Starts September 10th, 2026
Every other Thursday from 11am to 1pm
This is a group for clinicians who want to deepen their understanding of experiential couples therapy. The material draws from Person-Centered Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy (particularly the Greenberg/Goldman version), Psychodrama, and the facilitator’s two decades of conducting couples therapy.
Topics include:
Experiential Therapy Theory
The Rogerian Attitude
Process Assessments
Systems Theory
Emotion Theory
Conflict Cycles
Loving Cycles
Attachment, Identity and Attraction
Role Theory
Polarities
Pursuers & Withdrawers
Dominants & Submitters
Over-functioners & Under-functioners
Working with Developmental Histories
Accessing Emotion
Deepening Emotion
Processing Emotion
Enactments (Gestalt Experiments)
Non-verbal communication
Differentiating client verbal production from client experiential meanings
Emotional Wounds
Affairs
Repairs (Between Partners)
Repairs (Between Partners & Therapist)
Although the facilitator will be prepared each meeting ready to present a topic, the direction of the group as a whole, and of each meeting in particular, can be profitably steered by the group members themselves based on their immediate interests and needs.
Participants will sign up for a series of (typically) 6-8 meetings at a time, and pay for all meetings that are held while they are members. Current members have first right of refusal for a place in the next round of meetings.
Summer Dates: (10am to 12pm)
July 2nd, 16th & 30th
August 13th & 27th
Autumn Dates (new time: 11am to 1pm):
September 10th & 24th
October 8th & 22nd
November 5th & 19th
December 3rd & 17th
Certificates of contact hours are available.
What: A group for clinicians who want to explore experiential couples therapy experientially.
When: Every other Thursday morning from 11am to 1pm.
Where:
GETME
615 Congress Street / 142 High Street
Suite 423
Portland, ME, 04101
Facilitator: Tom Kubasik, LCPC
Cost: $45 for each 2-hour meeting
Experiential Couples Therapy Seminar Registration Form:
