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The Empty Chair Technique: Building Bridges to Transformative Dialogues
Presented by: Dreya Blume, LCSW
When: Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 | 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time
Where: Live on Zoom. You will receive your Zoom link/invitation the week of the workshop.
Continuing Education Credit Hours (NBCC and NASW-WA Approved): 3 CEs | $90.00
The empty chair technique is a powerful experiential tool that allows clients to explore internal conflicts, unspoken emotions, and relational dynamics in a tangible, embodied way. This in-depth continuing education workshop introduces psychotherapists to the principles and practical applications of the empty chair, helping clients engage in meaningful dialogues with parts of themselves, significant others, or unresolved experiences.
Participants will learn how this technique can deepen self-awareness, facilitate emotional processing, and promote insight and transformation.
Through demonstration, discussion, and experiential practice, attendees will explore ways to ethically and effectively integrate the empty chair technique into therapy sessions. Therapists will leave with practical strategies for guiding clients through reflective, expressive, and transformative dialogues, while enhancing therapeutic connection and promoting lasting change.
Workshop Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of the theoretical foundations and therapeutic purposes of the empty chair technique.
- Learn strategies for ethically and effectively facilitating empty chair dialogues with clients.
- Identify ways to integrate the empty chair technique into therapy to enhance self-awareness, emotional processing, and transformative insight.