Tracy Dalgleish & Eve Rodsky – The Mental Load: Therapeutic Interventions to Guide Couples in Redistributing the Invisible Labor of Daily Life and Rebuilding Connection

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Speaker: Tracy Dalgleish, CPsych |  Eve Rodsky

Duration: 2 Hours

Format: Audio and Video

Copyright: Sep 14, 2023  

Media Type: Digital Seminar

Description

As a couples therapist, you see it all the time: One partner who, regardless of whether they work outside the home, takes on most of the domestic responsibilities while their partner continuously falls short of their partner’s expectations.  

Unequal emotional, household, and childcare labor is a hot-button issue in relationships—after all, it’s rooted in resentment, anger, and tension—yet finding a lasting solution to this all-too-common experience is a challenge, especially if a primary underlying factor isn’t addressed: an imbalance in the mental load.  

Mental load refers to the unseen cognitive work that goes into managing a household and family: planning social activities, keeping track of finances, scheduling appointments, following up with teachers’ notes, updating the family calendar. When this load is imbalanced, it keeps couples in a never-ending cycle of distress, fueling depression, anxiety, anger, grief, and hopelessness.   

To help clients break the cycle, join Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, clinical psychologist, couples therapist, and sought-after relationship expert, and Eve Rodsky, NYT bestselling author and creator of the innovative Fair Play method, as they discuss how to help clients tackle the mental load—that often invisible labor that permeates even the healthiest of relationships—and build a more intimately connected relationship with their partner.  

Developed uniquely for therapists, this 2-hour training integrates therapeutic approaches with the principles of equitable division of domestic labor to help clients: 

• Approach the mental load in an effective way using the Fair Play method 
• Uncover negative interaction cycles and communication patterns that prevent forward progress 
• Address barriers to change in their relationship 
• And so much more! 

Speaker

Tracy Dalgleish, CPsych

Dr. Tracy Dalgleish is a clinical psychologist, couples therapist, and sought-after relationship expert. For over fifteen years, she has provided direct clinical services to couples and has dedicated her time to researching, writing, and speaking about relationships. Her goal is to make the skills and tools she teaches her clients more accessible so they can build healthier relationships with themselves and with others. She is the founder of Be Connected Digital and the owner of a mental health clinic, Integrated Wellness. She lives in Ottawa, Canada, with her husband and two children.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish the co-founder and therapist at Integrated Wellness. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Tracy Dalgleish is a member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario and the Ontario Psychological Association.

Eve Rodsky

Eve Rodsky received her B.A. in economics and anthropology from the University of Michigan, and her J.D. from Harvard Law School. She is the author of instant New York Times bestseller, Fair Play. After working in foundation management at J.P. Morgan, she founded the Philanthropy Advisory Group to advise high-net-worth families and charitable foundations on best practices for harmonious operations, governance, and disposition of funds. In her work with hundreds of families over a decade, she realized that her expertise in family mediation, strategy, and organizational management could be applied to a problem closer to home – a system for couples seeking balance, efficiency, and peace in their home. Rodsky was born and raised by a single mom in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three children.  

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Eve Rodsky receives royalties as a published author. She receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from Psychotherapy Networker and PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Eve Rodsky has no relevant non-financial relationships.

Objectives

1. Determine the emotional impact of unequitable division of labor in a relationship.  
2. Evaluate relational dynamics that both strengthen and interfere with the likelihood of establishing more equitable division of labor within a relationship.   
3. Integrate the Fair Play method into couples therapy to improve insight, communication, and relationship satisfaction for clients.  

Outline

The Mental Load: What is it, and Why is it So Crucial to Address? 

• Invisible labor, cognitive load, “worry work” 
• Why equitable division of labor is about more than who-does-what-task 
• Contributing factors and the negative impact it has on couples 
• Common barriers to addressing the mental load  
• Intra- and interpersonal factors of carrying and managing the mental load 

The Fair Play Method: An Empowering Approach to Balancing the Load and Improving Relationships 

• The “why” of Fair Play  
• Key limitations of traditional behavioral strategies (e.g., to-do lists; reminders; calendars) 
• CPE: Conceive, Plan, Execute 
• Challenging faulty beliefs of “but to what level?”: The Minimum Standard of Care 
• Emphasizing communication, ownership, and accountability to improve relationship satisfaction 
• Values-based exploration 

Clinical Application of Fair Play: Setting Clients up for Long-term Success 

• Relational dynamics that exacerbate an age-old relationship issue  
• 3 negative relational cycles, informed by Emotional Focused Therapy  
• Overfunctioning/underfunctioning, emotional fusion, codependency 
• The EFT infinite loop; identifying attachment needs/longing within the mental load dynamic 
• How to engage both partners and secure buy-in 
• Evaluating internalized assumptions/perceptions 
• Value-based exercises for couples’ identification of shared values  
• Working with client difficulties related to power and control 

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