How Can CMM Make Me A Better Therapist?

What happens when we see therapy as engaging in a process of communication in itself rather than as talking about communication that is happening somewhere else?

The CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution is proud to be welcoming Pedro Martins P.h.D to facilitate our upcoming workshop titled- ‘How Can CMM Make Me a Better Therapist?'- on Friday, October 30, at 12:00 pm Eastern US Time (UTC-4).

Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM) has long been a framework that offers valuable communication tools and perspectives to systemic, collaborative-dialogic, narrative, and social constructionist therapists around the world. Whether you are intimately familiar with CMM or have never heard of it until now, we encourage you to join this session and learn about creative applications of CMM in therapy firsthand from therapist and author, Pedro Martins. 

With a particular emphasis on what is “made” in the span of a therapy session, Pedro will explore a variety of CMM concepts, including:

• Coordination

• Conversational Triads

• Episode Work

• Levels of Context

• Punctuation

Therapists of all levels and backgrounds will walk away from this engaging session with new tools which can be incorporated into existing practice to strengthen connections and outcomes. 

We hope to see you there!

This webinar is the next installment in our ‘Communication Creates’ Series, where we explore theoretical and practical applications of Coordinated Management of Meaning (CMM), with a particular emphasis on using a ‘communication perspective’ to make sense of what we are making together in our communication and how we can act more mindfully in our relating to co-create better social worlds together.

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Pedro Martins, PhD., is a Brazilian psychologist. He obtained his doctoral and master's degree at the University of Sao Paulo. He is interested in the practice of therapy as social construction in different contexts. His main goal is to create generative conversational resources that bridge academic and practical knowledge. He works as a clinical psychologist in his private practice, and his research focuses on the workings of therapeutic conversation, particularly aiming to expand traditional individual practices towards more socially and relationally sensitive ones.

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Date: Friday, October 30, 2026

Time: 12:00 pm Eastern US Time (UTC-4)

Location:  Zoom (link provided upon registration)


Cost:  $20 (Professional)/ $10 (Student)