Supporting Clients Through the Complexities of Divorce
$150* | 6 CEUs | Virtual
$150* | 6 CEUs | Virtual
This workshop will give social workers tools from a variety of research-based techniques to help people contemplating or coping with divorce, including stage of change theory and techniques from motivational interviewing.
Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Program Cost: $150* (see below for discount rate)
Delivery: Synchronous Virtual Classroom via Zoom
When a marriage ends in divorce, people face mental, financial, emotional, and social changes. Many trainings focus on helping the children of families going through divorce, but there is little to support the adults in the couple. This training is focused on the divorcing adults. Therapists can help equip individuals with the essential skills needed to navigate through the choppy waters associated with this life transition.
This workshop will give social workers tools from a variety of research-based techniques to help people coping with divorce, including techniques from motivational interviewing and CBT. In addition, the course will talk about the neurobiology of divorce and help clients cultivate Learned Optimism.
Lecture, handouts, and role play will be used to convey the information.
Learning Objectives
Participants in this course will:
- Gain knowledge of current statistics;
- Discuss cultural beliefs and how socio-economic status affects beliefs about divorce and ability to divorce;
- Learn about the neurobiology of the divorcing individual;
- Understand Stage of Change Theory and Motivational Interviewing techniques as they apply to divorcing individuals;
- Learn CBT techniques to manage fears, loss and sadness of divorce;
- Gain knowledge of Learned Optimism and how it can help people cope with a divorce; and
- Learn about best practices in co-parenting.
This workshop is appropriate for all levels of post-master’s degreed practitioners.
Instructor
Ruth Conviser, MSS, LCSW, has a Diplomate in CBT and is trained through Level Three in Gottman Couples Therapy. She founded Growth Solution Counseling and sees people in person in Center City Philadelphia and virtually in PA, NJ, DE and FL.
She specializes in helping individuals struggling with anxiety and OCD through CBT and helping couples to improve communication and closeness through Gottman Couples Therapy.
Cost | CEUs
Program Cost: $150
*Discount Rate: $120 for BMC alumnae/i, faculty, staff, field instructors of current GSSWSR MSS students, current MSS students, and agency-funded groups of 3 or more
CEUs: 3