Help couples in your practice to compassionately manage conflicts, deepen their friendship and intimacy, and more effectively bridge the chasm of their worst gridlock issues by uncovering underlying history, dreams, and values. “Truly inspiring”.

Designed for members of the healing community including Mental Health Providers, Social Workers, Family Clinic Staff, Counseling Instructors and Graduate Students / Interns, Researchers, and Clergy.

· Summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.

· Describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House Theory.

· Conduct a couple’s therapy assessment using elements of the couple’s narrative, the Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, observations of conflict and individual interviews.

· Describe two interventions to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management.

· Describe two interventions to enhance a couple’s friendship system.

· Describe two interventions to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning.

· Explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.

· Create a therapeutic contract with a couple, discuss and decide on goals and include a summary of the couples’ strengths and areas that need improvement.

· Describe the Philosophy of Therapy including assumptions, overview of techniques and goals of therapy.

· Describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.

· Describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.

 

DAY ONE

8:15a (CST) = VIRTUAL Check-in

8:30a (CST) = Workshop Begins

Orientation to the Gottman Method and Training Process

Research and Theory of the Gottman Approach

Gottman Research Methods

“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”

9:45a = 15min Break

10a =

The Three Domains – Friendship, Managing Conflict, Shared Meaning

The Sound Relationship House

Noon - 1p (CST) = Lunch Break

1p =

Assessment

Interviews and Written Questionnaires

Introduction to the Gottman Connect

2:30p = 15min Break

2:45p =

Video Case Example and Demonstration

Time for Questions and Review of the Day’s Learning

4p = END of DAY ONE

 

DAY TWO

8:15a (CST) = Workshop zoom link opens

8:30a (CST) = Workshop Resumes

Intervention

** 15min break at approximately 9:45a

Constructive Conflict/Managing Conflict

Noon - 1p (CST) = Lunch Break

1p =

Intervention

Wrap up Constructive Conflict Interventions

Enhance Friendship/Intimacy Interventions

2:30p = 15min Break

2:45p =

Creating Shared Meaning Interventions

Overall Process of Gottman Therapy

Options for Additional Training and Directions provided on how to take the Level 1 test

Opportunity for Final Questions

4p = END of DAY TWO

 

This is a live and interactive worskshop on zoom. Time will be available for questions and interactive discussion throughout each day.

One day before class begins

Participants must have paid tuition fee, signed in, attended the entire seminar, completed an evaluation, and signed out in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates available after satisfactory course completion at credits.education

This course is a synchronous interactive course delivered via Zoom

 

Level 1 Clinical Training Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Bridging the Couples Chasm, 6073, is approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program to be offered by Credits.Education as an individual course. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE course approval period: [dates]. Social workers completing this course receive 12 clinical continuing education credits. 

 

CA: Credits.Education is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Credits.Ecucation maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.  Course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.