Napa/ Sonoma District Meeting

CALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK

NAPA/SONOMA DISTRICT 

Presents

“Open Relationships: What every psychotherapist needs to know”

Presented By: Karin Wandrei, Ph.D

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Overview: 

Polyamory?  Swinging?  Consensual non-monogamy?  More and more we encounter stories about people engaged in these kinds of open relationships in the media and increasingly in our therapy practices.  In this training you will gain an understanding of what these terms mean and you will also learn about the clinical issues that clients in open relationships bring to therapy. 

Goals/ Objectives:

After the session participants will be able to

1) As a result of this workshop participants will be able to describe the different kinds of open relationships that exist.

2) As a result of this workshop participants will be able to describe the clinical issues that clients in open relationships bring to therapy.

3) As a result of this workshop participants will be able to know where to find additional resources on this topic.

About the Presenter:

Dr. Wandrei received her MSW and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and has been a LCSW since 1983. She recently retired from full-time employment after almost forty years as a clinical social worker, supervisor, and administrator.  In addition to presenting numerous workshops, she has taught at the graduate and undergraduate level at Humboldt State University, California State University, East Bay, San Francisco State University, and the University of California, Berkeley.  She current teaches in the undergraduate online psychology program at National University.  She maintains a small private psychotherapy practice in Rohnert Park, California.  She is also a human services management consultant. 

This course meets the qualifications for 1.5 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Members earn credits at no cost. Credits for non-members are $15.00 per meeting. All are welcome to attend at no charge (no CEU certificate). MSW students are especially encouraged to attend.