Colleagues & Conversations @ Yellowbrick

The Unfinished Adolescent: Exploring Constructivist Control Mastery Theory

Wednesday May 3^rd, 2023 | 6pm-7:30pm CST

with Dr. Robert Leib, PhD

Conference Description:

The Unfinished Adolescent: Exploring Constructivist Control Mastery Theory
The distinct time in life known as emerging adulthood presents its own unique developmental challenges, most centrally the creation of an adult identity. At the same time, many of these individuals are living with their family of origin rather than on their own. For some, but not all, co-residence is evidence of problems with the separation-individuation process. Assessing relational maturity and the development of autonomously valued goals is crucial in forming a treatment plan. Constructivist control mastery theory is a treatment approach that integrates psychodynamic and narrative paradigms and is especially well-suited for the treatment of this population, whether applied as a family therapy or individual therapy. This approach focuses on fostering mastery-oriented conversations that facilitate the emergence of adult identity.

Learning Objectives:

1. Learn how to differentiate the emerging adult from the “unfinished adolescent” in terms of indicators of relational maturity, pursuit of self-defined value-based goals, and financial independence.
2. Learn how to determine whether to use an individual, family, parent-focused or hybrid setting.
3. Learn how to utilize a constructivist control-mastery model to facilitate adult-to-adult conversations by deconstructing pathogenic stories and constructing mastery stories.

Presenter
Robert Leib, PhD
Clinical Psychologist Private Practice
San Mateo, California

Questions:

Call Tracy Ashworth 847-869-1500 ext. 207