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Writing from a Christian therapeutic perspective, Gary Chapman, PhD, addresses fundamental communication issues which will help clinicians providing marital, family and relationship counseling. In this easy to read, bestseller, he effectively proposes that people speak five different love languages.

Those five love languages are: Words of Affirmation; Quality Time; Receiving Gifts; Acts of Service; Physical Touch. Much of the difficulty in relationships is that people are speaking and hearing with different primary love languages. The text will help clinicians and couples identify primary and secondary love languages (and dialects).

The text then outlines how to make progress at communicating in words and behaviors whereby partners hear and feel caring. Therapists will find this book helpful with clinical issues and the basic concepts are easily transferrable for community presentations.

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the clinician will be able to:

• Define an emotional love language and differentiate it from romantic love.
• Identify and describe the five love languages and guide people in discovering their primary love language.
• Integrate the five love languages in clinical work with couples to help improve communication.
• Conduct exercises in therapy with couples to help people identify and speak the love language of their spouse.
• Explain the principle of 'choosing to love' to couples to facilitate change in their marriage.
• Integrate principles underlying the five love languages into academic courses on marriage and family life.

Syllabus / Course Instructions

• This course is written from a Christian psychotherapeutic approach and is appropriate for CE for beginning, intermediate and advanced level clinicians and addiction professionals.
• The Course consists of reading the selected book, successfully completing an online posttest and filling out a course evaluation.
• The book is not included. It must be purchased separately. We have supplied a link to Amazon.com for your convenience.
• Purchasing your course will give you access to both a printable copy of the test and an online version. Print the test to use as a companion as you read the book and answer the questions.
• You cannot exit the online test once you begin, so have your answers ready.

Additional Resources On This Site for CE

• The Gift of Therapy
  by Irvin Yalom: 10 CE Credits
• Addiction and Grace
  by Gerald G. May, M.D.: 8 CE Credits
• The Optimistic Child
  by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman: 11 CE Credits
• Flourish: A New Understanding of Well-being
  by Martin E.P. Seligman: 13 CE Credits
• Boundaries: When to Say Yes and How to Say No
  by Henry Cloud and John Townsend: 12 CE Credits
• ACT Made Simple: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  by Russ Harris, MD: 11 CE Credits
• Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Psychotherapy Practice
  by Dr. Arnold M. Washton and Dr. Joan E. Zweben: 10 CE Credits
• Authentic Happiness
  by Martin E. P. Seligman: 10 CE Credits
• Anger Control Parenting
  by Vivian Lamphear, PhD and Sherry Marlar: 6 CE Credits

Additional Resources Not On This Site

• American Psychological Association www.apa.org
• Association of Social Work Boards www.aswb.org
• National Association of Certified Counselors www.nacc.org
• National Association of Addiction Professionals www.naadac.org

Bio: Gary Chapman, PhD

Dr. Gary Chapman speaks extensively throughout the U.S. and internationally on marriage, family, and relationships. The government of Singapore invited him to present his marriage seminar there and the Chaplain’s Office of NATO issued a special invitation for Dr. Chapman to speak to the NATO forces in Germany. Other engagements have taken him to England, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Mexico and Hong Kong. His book, The Five Love Languages, have exceeded 5 million copies and it has been translated into over thirty-six languages. Twenty-seven other books and five video series are also among his publications.