Drs. Julie and John Gottman Present Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm, Gottman Couples Therapy: A Research-Based Approach

Information

Workshop Date: Friday and Saturday, September 7 and 8, 2012

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location:
Mercer University, Atlanta, GA
Cecil B. Day Hall Auditorium
3001 Mercer University Drive
Atlanta, GA 30341-4115

For more information on Drs. Julie and John Gottman and their work, please visit http://www.gottman.com.

(This event is not a program of Mercer University.)

Download Print Version of the Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm, Gottman Couples Therapy: A Research-Based Approach Workshop Brochure and Registration Form

Workshop Description

When couples in conflict enter therapy, they come burdened with pain and despair. They often look to the clinician to referee chronic conflicts, to fix their partners, and to rebuild burned bridges. Now, based on Dr. John Gottman’s 35 years of compelling research with over 3,000 couples, there’s a practical and highly effective approach to guiding these couples across the chasm that divides them. In this workshop, the Gottmans provide mental health professionals with a research-based road map for helping couples compassionately manage their conflicts, deepen their friendship and intimacy, and share with each other again their dreams and purpose in life.

This workshop is designed to help participants grow in their understanding of:

Research-based strategies and tools for your practice that help couples successfully manage conflict
Skills that empower couples to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history and values
Methods to help couples process their fights and heal their hurts
Techniques for couples to deepen their intimacy and minimize relapse
New assessments and effective interventions to help understand a couple’s struggles

Continuing Education Credit

This workshop has been approved for:

Twelve (12) continuing education credits by the Georgia Psychological Association (Area IV for Psychologists)
Twelve (12) core hours by:

The Georgia Society for Clinical Social Work
The National Association of Social Workers–Georgia Chapter
The Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia
The Georgia Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

* Certificates of attendance can only be given to registrants who attend the entire workshop. Anyone more than 15 minutes late may stay but may not receive a certificate.

For attendees needing other approvals: You are responsible for applying to your professional licensing board or organization for CE approval for this workshop.

Workshop Objectives

Participants receive a 300-page clinical manual featuring new relationship assessment questionnaires and clinical interventions designed to help couples break the cycle of criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling. The Gottmans will instruct participants on ways to apply the Gottman Method Couples Therapy in participants’ practice to help couples discover and strengthen their:

Friendship System: the foundation for passion and emotional/sexual intimacy
Conflict System: the basis for helping couples identify and address solvable problems and understand and manage irresolvable differences
Shared Meaning System: the existential foundation of the relationship that helps couples discover their shared purpose for building a life together

Workshop Outline

Day One
8:15-9 a.m.	Registration/Check-In
9-10:30 a.m.	The Research: What Makes Relationships Succeed or Fail?
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Morning Break
10:45 a.m.-12 p.m.	How to Assess a Relationship: Using The Sound Relationship House Theory
12-1:25 p.m.	Lunch (provided)
1:30-3 p.m.	The Assessment Sessions
3-3:15 p.m	Afternoon Break
3:15-4 p.m	Film: Assessment
4- 5 p.m.	Clinical Q & A
Day Two
8:15-9 a.m.	All Participants Sign In
9-9:45 a.m.	Introduction to Interventions – The Philosophy, Assumptions, Overview and Goals of the Therapy
9:45-10:10 a.m.	Conflict Management: Rapoport Intervention and Film
10:10-10:25 a.m.	Morning Break
10:25 a.m.-12 p.m.	Conflict Management (continued); Q & A Session
12-1:25 p.m.	Lunch (provided)
1:30-3:15 p.m.	Building Friendships and Shared Meaning
3:15-3:30 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:30-4:15 p.m.	Process of the Therapy, Summary, Additional Training
4:15-5 p.m.	Clinical Q & A

About the Presenters

Drs. John and Julie Gottman

Drs. John and Julie Gottman are illuminating speakers who present their approach to couples therapy with humor, wisdom and clarity. Their workshops integrate diverse teaching strategies, including didactic presentation, analysis of couple interactions, demonstrations of clinical technique, experiential learning, videos from their clinical office, and lively exchanges with their audiences.

John Gottman, Ph.D., is world renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. He is the author or co-author of 40 books, including his New York Times bestseller, “Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.“ He is the executive director of the Relationship Research Institute, which creates programs for new parents and treatments for domestic violence.

Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D., is a highly respected clinical psychologist and educator. She is the designer and clinical director of “Loving Couples, Loving Children,” a curriculum for couples challenged by poverty, and co-designer of a therapeutic model for addressing domestic violence. Dr. Gottman specializes in working with distressed couples, abuse and trauma survivors, those with substance abuse problems and cancer patients and their families.

Together, the Gottmans teach couples workshops and professional training programs. They are also involved in ongoing relationship research studies and have private practices on Orcas Island, near Seattle.

For more information on the Gottmans and their work, please contact: The Gottman Relationship Institute, Inc., P.O. Box 15644, Seattle, WA 98115; phone: 888-523-9042; www.gottman.com

Registration

Cost and Deadline

$419 by August 3, 2012; $449 after that date.

Registration includes a 300-page clinical manual, continental breakfast and lunch.

Registration deadline is August 31, 2012.

Request a Brochure Via U.S. Mail or Request Additional Information

To have the Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm, Gottman Couples Therapy: A Research-Based Approach brochure sent to you via U.S. Mail or to request additional information, please call Cecelia Thompson at (678) 235-3910 or e-mail Cthompson@graceandgrowth.org.

Download the Brochure

Download Print Version of the Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm, Gottman Couples Therapy: A Research-Based Approach Workshop Brochure and Registration Form

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