Description:
OPD Points: 10
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
This course includes:
- 4 live 90-minute webinars with Martha Kauppi, held in May, 2025
- 4 bonus interviews with experts on a range of CNM topics
- Handouts for each webinar
- A resource list and worksheets to enhance your learning
This training will equip you with the knowledge to effectively support CNM clients, or those considering this type of relationship.
Registration for this 10-hour online course closes 1 May 2025.
An assessment (online quiz) must be completed successfully by each student in the Online Learning Centre to receive a certificate of completion for 10 hours of professional development.
Live Webinar #1 – Polyamory and Consensual Non-Monogamy: The Basics with Martha Kauppi [90 minutes]
- Core Concepts & Terminology– Gain a clear understanding of key CNM terms (there are many).
- Research Insights– Explore evidence on CNM prevalence, relationship satisfaction, mental health outcomes, and common challenges in CNM relationships.
- Social Construction and & CNM Theory– Understand how societal norms shape perceptions of monogamy and non-monogamy, and examine key theoretical frameworks.
- Marginalization & Overlapping Groups– Recognize the stigma CNM individuals face and its overlap with other marginalized groups, such as LGBTQ+ and BDSM/Kink communities, to better support clients.
Live Webinar #2 – CNM in the Therapy Room: Case Conceptualization with Martha Kauppi [90 minutes]
- Facilitating Ethical Consent– Assess and promote clear, informed, and enthusiastic consent in CNM relationships.
- Building Secure Bonds– Help clients cultivate trust and emotional safety within non-monogamous dynamics.
- Encouraging Differentiation– Support clients in maintaining individuality while staying emotionally connected.
- Redefining Fidelity– Guide clients in honoring agreements and boundaries rather than exclusivity.
- Ensuring Mutual Benefit– Assist clients in structuring CNM relationships to meet all partners’ emotional needs.
- Managing Emotions– Equip clients with strategies to navigate jealousy, self-comparison, and compersion.
Live Webinar #3 – Agreement Making and Keeping: Building Security and Reliability with Martha Kauppi [90 minutes]
- Crafting Authentic Agreements – Help clients create agreements based on genuine preferences rather than fear or control.
- Encouraging Open Communication – Equip clients to engage in honest discussions that build trust and security.
- Supporting Repair & Accountability – Guide clients through renegotiation and trust repair when agreements are broken.
- Strengthening Trust Through Autonomy – Foster security by promoting honesty, consistency, and differentiation.
Live Webinar #4 – Differences of Opinion About Opening Up: Working With An Impasse with Martha Kauppi [90 minutes]
- Clarifying Aspirations – Help partners align individual and relational goals for a more grounded therapeutic process.
- Ensuring Ethical Consent – Support clients in maintaining active, voluntary, and pressure-free consent.
- Facilitating Differentiated Dialogue – Guide partners in expressing their needs without defensiveness or emotional shutdown.
- Using Chairwork for Breakthroughs – Apply experiential techniques to help clients explore emotions and shift perspectives.
Bonus 1 – LGBTQIA+ Clients and CNM Relationships with Dr. Reece Malone
Bonus 2 – Parenting and Children in CNM Relationships with Dr. Elisabeth Sheff
Bonus 3 – Power, Boundaries, and Consent: Best Practices for CNM and Kink-Affirming Therapy with Stefani Goerlich
Bonus 4 – Safer Sex in CNM Relationships with Lilithfoxx
Assessment:
Presenter / Provider:
Martha Kauppi
Presenter Qualifications:
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapy Supervisor and Certified Sex Therapist
Martha Kauppi, LMFT, is a marriage and family therapist, educator, author, speaker, and AASECT-certified sex therapist and supervisor. She has a lifelong career in health and sexuality, and is a senior trainer of the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy. Her private practice in Madison, Wisconsin, specializes in complex relational therapy, sex issues, and alternative family structures, including consensual non-monogamies.
As the founding director of the Institute for Relational Intimacy, Martha offers unique trainings to help therapists all over the world become comfortable, confident, and competent in working with relational intimacy challenges and sex issues. She is the author of Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists (and Their Clients).
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Registration Instructions:
Registration for this course is only available until 1 May 2025, by clicking the link below:
https://theaca–mbti.thrivecart.com/cnm-course-usd/608b296c8da46/
At the completion of the course, you will need to successfully complete a short quiz to receive your certificate for 10 OPD hours.
And if you would like to sign up to view a free video series featuring Martha Kauppi, The Rise of Open and Polyamorous Relationships: Implications for Therapy, click the link below (the free video registration expires 1 May 2025)
https://theaca–mbti.thrivecart.com/cnm-course-usd/59fa2b9bd2f8d/
