May Lunch and Learn

Friday May 30, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Location TBD

Breaking the Cycle - A Systems Approach to Healing Divided Relationships

Description:
In an era of increasing relational division, therapists need advanced tools to help clients reconnect. This interactive, systems-focused training will explore:

✅ How to identify and shift entrenched conflict patterns
✅ Strategies for breaking negative feedback loops in divided relationships
✅ Tools to promote relational flexibility and repair
✅ A case study-driven discussion with practical interventions

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

1. Describe key concepts of the systems approach to therapy.
2. Apply systems theory principles to assess and interrupt entrenched relational dynamics.
3. Explain the role of homeostasis in maintaining relational standoffs and resistance to change.
4. Demonstrate strategies that promote relational flexibility, including repair-oriented communication tools.
5. Evaluate the effectiveness of practical, systems-based interventions through case study analysis.
6. Integrate advanced systems-focused techniques into clinical practice to support reconnection and healing in divided relationships.

Amye R. Cole, LMFT, MA, MBA is a licensed marriage and family therapist in four states, an NBCC International Mental Health Facilitator, a certified EMDR therapist, an EMDRIA Consultant in Training, and an AAMFT Supervisor Candidate. She specializes in treating ongoing distress and recent traumatic events for individuals, families, and groups using EMDR. Amye owns and operates Three Leaf Connections and has worked in nonprofits, community agencies, K-12 schools, college/universities, and a non-governmental organization at the United Nations. She has volunteered at Ground Zero after 9/11, traveled with a maternal health nonprofit to rural Nepal, led a mental health education course with survivors of the genocide in Rwanda, actively volunteers with the Trauma Recovery Network to respond to regional mass shootings, and leads mental health education and resourcing workshops.