Trainings

Trainings and presentations led by Couples on the Brink Scholars

Deciding to Thrive in or End a Marriage. Together We Thrive Marriage Celebration. Sponsored by the Utah State Extension. Feb 19, 2021.

Discernment Counseling and Divorce Decision Making. Presentation made to the clinical staff at the Lorenz Clinic, Twin Cities, MN May 13, 2020.

Divorce Ideation and Ambiguous Marital Separation. Presentation made to the Inaugural Doctoral Educators Research Rounds, April 24, 2020. Approximately 60 in attendance.

San Antonio Marriage Initiative: Discernment Counseling in the Collaborative Divorce Community. Presentation to lawyers and therapists in the San Antonio, TX area. April 30, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAfXRrF72HY&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=39a110d95c&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D

“Big Take Aways” from the Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative Research Advisory Group, Oklahoma City, OK, December 10, 2019.

Allen, S.,Hawkins, A.J., Harris, S. M., Roberts, K. R., Hubbard, A., & Doman, M.  (2019). Reimagining Marital Commitment: Theorizing about Change and Stability in Divorce Ideation over Time. Paper presentation at Theory Construction and Research Methodology Workshop, National Council on Family Relations, Fort Worth, TX, November 19, 2019.

Discernment Counseling Training (6 hour): Kente Circle (Clinical Staff), Minneapolis, MN, October 18, 2019, w/Bill Doherty and Bridget M. Mayer.

Ethical Dilemmas with Mixed-Agenda Couples. One hour workshop presented at the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Meeting September 28, 2019.

Ethical Dilemmas with Mixed-Agenda Couples. Keynote Address at the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Meeting September 28, 2019.

Discernment Counseling Training (6 hour): Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Annual Meeting September 27, 2019.

Understanding Divorce Ideation and Ambiguous Marital Separation, Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. August 30, 2019, Austin, TX, with Sarah Crabtree.

Couple Help Seeking Behavior:  Implications for Practice, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. August 29, 2019, Austin, TX, with Aimee Hubbard.

Discernment Counseling (6 hour training), to local community practitioners, University of Minnesota, May 23, 2019, St. Paul, MN, w/Bill Doherty and Bridget M. Mayer.

Discernment Counseling (6 hour training), Master’s Series – Texas Wesleyan University, May 3-4, 2019, Fort Worth, TX.

Gay men’s attitudes and beliefs towards legal marriage and divorce. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. November 17, 2018, Louisville, KY, with Eugene Hall.

Understanding Divorce Ideation and Ambiguous Marital Separation, Workshop presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. November 16, 2018, Louisville, KY, with Sarah Crabtree.

I need a break:  Ambiguous Marital Separation, Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. November 16, 2019, Louisville, KY, with Sarah Crabtree.

What metaphors can illuminate about the divorce decision-making process:  Implications for research, theory and practice. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. November 10 with Sarah Allen, Kelly Roberts, & Alan Hawkins.

Mapping the contours of relationship change and stability in divorce ideation over time:  A longitudinal qualitative study.  National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. November 10 with Sarah Allen, Kelly Roberts, Alan Hawkins, &  Mattison Doman.

Discernment Counseling (6 hour), College of Education, Dept of Educational Psychology, University of South Carolina October 26, Columbia, SC.

Discernment Counseling Training & The Ethics of Discernment Counseling– Annual Conference Utah Association for Marriage and Family Therapy – Keynote Address. Two day training May 18 – 19, 2019, Park City, UT.

Discernment Counseling (6 hour training), Master’s Series – Texas Wesleyan University, January 26-27, 2019, Fort Worth, TX.

Divorce Decision Making and Ambiguous Marital Separation, Training MAMFT presentation with Sarah Crabtree in February, 2018.

Children and finances in divorce decision-making. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, FL. Bell, N. K., Harris, S. M., & Crabtree, S. A. (2017, November). 

“What are we?” A critical review of marital separation research. Research discussion presented at the annual conference for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Atlanta, GA. Crabtree, S. A., & Harris, S. M. (2017, October). 

Stability and change in divorce ideation in a national sample. Research workshop presented at the annual conference for the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Atlanta, GA. with Roberts, K. M., Crabtree, S. A., & Bell, N. K., October 2017. 

Discernment Counseling for Mixed-Agenda Couples.  Day-long training workshop for the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (Northern Conference), Duluth, MN October 27, 2017.

Divorce Decision-Making and the Divine. Poster Session presented at Brigham Young University’s Women in Academia Conference, Provo, UT,with Tasha Bell and Sarah Crabtree, September, 2017.

Divorce Decision-Making and the Divine. Poster Session presented at The European Conference on Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences, Brighton, United Kingdom, with Tasha Bell and Sarah Crabtree, July 2017.

