Skills for Healthy Relationships: Building Romantic Competence in Couples and Individuals

The New York City Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Association Presents: Skills for Healthy Relationships: Building Romantic Competence in Couples and Individuals By Joanne Davila, PhD
Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Training Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University.
Relationship problems are rampant, and although people may know what a healthy relationship should look like, they often lack the skills to create one. This presentation focuses on the construct of romantic competence - the capacity for people to function adaptively in their romantic lives at all stages of the relationship process, regardless of relationship status or type. Dr. Davila will describe her model of the skills people need to function well in their romantic lives, focusing on insight, mutuality, and emotion regulation, and provide strategies for helping individuals and couples develop and enact these skills.