Tolerating Goodness in Relationships

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Vienna Pharaon, LMFT Related seminars and products

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Vienna Pharaon, LMFT, is one of New York City’s most sought-after relationship therapists. She’s practiced therapy for more than 15 years and is the founder and owner of the group practice Mindful Marriage and Family Therapy. She’s been featured in The Economist, Vice, and Motherly, and has led workshops for Peloton and Netflix, among others. THE ORIGINS OF YOU is her first book published with Penguin Random House and has become a national bestseller.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Vienna Pharaon is the owner and founder of Mindful Marriage and Family Therapy. She receives royalties as a published author. Vienna Pharaon receives a speaking honorarium and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Vienna Pharaon is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

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Objectives

1. Explain and reframe to their clients why they break contact and connection with goodness from the giving and/or receiving position.  
2. Identify protective behaviors/strategies the clients may use to avoid receiving or offering goodness and what function it serves. 
3. Apply at least two somatic or attachment-based interventions to support clients in expanding their capacity for relational goodness. 

Outline

• Why goodness can feel threatening: an exploration of early attachment/origin stories  
• How the nervous system codes goodness as something to protect from:  
• Identifying protective strategies that sabotage or push away closeness 
• Supporting clients in tolerating and expanding their window of receptivity 
• Interventions to help couples co-create and sustain relational safety through goodness 
• Risks and limitations 

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Other Mental Health Professionals