Meet Becky
About the Instructor
Dr. Becky Whetstone is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Arkansas and Texas and the originator of Marriage Crisis Management. She earned a B.A. in Journalism from George Washington University and began her career as a medical reporter and relationship columnist before pursuing clinical training, completing her Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2003 and her Ph.D. in 2006, both at St. Mary's University. Her doctoral research examined the decision-making of individuals in long-term marriages who are contemplating divorce. Drawing on that research, her clinical work, and years spent counseling couples in acute distress, she developed a structured approach for the specific moment most marriage therapists are not trained to handle: the crisis. She is the author of I (Think) I Want Out and writes and speaks widely as the Marriage Crisis Manager.
Course Description
Most couples do not enter therapy when problems first appear; they arrive in crisis, often when one partner has already begun to disconnect. Conventional couples therapy assumes two willing, stable partners and can falter precisely when the stakes are highest. Marriage Crisis Management is a distinct discipline designed for that moment: a way of stabilizing an acute marital crisis, slowing irreversible decisions, and helping each partner make clear, informed choices about the future of the relationship. This two-hour module introduces the need for crisis management as a specialty, traces how the approach was developed, and surveys its core concepts and the full range of pathways it addresses — from saving a marriage, to a structured managed separation, to an amicable divorce, and the co-parenting and stepfamily realities that can follow. Students will leave able to recognize a marriage incrisis, describe the stages of marital decline, and explain the intervention options available at each stage.
Educational Goals
1. The presentation will increase knowledge and awareness of DBT best practices for adolescents, preserving clinical fidelity.
2. The presentation will increase clinician confidence in providing DBT-informed treatment within a private practice setting.
Learning Objectives
✔ Identify at least 2 adaptations for providing DBT to adolescents
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Event Logistics
*VIRTUAL REGISTRATION CLOSES*
October 8th @ 6:00 PM
*IN-PERSON REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR*
We look forward to seeing you there!
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Long Beach South Bay CAMFT (Approval #56159) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. LBSB CAMFT maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Course completion certificates will be awarded at the end of the course upon completion of the Evaluation form via the Attendee Dashboard, which will be emailed to you. This training is all inclusive and is applicable for Trainee Students, AMFT, APCC, ACSW, LMFT, LPCC, LCSW and Psy.D's. Attendees will receive an email with a link to complete an evaluation to access their CE certificate within 24 hours of the completion of the training.
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No canvassing or distribution of materials is permitted without a pre-purchased sponsorship. Business card exchange between clinicians is allowed.
