Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogamy for Couples Therapists - SPARK Group

8 weeks, 90 minutes per session.

Tuesdays at 10:30am - 12pm from September 30, 2025  to November 11, 2025.

Eligible for 12 CEs | Live On Zoom

Facilitator: Raia Kogan, LMFT/CST

Program Dates: 9/30, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/5, 11/4, 11/11/25

Cost of Program: Free for NEAFAST Members; $80 for nonmembers. Become an NEAFAST Member!

Cost of 12 CEs: $168 for NEAFAST members; $180 for nonmembers.

About Polyamory and Ethical Non-Monogomy for Couples Therapists: This SPARK group will support couples therapists who want to work with polyamorous couples and relationships from an attachment focused lens. Group will include case consultation, formulation, treatment planning, assessment, and interventions.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, participants will be better able to...

• Have comfort and awareness in how to support existing or new clients who are in open or polyamorous relationships.

Materials to be used:

"Polywise" and/or "Polysecure" by Jessica Fern

About the Instructor:

Raia Kogan, LMFT/CST: Raia has been a practicing relationship therapist for 17 years primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and has been living and practicing in Western Massachusetts for three years. Raia has specialized in working with diverse relationships and gender and sexual minorities. Raia has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy and certification in Sex Therapy. Raia also integrates somatic modalities, mindfulness, and trauma recovery.

POLICY DISCLOSURES & PARTICIPANT EXPECTATIONS

This activity has been pre-certified by the New England Association for Family and Systemic Therapy (NEAFAST) on behalf of the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Mental Health & Human Services Professions for LMFT professional continuing education.

This activity may be retroactively approved for CEs for Massachusetts LMHCs at https://www.mamhca.org/page-18363

This activity is not pre-certified for continuing education for Massachusetts LCSW/LICSWs. 

Please note: It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.

Attendance Policy: All participants seeking continuing education credit must attend the entire program.  NEAFAST may, in cases of medical emergencies or other extenuating circumstances, offer partial credit if 80% of the overall credit hours were completed.  Please speak to the instructor/facilitator as soon as possible about this if necessary.  Those attending as a free member benefit should still plan to attend all meetings to optimize learning and cohesion for all group members. 

Cancellation Policy: There will be no refunds. It is the participant's responsibility to plan to attend all meetings.

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