In Person - MRC When Love Regulates, When Love Revitalizes: Building Relational Capacity

Presenter's Bio:

MaryBeth - MA, LMFT, MIACP is a relational psychotherapist with over a 15 years of experience practising in Ireland and California, specialising in individual and couples therapy, desire, intimacy, and relational restructuring. Her work integrates Gottman Method Couples Therapy, ACT, and compassion-focused approaches, with a particular interest in how responsibility, agency, and care shape intimacy and erotic vitality.

She is an accredited member of the Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California.

Event Outline:

What if the love your clients are building is stabilising their relationship but eroding the partners' desire, agency, and vitality? In clinical practice, we’re trained to deepen emotional expression, increase attunement, and build safety. But what happens when more connection doesn’t lead to more relational capacity?This full-day workshop introduces a powerful clinical distinction between symbolic intimacy and functional intimacy—helping you identify when love regulates distress and when it truly revitalises a relationship.

You’ll learn to help your client to recognise pseudo-connection, over-functioning as care, and the subtle dynamics that leave couples feeling safe but relationally flat. More importantly, you’ll leave with precise language, diagnostic clarity, and session-ready interventions to help your client to restore balance, agency, and desire in relationship.  Because not all intimacy creates a strong relationship, and your clients can feel the difference.

CPD Certs will be emailed to participants after attendance.