Summary:

Research has consistently identified therapeutic relationship factors are critical in obtaining optimal treatment outcomes.  Becoming an evidence-based therapist requires cultivating such characteristics as empathy, compassion, non-judgmental Ness, and authenticity.  This experiential training will explore how the traditional psychodynamic perspective of transference and countertransference reactions can be utilized to enhance the therapeutic relationship in working with individuals, couples, and families.

Objectives:

1.       Participants will be able to identify evidence-based therapist characteristics that contribute to positive therapeutic outcome

2.       Participants will be able to define transference and countertransference

3.       Participant will describe specific transference and countertransference reactions common in working with gambling disorder

4.     Participants will be able to define how the perspective of transference and countertransference can be utilized in working with couples and families experiencing          problem gambling.

5.     Participants will be given the opportunity to practice noticing and responding to transference and countertransference reactions.