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Virtual Couple Therapy Special Interest Group
Friday, June 05, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PDT
Category: Special Interest Groups

Rescheduled from March 2020

Please join us for the next
Couple Therapy Special Interest Group - via Zoom
  
Speaker: Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D.
 
Topic: The Impact of Health Issues on
Couples Relationships
RSVP required by the morning of  Thursday, June 4.
Most of us enter into relationships with optimism and hopes of long, happy lives together. Wedding vows often include the phrases “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.”  But what does it really mean to stick with someone through sickness?
 
With approximately 50% of the population dealing with one or more chronic illnesses, you will almost inevitably find out. If it’s not you, it’s many of your clients. It may be a straightforward condition that requires a daily pill for treatment, such as high blood pressure, something much more complex and devastating, such as cancer, or lifestyle limiting conditions, such as autoimmune conditions, back problems, or diabetes.
 
In this candid, practical presentation, Dr. Gretchen Kubacky will address the types of health issues that most typically arise in midlife couples, the effects of chronic and terminal illness on relationships, and ways that psychologists can utilize a growth-oriented perspective to incorporating the health issues into effective couples therapy.
 
Guest Speaker:  Dr. Gretchen Kubacky
Gretchen Kubacky, Psy.D. is a health psychologist and Certified Bereavement Facilitator with a private practice in West Los Angeles. She specializes in practical techniques for thriving with chronic illness, as well as complex bereavement. She is the founder of PCOS Wellness, a Certified PCOS Educator, and a Certified Bereavement Facilitator. Dr. Kubacky is the author of The PCOS Mood Cure: Your Guide to Ending the Emotional Roller Coaster, and Moving Through Grief: Proven Techniques for Finding Your Way After Any Loss. She is also a LACPA board member, serving as the Publications Chair as well as the Editor of The Los Angeles Psychologist magazine.
 
RSVP to [email protected] by Thursday June 4 at 9:00 AM in order to get the Zoom invitation.
 

"The opinions of presenters at informal forums, such as Special Interest Groups (SIGs) or club meetings, and their approach to psychological issues and interventions do not represent a formal endorsement of any position by the Los Angeles County Psychological Association or its members.  The opinions, ideas, and concepts expressed are purely those of the presenter."

Contact: Margaret Altschul , M.A., MBA [email protected]