. Registered Clinical counsellors (who are not really "registered" as there really isn't a regulating body) are required to have 100 hours of supervision, and no where is there a requirement for them to have a specific period of supervised practice like 3,6,9 or 12 months). Registered Marriage and Family Therapists have, at minimum, one year of full time practice under a certified and specially trained supervisor. Some Registered Marriage and Family Therapists are also registered as psychologists here in BC, so if your insurance insists on a psychologist, go to the BCAMFT website and find someone who is both. and ask questions. Someone who is a "counsellor" and claims to be providing "Gottman" therapy may have very little experience, no supervision in family or marriage therapy and only attended a weekend workshop by John Gottman or someone speaking about John Gottman. Ask questions. Be aware!
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More information about my services can be found at either the British Columbia Psychological Association (click here), Psychology Today (click here) or my AAMFT Family Therapist website (Click here). I am a registered Psychologist here in British Columbia, along with being a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist. There is also some specific information on treatment for aggression and anger in children on my webpage called "The Angry Child," (Click here) as well as many other resources. Remember, if your having problems with anger, depression, anxiety or sleep...talk to your medical doctor first. He or she can help you make a decision about where to go and who to see for treatment
I look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Jim Roche
Registered Psychologist
778/998-7975
Offices in Burnaby and Vancouver, British Columbia
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