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Live Webcast

The Psychological Disorientation of Manipulation: Strategies to Recover from the Drama


Faculty:
Alan Godwin, PsyD,
Duration:
7 Hours 30 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Product Code:
VLW020712
Brochure Code:
16687
Media Type:
Live Webcast
Access:
Access for 90 day(s) after program date.

Dates


Description

He’s in my head. She sucks all the air out of the room. I’m so tired of the drama. These are common ways of expressing the all-consuming intrusiveness of being emotionally manipulated. The manipulators might be relationship partners, neighbors, co-workers, family members, or “friends”, and they occupy psychological space so pervasively that many clients present with complaints of confusion, exhaustion, and the struggle to even know what’s real.

 

In his original seminar on manipulation, Dr. Godwin discussed the dramas staged by manipulators and how therapists help clients with drama non-participation. In this follow-up seminar, the focus shifts to the psychological effects of manipulation and how therapists can help clients recover from this deeply damaging emotional abuse. Discover how manipulators succeed at getting inside people’s heads, how they wreak havoc in all aspects of a person’s life, the best treatment interventions to assist your clients in their recovery, and strategies to avoid being manipulated. You’ll walk away with practical tools to help clients overcome the negative psychological impact of manipulation.


Course Content

 

HOW MANIPULATORS EXPLOIT

  • Public-private incongruence
  • Consistent inconsistency
  • Projective identification
  • False moral equivalence
  • Incremental acclamation
  • Exploitation of naiveté
  • Identity under-development
  • Deficient moral reasoning
  • Cognitive dissonance
  • Information glut
  • Demagoguery

 

HOW MANIPULATORS WREAK HAVOC

  • Mood alterations
    • Clinical presentations
  • Value alteration
  • Self-deprecation
  • Lingering bewilderment
  • Foreclosed thinking
  • Follower corruption
  • Groupthink
  • Tribalism
  • Societal contentiousness

 

TREATMENT STRATEGIES

  • Know the tactics
  • Value your signals
  • Trust in increments
  • Seek external validation
  • Limit the re-telling
  • Avoid future ensnarements
  • Develop ambiguity tolerance
  • Cultivate independent critical thinking
  • Allow for conflicting opinions
  • Resist the tribal temptation
  • Seek common ground

 

CASE EXAMPLES

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Faculty

Alan Godwin, PsyD, Related seminars and products


ALAN GODWIN, PsyD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice with nearly 25 years of experience. Certified in Alternative Dispute Resolution, he has dedicated himself to helping individuals, couples, churches, and businesses develop better ways of handling conflict. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Godwin serves on the adjunct faculty of the Graduate Counseling Department of Trevecca University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he teaches a class for doctoral students entitled "Psychodynamic Psychotherapies." He has also taught undergraduates and has guest lectured in the Marriage and Family department. Additionally, he has penned a regular quarterly feature entitled "Ask Dr. Alan" for Deacon magazine, has served as a People and Relationships expert on bizymoms.com, and has been a guest on numerous radio and television programs across the U.S. and Canada. Dr. Godwin's book, How to Solve Your People Problems: Dealing with Your Difficult Relationships, released in August 2008, explains how and why conflict goes badly and how to make it go well with two types of people: reasonable and unreasonable. For more information about Dr. Godwin and his publications, please visit www.Vyne.com
Disclosure:
Financial-Receives a speaking honorarium from Vyne Education.
Nonfinancial-No relevant nonfinancial relationships exist.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access Period for Live Webcast For live CE credit, you must watch the live webcast in its entirety at its scheduled time. You will have access for 90 days after the program for review.
Webcast Schedule

Please note: There will be a lunch and two 15-minute breaks; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Lunch and break times will be announced by the speaker and at their discretion.


Target Audience

counselors, educators, marriage-and-family-therapy, pastoral-counselors, psychiatric-nurse-practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, social-workers

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Total Reviews: 21

Comments

Denise A - Santa Rosa, California

"Great presenter!"

Donna B - DU QUOIN, Illinois

"Wonderful seminar. Wealth of information!"

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