Webinar - "Therapeutic Friendship: Cultivating a Clinical Therapeutic Process for Deeper Connection" with Chris O'Rear

Please join us in Zoom on Friday, November 7th, 2025 from 11:30 AM - 1 PM EST!

Description:

The key to success in a process of psychotherapy is the quality of the therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client.  The quality of this relationship is more than active listening and empathy.  This presentation will establish the importance of a clear therapeutic framework for the work of therapy and will assist participants to utilize transference and countertransference to create a deeper connection with clients.  This presentation will also emphasize a focus on "process" rather than "content" to assist clients gain insight and create opportunities for significant changes in their life. 

Learning Objectives:

As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to

1. demonstrate the significance of clear therapeutic framework for psychotherapy. 

2. identify and utilize transference and countertransference to deepen the therapeutic connection between therapist and client. 

3. recognize the presence of process-oriented interventions to deepen connection and the potential for insight. 

4.  formulate a theoretical connection between process-oriented psychotherapy as theological concept and transformational change.  

Continuing Education Credit Available: 1.5 credit hours

ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7004. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. ACPE: The Standard for Spiritual Care & Education is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

ACPE Provider 2045, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. ACPE maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 11/01/2024-11/01/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 15.0 Social Work Clinical continuing education credits.

Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0301.

Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers. #SW-0852.

Accommodations:

Please let us know if you have need of any accommodations.