Gottman Couples Therapy:

Personal Attention from Presenters

Join us for a dynamic experience of interactive live training with Senior Certified Gottman Therapists Lawrence Stoyanowski and Darren Wilk of Best Marriages.  Highly experienced in working with the method, they are the first of a handful of therapists to teach the Level 2 Gottman Method Clinical Training . They come highly recommended by The Gottman Organization and have presented numerous times in this capacity. They are both Advanced Gottman Clinical Trainers and Certification Consultants with the Gottman Institute mentoring therapists in their certification process.

You will receive personalized coaching from Darren and Lawrence and from Senior Certified Gottman Therapists as you participate in experiential exercises and learn how to incorporate the research-based Assessment and Intervention Methods into your clinical practice.

Pre-requisite: Level 1 training

• APA – Gottman Method Couples Therapy Training is approved by the American Psychological Association with credits issued by NMSOA**
• CCPA – Gottman Method Couples Therapy Training is approved by the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
• Canadian Practitioners should check with their governing organizations for approval for CE credits.
• Refund Policy: Refund (minus $100 administrative fee) when canceling 30 days prior to the workshop. After this date credit will be given to attend a future workshop.

Professional Development & Practical Immersion – In these three days you will:

• Experience interactive presentations with Darren and Lawrence
• Practice using Assessments and Interventions in group role-plays
• Engage the presenters in vital dialogue and receive personalized coaching
• View demonstration films
• Participate in extensive discussions with Senior Certified Gottman Therapists and clinicians from around the world
• Become skilled in using the online Level 2 Clinical Manual which now includes revised Gottman Core Assessments, Gottman Supplemental Assessments and more than 50 Gottman Interventions
• Gain insight as to when to use these methods and when couples therapy is contraindicated
• Gain confidence in using the techniques through personal immersion
  • Basics of Observation Assessment – Sessions 1, 2, 3 Core Assessment Questionnaires
  • Intervention – Philosophy and Goals
  • Interventions – Managing Conflict
  • Interventions – Strengthening Friendship and Romance
  • Interventions – Minimizing Relapse
  • Co-Morbidities – Case Studies in PTSD, Affairs, DV, Depression, Addictions
  • View demonstration films
  • Participants will be able to: Assess a couple’s “Friendship Profile,” “Conflict Profile,” and “Shared Meanings Profile.”
  • Develop interventions that couples can use as antidotes to the “Four Horsemen.”
  • Help couples to soothe physiological flooding.
  • Apply six modes of changing the “Attack/Defend System” in a couple’s interactions.
  • Assist couples in establishing dialogue about their grid-locked conflicts.
  • Select and implement interventions to help couples deepen their “Friendship System” with rituals of connection.
  • Select and implement interventions to help couples create a shared system of values and meaning
  • Identify and implement four different co-morbidities common to couples using Gottman Couples Therapy Assessment and Intervention