Level 3: Practicum Workshop in Gottman Couples TherapyPresented by
Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D., and
John Gottman, Ph.D. October 4-6, 2012 Seattle, WA
20 CEs
Certification Training consists of three parts: Part A : Level 3 Live Workshop in Seattle with Drs. John and Julie Gottman
Part B : Certification Consultation
Part C : Post-Consultation Video Review
Level 3 Live Workshop (Part A)
During the Practicum workshop, participants will examine videotaped cases of couples brought in by workshop colleagues. These cases are used as learning and teaching tools to deepen your understanding of when and how to use various Gottman Method approaches and interventions, and how to break destructive patterns and replace them with meaningful interactions. John or Julie Gottman will then demonstrates an assessment or intervention session appropriate for each that couple’s struggle as role-played by audience volunteers. These demonstrations represent the true resistances and co-morbidities we face as therapists and how to we can transform them into effective healing methods for the couple. Following each demonstration, participants have the chance to practice and refine their use of Gottman Method Couples Therapy through participation in role-plays, demonstrations and discussions in a small group setting. The Gottmans and select Senior Certified Gottman Therapists observe each group and offer practical tips and technical refinements for the therapist. No criticism or negative judgement is allowed. Rather, efforts are made to create safety and security for all therapists present in an environment free of criticism and negative judgment.
After each role-play session, Dr. Julie Gottman will lead discussions that include case consultations and nuanced details of the techniques previously demonstrated and provides guidance in developing a roadmap for clinical decisions.
There is no better way to learn how to apply the Gottman Method than this workshop.
Workshop Objectives
- At the end of this workshop participants will understand how to:
- Effectively use the Oral History Interview during a couple’s assessment and understand its implications
- Clearly explain to a couple their strengths and challenges in terms of the “Sound Relationship House"
- Help partners identify their own “Four Horsemen” and understand the antidotes
- Select and utilize appropriate tools to help a couple deepen their “Friendship System”
- Clarify a couple’s conflicts in terms of solvable, perpetual, and grid-locked problems
- Use the “Dreams Within Conflict” technique to help a couple feel hopeful and to achieve break-through with their perpetual conflict
- Successfully intervene when one or both partners are flooding
- Help a couple reach solutions using the Compromise Ovals intervention
- Sensitively intervene when co-morbidities are present
Training pre-requisites You must complete the Level 1 and Level 2 trainings before attending the Level 3 training. If you choose the Level 1 and Level 2 Home-Study option, we must receive your Assessment of Knowledge for each level no later than September 24, 2012.
Workshop Fee
$1250 (Payment plan available)
Cancellation and Refund Policy Registration fees are refundable (less a $100 administrative fee) when a cancellation occurs prior to 9/17/2012. Cancellations after this date will receive a credit, good for one year, which may be applied to other professional programs or products.
Disability Access If you require ADA accommodations please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification.
Apply to the Certification Track To become a Certified Gottman Therapist, you must apply to the Certification Track, complete Consultation (Part B) and pass the Post-Consultation Video Review (Part C) after attending the Level 3 Workshop. Clinicians in the Consultation Track will be matched individually or in small groups with a Gottman Consultant.
Certification Consultation (Part B)
- Consultation usually takes place over the phone
- A minimum of eight (8) sessions of individual consultation or twelve (12) sessions of group consultation will be needed to complete certification requirements, but the Consultant may determine that more consultation is necessary in order for a Consultee to become certified
- Certification candidates will pay their Consultant directly
- There are no continuing education credits available for consultation
What happens during consultation? Your consultant will help you follow couples through the entire assessment and treatment process including selecting and implementing appropriate treatment interventions. This will involve guidance in performing core Gottman Method interventions for building friendship and regulating conflict including the Four Horsemen, Dreams Within Conflict, Compromise, Flooding and many others as dictated by clients’ unique needs and co-morbidities. The consultant will provide feedback on tapes of your interventions with clients in a supportive and encouraging manner. We recommend that you begin videotaping early in the process and expect that you will submit a minimum of three to six segments for feedback prior to certification review.
Post-Consultation Video Review (Part C)
The final step in qualifying for certification involves submitting and receiving approval on six specified videotaped segments of your clinical work. The purpose of submitting these tapes is for you to demonstrate your knowledge, appropriate usage, and comfort with six core Gottman methods. Because The Gottman Institute wishes to certify clinicians who can represent the Gottman Method sensitively and appropriately, trained Video Reviewers who are Senior Certified Gottman Therapists and Consultants will review these tapes to assess your readiness for certification. At the time of your review, you will be given feedback on your work from your consultant, and you will be accepted for certification or requested to take some action to demonstrate proficiency in an aspect that may need strengthening. If you are accepted, you will receive an oral summary of your review and a Certificate indicating that you’ve achieved designation as a Certified Gottman Therapist. ( Please note: you will learn more about the consultation options at the Level 3 workshop. If you have questions about this process before attending the Level 3 Workshop, please
email us.)
Participants working in the following fields will benefit from this training
- Mental health providers
- Allied professionals and clergy
- Family clinic staff
- Professors/teachers of couples therapy
- Employee assistance professionals
- Clinicians who have previously completed Level 1 and Level 2