Wired for Relationship

Every person is wired for love differently, with different habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. The good news is that most people's minds work in predictable ways and respond well to security, attachment, and rituals, making it possible to actually neurologically prime the brain for greater love and fewer conflicts.

In this workshop, relationship expert Stan Tatkin shares tools for building a loving relationship. Drawing upon insights from his latest book, We Do: Saying Yes to a Relationship of Depth, True Connection, and Enduring Love, Dr. Tatkin takes participants through a tour of the automatic brain with all its abilities and deficits.

Through a combination of lecture, video, demonstration, and exercise, join Dr. Tatkin to learn about human pair bonding, attachment, co-management of arousal, reading faces, detecting deception, fighting well, secure functioning, sex and love, deal breakers, managing thirds, and much more. This workshop excites, inspires, and provides hope for those who wish to be in a long-term love relationship or those already in one. Mental health professionals who work with couples also benefit from the information provided.

Leave with guiding principles to put into practice and improve any relationship. Discover how to build a loving relationship that helps you thrive and grow.

CIIS students, staff, and faculty receive discounts on all events. CIIS Public Programs Members receive a 20% discount on all events. Contact us for more information at publicprograms@ciis.edu. Please note that we will check your ID for proof of eligibility on arrival at event.

Continuing Education Credits: 12 CEs Available

• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Resource Center (SCRC) which is co-sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Resource Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Spiritual Competency Resource Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• SCRC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California.
• For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact CIIS Public Programs at publicprograms@ciis.edu. For questions about CE, visitwww.spiritualcompetency.comor contact David Lukoff, PhD at CE@spiritualcompetency.com.
• LCSWs and MFTs from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board for approval.

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy. He has a clinical practice in Calabasas, CA, where he has specialized for the last 18 years in working with couples and individuals who wish to be in relationships. He and his wife, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin,developed the PACT Institute for the purpose of training other psychotherapists to use this method in their clinical practice.

In addition, Dr. Tatkin teaches and supervises first through third year family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA, and is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. He is on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Institute and serves as a core member on Relationships First, a nonprofit organization founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt.