Course Description: Participants will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to view conflict as an opportunity for growth, effectively manage disagreements, and promote a unified, adaptive culture. This session will explore the dynamics of conflict in various settings, emphasizing its potential to drive positive change and innovation. Attendees will learn practical strategies to harness conflict for strengthening team cohesion and collaboration, transforming challenges into opportunities for unity and growth.

Learning Objectives:

1. By the end of the session, participants will be able to identify and explain the dynamics of conflict (e.g., causes, traditional views, and contexts in which conflict arises) and articulate its potential to foster positive organizational change.
   Measurable Outcome Example: Participants will complete a SWOT analysis on conflict, identifying at least three potential benefits of conflict in their specific team or organizational setting.

2. Identify 3 benefits of conflict and the value to relationships. 
   a. Conflict requires trust fostering intimacy if managed well 
   b. Conflict can help increase understanding of the other person's perspective
   c. Conflict can foster innovation by looking at multiple perspectives

3. Describe tools for managing the fight or flight response and how this correlates with improved conflict management. 

Target Audience: Licensed and pre-licensed therapists and educators
Speaker Bio: Dr. Julie Hayden is a licensed psychologist, CEO at East County Transitional Living Center, CAO at Rhombus University and Executive Director at Genesis Recovery, Inc., La Mesa Counseling and New Vision Counseling Center. She has extensive clinical experience with chronic mental illness, addiction, trauma, and homelessness. Their leadership roles have led Drs. Julie and Ray Hayden to extensive research and application of various models for conflict. Conflict is held as one of their "distinctives" in management / leadership training.

Course Schedule

Date: Friday, October 25, 2024
Time: 10:00am-11:00am
Location: 

• In-person: 4025 Camino del Rio S. Suite 250C, San Diego, CA 92108

• Distance learning via Zoom (meeting link will be sent the morning of the presentation)

1 CE credit offered for $10.
Please read the CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider Information and APA-approved Sponsor Organization Information below.

Please RSVP for this CER Seminar by Wednesday, October 23, 2024 in the Google form linked below.

CAMFT-approved Continuing Education Provider Information:
CE credit certificates will be awarded at the end of the course for attendees who are present for the entire program and provide the $10 CE credit processing fee. We ask that all participants return the completed evaluation form at the conclusion of the program.
Course meets the qualifications for one hour of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Center for Enriching Relationships, Inc. (Provider #1000046) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs. Center for Enriching Relationships, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. For additional information, please contact: Dr. Donald W. Welch, Ph.D., M.S., LMFT#50129, 619-858-3105 ext. 120, dwelch@cersandiego.org. Grievance Procedures and Accessibility Procedures can be found on CER’s website here.

APA-approved Sponsor Organization Information:
One hour of CE credit is available for attendees who are present for the entire program and provide the $10 CE credit processing fee. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program.
Dr. Donald W. Welch, Ph.D., M.S., LMFT#50129 and the Center for Enriching Relationships, Inc. have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.
For additional information, please contact: Dr. Donald W. Welch, Ph.D., M.S., LMFT#50129, 619-858-3105 ext. 120, dwelch@cersandiego.org
Grievance Procedures and Accessibility Procedures can be found on CER’s website here.
The Center for Enriching Relationships, Inc. is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Enriching Relationships, Inc. maintains responsibility for this program and its content.