seven channels process TRAINING group
deepening embodied relational SKILLS
BOTH THE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY GROUPS ARE FULLY ENROLLED
The Seven Channels Process Group series focuses on giving and receiving the transformative gifts of the kind of secure base that we aspire to create as therapists. Our focus will be integrating and deepening the self of the therapist. We will work to offer alternative pathways to the counter-transference reactivity that can show up in us with certain psychotherapy clients and especially in working with couples.
We will practice whole body moment-to-moment somatic tracking and speak in explicit I-statements about our internal experience. This produces an atmosphere of subtle discernment and evokes surprises of emergent selective perception, bottom-up awareness, selective reception and mindful expression. This small group series accesses and builds upon self-at-best skill development of heart-to-heart compassion, inner reflection and acknowledgment of self and other. We will be learning about affective neuroscience and transforming attachment patterns via teaching moments integrated with the experience of the group sessions.
Contact Dr. Mars using the form below to schedule a 20-minute conversation on Zoom about a Tuesday or Thursday group for 2026.
SESSION CALENDAr
Tuesdays 9am-11am PST 2024 Fully enrolled Six participant maximum$100 per two-hour session paid monthly Total cost $800-
March 4, 2025
May 27, 2025
June 24, 2025
Summer Break
September 2, 2025
September 30, 2025
October 27, 2025
November 10, 2025
December 15, 2025
Thursdays 8am to 10am PST 2024-2025Six participant maximum$100 per two-hour session paid monthly Total cost $800-
December 12, 2024
January 9, 2025
February 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
April 10, 2025
May 8, 2025
June 5, 2025
June 26, 2025
Additional Information
This course is designed for intermediate to advanced learners.
Our target audience is Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, MFT's, Social Workers, Registered Counselors, Pastoral Counselors.
Cancellation policy: You may end your enrollment at any time and receive a refund for the remaining sessions of the course. Questions or concerns may be communicate by email to davidmarsphd@gmail.com. If you have a need for ADA accommodation, please contact davidmarsphd@gmail.com
David Mars, PhD, the presenter for this course, holds a PhD in Psychology, is licensed as an MFT, and has taught Transformative Couples Therapy® and Seven Channels Process Training Groups to psychotherapists since 2008. He is the developer of the methods and taught them as a faculty member of the AEDP Institute for eleven years. He is the director of the Transformative Couples Therapy® Institute has been treating couples in private practice for over forty years. Click here for a more complete bio.
There are no conflicts of interest or external commercial support related to this course or any course offered by the Transformative Couples Therapy® Institute.
MEETING SCHEDULE
All times are in Pacific Time
10:00-10:20am: Orientation and opening five-minute Channels of Experience meditation
10:20-10:45am: Check-in and discussion of each participant’s response to the meditation and any breakthroughs of awareness that they want to share are invited. Questions about the Seven Channels of Experience or mindful and selective access to them are part of the process.
10:45 to 11:45: Facilitated interaction that demonstrates grounded alternatives of affective regulation and moment-to-moment tracking as alternatives to potential reflexive reactivity, and negative judgment, while practicing selective perception, reception and expression using I- language and the seven channels.
11:45-12:00pm: Metaprocessing and closing
COURSE COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:
Participants must complete all sessions to be awarded CE. Cameras on Zoom must be left on, with only brief exceptions. A evaluation will be required prior to CE being awarded. Attendance will be taken and documented each session. No specific assignments are required, other than reading the course materials sent out before we meet a session. Any questions can be addressed to davidmarsphd@gmail.com. To attend this live, interactive course you must have access to a working computer, a room with sufficient privacy to protect the confidentiality of couple members whose clinical work is shown and internet connectivity sufficient to maintain a stable connection to Zoom.
At the end of the course, CE can be applied for via this link
The cost for 16 Continuing Education (CE) credits will be $40. An email will be sent to all participants who complete the course from Credits Education.
Credits Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Credits Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 16 hours of Continuing Education (CE) credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Please check with your state board to confirm if CAMFT CE apply to your licensure in your state.
The Seven Channels Process Training Group is also pending approval by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Transformative Couples Therapy® Institute as an individual course ASWB # 6115. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: February 13, 2025 to June 26, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive 16 clinical continuing education credits.
The course will be conducted in the delivery format of synchronous distance learning. Interactions will be by PowerPoint, lecture, role play, and group discussion.
Special Needs - If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.