Workshop 6

Friday, May 15th 2019

Jacob Pronk

10:45 – 11:45

Title

KS Method for couple therapy

Presenter

Cristina Dimitrescu

Country

Romania

Designation/Affiliation

The Association of Romanian Professional Psychologists

Abstract

This presentation will reflect why I applied the 15th steps of Ben Furman’s Kids Skills Method for a married couple. It is a case study of a couple I worked with for 4 months. Their first problem was Communication, so this was the main focus of the therapy. I will describe the challenges in this case, how they found the Creature of Power, how they learned to play again, see each other as free without limits of imagination. Usually adults forget about games, about feeling the joy of life. They say: we do not have time for this, we have to be responsible parents. But behind this mask of seriousness there is always a child who needs to be held and sustained. KS Method works with children, but you’ll also see how to apply it to adults.

Learning objectives

Participants will have the chance to learn the 15 steps of KS Methods and to practice communication exercises that show how simply and efficiently people can talk about their needs. Changing some wording: “you’ll never” with “when you”, “you are not able to….” with “ I think you just need more practice with this”.

About presenter

Cristina is a systemic family psychologist, who has worked for over 9 years with children and their parents. In the last few years, she has worked more with couples. Cristina has been a Kids Skills Coach for 2 years, with several training programmes in Romania for teachers, parents and psychologists.

Ways of presenting

(x ) Presentation program with projection (PowerPoint, Prezi)

(X ) Exercise, actively involving the participants

(X ) Questions and answers

Fields

( X) Therapy/counselling/coaching/social work/mental health

 (X ) Training/teaching the solution-focused approach