Stan Tatkin

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Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT

Developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT)

What you’ll learn

Workshop 1: Building a secure relationship with your child 

  • Definition of executive function and its role in self-management
  • The marshmallow test as a measure of self-control
  • How executive function impacts future success in school and relationships
  • The importance of early parenting in developing self-regulation
  • The role of collaboration and teamwork in effective parenting
  • The influence of impulsiveness and gratification delay on life outcomes
  • Parenting as an ongoing, improvisational process
  • The different roles of a parent as coach, therapist, and dramatist
  • The significance of working together as co-parents for child development
  • The normalization of parenting challenges and learning through experience

Workshop 2: How Community Influences Brain Development 

  • Impact of isolation on brain development and aggression
  • The importance of community and shared purpose
  • Cultural differences in nervous system responses
  • Strategies for building strong, supportive relationships
  • The role of shared mythology and security in relationships
  • How collective nervous systems influence societal health
  • The necessity of intentional relationship design

 

 

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BIO

Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy® (PACT). He has a clinical prac ce in Calabasas, CA. With his wife, Dr. Tracey Tatkin, he co-founded the PACT Ins tute for the purpose of training other mental health professionals worldwide, along with a growing PACT faculty, to use this method in their clinical prac ce. Together, Stan and Tracey also lead couple workshops. Stan is a recently re red teacher and supervisor of family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA, and is an associate clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine and has been for more than 20 years. He is on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Ins tute and served as a member on Rela onships First Counsel, a nonprofit organiza on founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt.

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