How Personal Identity Shapes and Influences Divorce Decision Making.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (April 2017), with Shauna Fenske.

Divorce Decision-Making and the Divine. Poster Session presented at the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Edina, MN, with Tasha Bell and Sarah Crabtree, April 2017.

Love and Happiness in Divorce Decision-Making. Poster Session presented at the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Edina, MN, with Sarah Crabtree and Tasha Bell, April 2017.

Same-sex Divorce/Separation:  A Critical Review of the Literature. Poster Session presented at the Minnesota Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Edina, MN, with Eugene Hall, April 2017.

Divorce Decision-Making and the Divine. Poster Session presented at the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, February 2017 Austin, TX, with Tasha Bell & Sarah Crabtree.

Love and Happiness in Divorce Decision-Making. Poster Session presented at the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Austin, TX, February 2017, with Sarah Crabtree & Tasha Bell.

When Divorce is on My Mind:  Understanding Divorce Ideation (Special Session): Discernment Counseling for Couples on the Brink of Divorce.  Annual Conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN. November 5, 2016, with Sarah Crabtree.

Attitudes Towards Working on My Marriage. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of AAMFT in Indianapolis, IN, September 16, 2016, with Tasha Bell and Sarah Crabtree.

Discernment Counseling for Mixed-Agenda Couples.  Brigham Young University Family Therapy Program.  Provo, UT, May 26-27, 2016.

Divorce Decision Making and Mixed-Agenda Couples.  Walk In Counseling Center Quarterly Training – Keynote Address.  Minneapolis, MN, May 5, 2016.

Master Therapist Series – Divorce Decision Making and Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Texas Wesleyan University, Forth Worth Texas.  April 8, 2016.

Attitudes Towards Working on My Marriage.  Paper presented at the International Family Therapy Association annual conference, Kona, HI (April 1, 2016), with Sarah A. Crabtree.

Clarity and Confidence in Divorce Decision-Making. Paper presented at the International Family Therapy Association annual conference, Kona, HI (April 1, 2016), with Sarah A. Crabtree.

I Want a Divorce…Maybe Not – Keynote/Workshop presented at the Family Therapy Symposium, Lubbock, TX February 26, 2016.

From wandering to arriving: Finding clarity and confidence in divorce decision-making. Poster symposium for the meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Vancouver, BC. Harris, S. M., & Crabtree, S. A. (2015, November). 

Master Therapist Series – Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth Texas.  August 8, 2015.

Discernment Counseling for Couples Considering Divorce.  Workshop/training presented to mental health professionals in the Twin Cities area.  Sponsoring organization, Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project.  July 21, 2015.

Discernment Counseling for Couples Considering Divorce.  Workshop/training presented at the Annual Meeting of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Austin, TX Feb 27, 2015 (approx. 80 in attendance). 

In or Out – Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Day-long training offered to members of AAMFT at the Annual Conference in Milwaukee, WI, October 17, 2014, with Bridget Manley Mayer (about 65 in attendance).

Discernment Counseling for Couples Considering Divorce.  Day-long training provided to mental health providers in St. Cloud, MN, July 21, 2014.  With Bill Doherty (72 in attendance).

Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Day-long training provided to Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists in Roswell, GA, November 12, 2013 (27 in attendance).

In or Out – Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Day-long training offered to members of AAMFT at the Annual Conference in Portland, OR, October 17, 2013, with Bill Doherty (about 50 in attendance).

Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Day-long training provided to Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists in Utah Valley, Provo, UT, July 23, 2013 (45 in attendance).

In or Out – Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Key Note Speaker at the Alabama AMFT annual conference (day-long training) to members of ALAMFT in Birmingham, AL, February 25, 2013 (about 120 in attendance).

Couples in Crisis and Marital Reconciliation: Discernment Counseling – Invited Presenter.  Oklahoma Marriage Initiative – Research Advisory Group Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, December 11, 2012.

The Role of Therapy in Women’s Divorce Decision Making Process.  Paper presented at the AAMFT Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC, Sept 12, 2012, with Erica Kanewischer.

In or Out – Discernment Counseling for Mixed Agenda Couples.  Day-long training offered to members of AAMFT at the Annual Conference in Charlotte, NC, September 13, 2012, with Bill Doherty (about 70 in attendance).

In or Out – Discernment Counseling Basic Level Training.  Day-long training offered to members of the Twin Cities professional community with guests from out of state (80 in attendance). June 22nd, 2012.  With Bill Doherty and Bridgett Manley Mayer.

Discernment Counseling for Couples Considering Divorce.  Workshop presented at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy annual meeting, Fort Worth, TX September 25, 2011, with William Doherty.