PWP Masterclass 
      Introduction to Couple Therapy 
                for Depression 
                           
                  st
                 1  September 2015 
                          
                           
                     Dr Sabah Khan 
             Clinical Psychologist & Couple Therapist 
                    skhan@tccr.ac.uk 
                     Kate Thompson 
              Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist 
                  kthompson@tccr.ac.uk  
                             Aims 
    • What is Couple Therapy for Depression? 
    • When to refer clients for this approach 
    • How to “think couple” and how to work with 
       more than one person in the room using the 
       following core competencies: 
        –Knowledge  and  understanding  of  the  basic 
          principles of couple therapy 
        –Ability to use techniques that focus on relational 
          aspects of depression 
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                      Programme 
    • 9.30 Welcome/Introductions  
    • 9.45 Choice of therapy update, from Choice of Therapy PPN Workforce Board Representative, 
      Wendy Saint, Clinical Lead, Healthy Minds, Bury 
    • 10.00 Film  
    • 10.10 Exercise -Small groups think about couple dynamic/issues > depression 
    • 10.25 Group feedback 
    • 11.00 Break 
    • 11.20 Overview of CTfD model  
    • 13.00 Lunch 
    • 14.00 How can you offer this therapy to clients? Identifying suitable referrals  
    • 14.30 How to think couple? 
    • 15.00 Break 
    • 15.20 Film 
    • 15.30 Working with more than one person  
    • 16.00 Plenary and feedback on the day 
    • 16.15  Choice  of  therapy  update,  from  Choice  of  Therapy  PPN  Workforce  Board 
      Representative, Wendy Saint, Clinical Lead, Healthy Minds, Bury 
    • 16.30 End                                         3 
   Video: The Depressed Couple 
         David & Denise 
             
   ‘The impact of unemployment on couples and 
          the family’  
           TCCR