What This Seminar Is Really About
This seminar presents chain analysis as a form of therapeutic exposure and response prevention within the session itself. The structure of the chain creates pressure to move beyond surface explanations. As the work unfolds, the client is not just describing what happened, but re-entering the sequence, recalling the moment, and coming into contact with the emotions and urges as they arise. Shame, fear, anger, and the impulse to avoid are experienced in the room, not talked about from a distance. This process allows for the identification of controlling triggers and controlling reinforcers, the points in the sequence that cause and maintain the behaviour. As these become clear, case conceptualization sharpens and intervention becomes more precise. At the same time, the therapist holds the process in place as it intensifies. The work does not move away when it becomes uncomfortable. The client is supported to stay with the sequence long enough to get through the moment without escaping into the patterns that typically reduce distress but maintain the problem. Change begins there, as the client stays with the sequence long enough to face what would usually be avoided, experience it fully, and move through it without escaping.
Who This Seminar Is For
This seminar is for therapists, social workers, and mental health professionals who:
It is designed for clinicians with some experience who are looking to deepen their work, not add more surface-level techniques.
What Will Be Different in Your Work
After this training, many therapists approach clinical work with a different level of precision.
The work becomes more focused, more accurate, and more impactful.
Why This Matters
By bringing the relevant parts of the problem into the session and working through them directly, therapy becomes both more accurate and more effective. It creates a clearer understanding of what needs to change and provides more direct guidance for how that change can be supported, both within the session and outside of it.
The office is close to all three subway lines: Museum Station (2 minute walk), Wellesley Station (9 minute walk) and Bay Station (9 minute walk). Street and lot parking available.