We were delighted to see Karen Murphy, founder of the Institute of Couples Therapy, speaking at this year’s Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Annual Conference.
Karen delivered a talk titled “The Thin Line between Love and Hate: Neutrality at the Heart of Couples Therapy”, exploring how couples can become entrenched in conflict — often despite deeply wanting something different — and how the therapist’s neutrality can support movement, understanding, and meaningful change in the relationship.
It was a special opportunity to share this work with a wider community of therapists, and to be part of the ongoing conversation about the complexities and possibilities within couples therapy.
“I was so delighted to get the opportunity to speak at the IACP annual conference yesterday. My talk was titled The Thin Line between Love and Hate. Neutrality at the Heart of Couples Therapy. It explored why couples find themselves entrenched in conflict despite this being the last thing they want in their relationship and how couples therapy with the power of neutrality can bring about transformative change. It was really well received and there was a real curiosity and interest in this work from the attendees. I also got to meet an author I really admire, Michael Harding and got my picture taken with him.” – Karen shares
