COURSE DESCRIPTION

Emotional intelligence (EI) is increasingly being recognized as a significant element of human aptitude, and central to healthy decision-making and self care-taking actions. Our emotional intelligence assists us to choose healthy decisions and select actions based on meeting our emotional needs while respecting the needs of others. Emotional intelligence involves the capacity to identify and understand one's own emotional state, as well as the emotional experiences of others. It is through an emotionally intelligent sense of oneself that we are able to make more personally beneficial, behavioral decisions. In this introductory workshop, participants will learn the fundamentals of EI, learn to identify EI behaviors in oneself and others, and learn how to increase EI in oneself and others.

TESTIMONIALS

Here are some comments taken from recent course evaluations about Dr. Sultanoff and his courses:

Very good presenter, clarity of information.—MFT, June 29, 2003

Good structure, clear materials, good presentation.—MFT, June 29, 2003

Well-planned, relevant information.—MFT, June 29, 2003

This workshop seems to have been well thought our and well-paced.—Psychologist, June 28, 2003

Clear handout with room for note-taking.—Psychologists, June 28, 2003

He actually used the techniques he taught—the didactic, role modeling, experiencial.—Psychologist, June 28, 2003

Specific, detailed presentation.—Psychologist, June 7, 2003

TOPICS

-Defining Moments in Emotional Intelligence (EI)
-Skills of EI
-Self-Control, Zeal, Persistence, Empathy
-Ability to Self Motivate
-Research in Emotional Intelligence
-The Meaning of Emotional Expression
-Active versus Objectified Emotional Experience
-The Language of Empowerment and Depowerment
-Developing and Nurturing EI
-EI and Psychotherapy
-Emotional Decision Making
-Emotional Hijacking
-The Logic of Emotional Experience

GOALS

At the conclusion of this program you should be better able to:

-Understand the central aspects of EI.
-Differentiate between the language of Empowerment and Depowerment.
-Increase emotional intelligence in yourself and clients.
-Identify emotional decision-making and evaluate emotional choices

SPEAKER PROFILES

Steven M. Sultanoff, Ph.D. is a Psychologist (#PSY 8687) and Marriage & Family Therapist (#MFC 16081). He works as a therapist, supervisor, professor, consultant, and trainer. His emotional intelligence workshop integrates his extensive background in humanistic psychology, cognitive therapy, emotional process, empathy training, and experiential learning with the theoretical and applied concepts of Emotional Intelligence. His passion for teaching, multi-media presentations, and participant ratings earned him Psycho-Legal Associates’ Instructor of the Year award in 1999.

Editor's Note: Dr. Sultanoff is the teachers' teacher. When a new instructor is hired, I require him/her to attend one of Dr. Sultanoff's courses in order to experience an ideal teaching situation. Dr. Sultanoff sweats the small stuff to enhance participant's experience and is truly a PowerPoint presentation virtuoso. -Michael P. Dennis, M.A. (Psy.D. Candidate)