How to Validate Others

What is validation and why it's important to create emotional safety.

This course will review the concept of validation and why it's important. We will discuss common barriers and objections to validation along with tips on how to validate.


Your Instructor


Charise Schwertfeger, LMFT & Minon Maier, LMFT
Charise Schwertfeger, LMFT & Minon Maier, LMFT

Charise Schwertfeger, M.S., LMFT

Charise received her graduate degree from the Marriage and Family Therapy program at Arizona State University, cohort graduation December 2009. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked as a clinician in multiple clinical settings including public mental health, private community agencies, as well as private practice. She has also supervised graduate intern clinicians and associate clinicians in the community health setting and private practice setting. She is a member of various clinical organizations for therapists and has additional training in the areas of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Minon Maier, M.A., LMFT

Minon received her graduate degree from the Marriage and Family Therapy program at the University of San Diego, graduation May 2005. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has worked as a clinician in multiple clinical settings including public mental health, inpatient treatment, acute care, private community agencies, as well as private practice. She has also supervised graduate intern clinicians and associate clinicians in the community health settings as well as private practice. She is a member of various clinical organizations for therapists and has additional training in the areas of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).


Course Curriculum


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