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AAMFT Winter
Institutes for Advanced Clinical
Training
March
4 - 8, 2009
Asheville,
North Carolina
Treating Military Families Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
Lance
Sneath, MS, MDiv
Hundreds of thousands of families
are being affected by military deployments, separations,
financial strain, and combat stress. Combining Emotionally
Focused Therapy (EFT) theory and techniques with an
understanding of the unique stressors of military life will be
the focus of this course. The attachment relationships which
give meaning and stability to people are at the center of
impact for combat veterans and their families. The EFT
treatment model has consistently demonstrated itself to be an
effective treatment model when working with couples and
families whose primary attachment relationships are affected
by military and combat related issues.
MFTs who are equipped
with knowledge of the military culture and skilled in the
ability to successfully use EFT as a healing model can more
competently assist military families in developing secure and
resilient relationships on their journey home. Whether you
work in a military setting or see military families in your
civilian practice, this course will prepare you to work
competently and effectively with active duty and veteran
military families. This Institute will also assist you in
learning the numerous and varied opportunities for LMFT
professionals to serve the military population both in federal
and private practice settings. Course instruction will include
multimedia presentation, literature review, narrative and
video case studies, small group discussion, and enactments.
Participants will
learn to:
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observe the impact of military culture on the
family.
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understand the effects of deployment, combat,
and combat related stress on the military family.
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conceptualize and assess military family
symptoms and treatment through the lens of attachment theory
and family systems theory.
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join with military family clients effectively to
create a safe, trusted, therapeutic alliance for stabilization
of the family.
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formulate treatment plans that integrate with
the network of military, civilian, and Veterans Administration
(VA) treatment providers.
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use EFT techniques to restructure the attachment
relationships of service members and their families to become
relationships that provide healing, safe haven, and a secure
base.
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facilitate a process of integration for military
families that enables them to make sense of their journey and
enables them to reconsolidate their beliefs, values, and sense
of meaning.
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serve military families as MFTs through various
federal and private settings.
Course Schedule
Thursday,
March 5 – Sunday, March 8, 2009
8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. each day
This course provides 20 hours of continuing education.
Lance Sneath, MS,
MDiv, is an Army Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) and
clinical supervisor at the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplain’s
Family Life Chaplain Training Center at Fort Hood, Texas. He
trains and supervises Army and Air Force Chaplains in Marriage
and Family Therapy. He also trains and supervises civilian MFT,
providing thousands of treatment hours annually to service
members and their families. He is a Clinical Member of AAMFT,
an LMFT in Texas, and a Diplomate of both the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors and the College of Pastoral
Supervision and Psychotherapy. He completed an externship in
EFT under Dr. Sue Johnson at the Ackerman Institute in New
York. He has served in multiple Army commands providing
support for military families who have been directly impacted
by deployments. Chaplain Sneath is himself a combat veteran
who deployed to Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
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