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Connor Beaton Related seminars and products

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Connor Beaton is the founder of ManTalks, an international organization focused on improving the lives, relationships, and mental health of men. He’s also an international speaker, author of the bestselling book Men’s Work: A Practical Guide to Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, and Find Freedom, and host of the podcast ManTalks. He’s also a TEDx speaker and has been featured in Forbes, The Hu?ngton Post, The Good Men Project, and National Post. 

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Connor Beaton is the founder of ManTalks and receives compensation as a therapist and coach trainer. He receives royalties as a published author. Connor Beaton receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Connor Beaton has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Duey Freeman, LPC Related seminars and products

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Duey Freeman, LPC, is a licensed therapist and attachment specialist. Having developed his own attachment and development model, 90,000+ hours of direct client hours, and years spent training thousands of therapists, he brings a depth of wisdom and mastery that is hard to match. He also co-founded the Gestalt Equine Institute and the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies in Colorado where he lives with his partner Kimberly.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Duey Freeman maintains a private practice and is the Founder and Director of Equine Journey and Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Duey Freeman is a member of the National Association of Gestalt Therapists, the Association for Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, the American Counseling Association, and the Colorado Counseling Association.

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Objectives

1. List five strategies for engaging men in the therapy process.
2. Describe an approach to manage resistance and/or avoidance in a way that builds trust.
3. Utilize strategies to reduce over-rationalizing / over-thinking and facilitate emotional connection.
4. Describe strategies for reducing anger and increasing self-regulation.

Outline

Engaging men in the therapy process  

Building trust in the therapeutic relationship 

Working with and de-escalating anger  

Accessing his grief and sadness  

Working with his blocks, resistance, intensity, and over-rationalization. 

Using directional questions to guide a man into his somatic experience 

Leveraging the power of small groups to directly combat loneliness and psychological blocks to addressing 

Healing attachment and developmental wounds in men 

The signs that most people miss in men who have had early life trauma or developmental interruptions 

Risks and limitations 

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Social Workers
• Physicians 
• Psychologists
• Addiction Counselors

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