Earn 6 CE Hours!


*This course qualifies for 6 hours of continuing education training for Utah Mental Health Professionals. Sponsored by Renew Relationship Counseling.

What You Will Learn!

-Earn 6 Total CE Hours

-Distinctive Models

-Essential Techniques

-Dynamic Tools

-Enhanced Outcomes


Take Your Clinical Interventions to the Next Level!!!


Learn to implement fresh, break-through strategies that will help you take your clinical practice to the next level! Couples are seeking hope, healing, and fulfillment. With current divorce rates in the US upwards of 40-50% there is a drastic need for informed, sophisticated, and effective clinicians to help couples mend their relationships. Learn how to help your clients unlock their potential and give them the best chance for success!


This training will provide participants with exposure to some of the most impactful methods being utilized in clinical offices today. This training will help you learn to combine innovative models with a systemic approach, and deliver interventions through auditory, visual, and kinesthetic techniques. When interventions are facilitated in this manner the impact of the therapeutic process deepens for the couples you serve. Enhance your abilities to help your clients resolve complex problems and strengthen their efforts toward lasting healing. Learn how to help couples improve their communication, enhance their connection, heal problematic areas, and increase their fulfillment!

Learning Objectives


Strategies for Aligning and Influencing

Participants will learn effective strategies for aligning and influencing when therapeutically supporting couples.


Systemic and Experiential Principles

Participants will learn systemic theories, principles, models, and techniques that create a vital framework for couples counseling.


Models and Interventions that Enhance Treatment Outcomes

Participants will receive training on numerous models and interventions that enhance treatment outcomes.


Case Studies for Practical Application

Participants will be able to apply informed models, techniques, tools, and intervention principles to use with couples in their every-day therapeutic practice.

Advanced Strategies for Couples Counseling


Presented by: Nevin Alderman, MA, LCMHC


Nevin G. Alderman is the Owner and Clinical Director of Renew Relationship Counseling; a dynamic and engaging private practice that specializes in relational healing. Nevin is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CMHC), and has been practicing on a Master's Level in the field of mental health for over a decade. Nevin has experience in numerous facets of mental health counseling, including inpatient acute settings, residential treatment, and community-based services. Nevin has a passion for the field of mental health, and a strong belief in the capacity of couples, families and individuals to grow and overcome life's obstacles. Nevin has been honored to hold numerous positions wherein he has provided clinical administration, including serving as the Executive Clinical Director at a renowned treatment center for families. In addition to traditional clinical and administrative work, Nevin has been facilitating professional workshops, and multi-systemic groups and seminars since 2008. Nevin has been recognized as an expert presenter both regionally and nationally, and has been invited to instruct professional audiences across the country. He is the founder of the Renew System for Couples; a cutting-edge, dynamic and holistic approach to relational healing. 


*The Utah Department of Professional Licensing (DOPL) requirements for continuing education courses have been reviewed by the author of this training for compliance with the following professions as outlined by DOPL: Clinical Mental Health Counselors (CMHC), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFT), Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSW), Psychologists (Ph.D./Psy.D), and Substance Use Disorder Counselors (SUDC). Other professions may be applicable for as well. Consult your continuing education requirements and State Board for verification. DOPL does not guarantee, sponsor, or endorse any continuing education presenter, course, or program - rather it provides criteria that must be met by all continuing education presenters, programs, and participant in order for such activity to qualify for continuing education credit.

To learn more about DOPL and continuing education, visit: https://dopl.utah.gov/

Continuing Education Information


Intended Audience: Mental Health Counselors, Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, and Substance Use Disorder Counselors. The training may also be pertinent to Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, and other professionals working in the Mental Health industry.


COUNSELORS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Clinical Mental Health Counselor Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60c-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Clinical Mental Health Counselors


EDUCATORS/TEACHERS: This course is designed to qualify toward your professional development requirement. This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations and per participant’s individual licensing requirements. Approval by your state board for continuing education credit is not guaranteed. Participants are responsible to save the course outline and the certificate of completion they receive from the activity, and for contacting their state board or organization to determine eligibility and specific filing requirements.

MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPISTS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Marriage and Family Therapy Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60b-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Marriage & Family Therapists

PSYCHOLOGISTS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Psychologist Licensing Act Rule” (R156-61-302h. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Psychologists


SOCIAL WORKERS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Social Work Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60a-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Social Work


SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER COUNSELORS: This course consists of 6 clock hours of continuing education instruction. The Utah “Substance Use Disorder Counselor Licensing Act Rule” (R156-60d-304. Continuing Education) has been reviewed for compliance. Utah Continuing Education Requirements – Substance Use Disorder Counselors

OTHER PROFESSIONS: This activity qualifies for 6 clock hours (360 minutes) of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Please save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements and eligibility.


If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval.

For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact Nevin@RenewRelationshipCounseling.com or call 801-477-4084 before the event. Nevin Alderman, sponsored by Renew Relationship Counseling, is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.


Other Important Continuing Education Notes:

Credits listed are for full completion of the course. No partial credits will be offered. Certificates of Completion are distributed following completion of the training AND successful completion of the training quiz with 80% or better. Certificates will be sent by email within 30 days following course and quiz completion.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession’s standards.

Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations and per participant’s individual licensing requirements. Approval by your state board for continuing education credit is not guaranteed. Participants are responsible to save the course outline and the certificate of completion they receive from the activity, and for contacting their state board or organization to determine eligibility and specific filing requirements.