Speaker Expertise: Bringing Baby Home Program

Laurie is a registered nurse, certified childbirth educator, and Training Specialist for the Bringing Baby Home program. She has a passion for supporting new parents through the myriad of changes that occur when a baby joins the family. She believes the Gottman principles taught in a Bringing Baby Home course are invaluable in helping new parents understand and successfully navigate the transition to parenthood. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to train other professionals to facilitate this profoundly impactful workshop.

Laurie is married and is the mother of five children. She teaches childbirth classes at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, and is a frequent volunteer in her children’s schools and her church’s organizations for children and youth.

Bertha Alicia has been a teacher for many years and loves it. She enjoys presenting workshops and webinars. After becoming a Certified Gottman Therapist, she started training other clinicians and now offers all levels of Gottman Method Couples Therapy in Spanish.

She is also a presenter of The Art and Science of Love workshops to married and premarital couples.
Oriented towards prevention, she also speaks for groups of parents, teachers, and clinicians about how to build healthy relationships.

He sido maestra durante muchos años y es algo que disfruto mucho.
Me gusta dar cursos, conferencias, diplomados.

Después de obtener la certificación, seguí el proceso para poder entrenar a otros terapeutas en el Método Gottman de terapia de pareja.

Actualmente enseño los tres niveles, en español, así como el taller del Arte y la Ciencia de Amar para parejas y para novios.

También, con la orientación hacia la prevención, ofrezco conferencias para parejas, padres y maestros sobre cómo establecer relaciones saludables.

*Accepting New Certification Candidates*
*Actualmente Aceptando Consultados*

Bertha Alicia provides consultation for therapists who are entering the Certification Track program.

She has worked with people from the first day of Level 1 Training and has witnessed how clinicians fall in love with the Gottman Method, the next step is helping them to become Certified.

The Certification Track is difficult and demanding, and is a big step for a couples therapist: it lets you know you have reached the highest quality standards in the use of the Gottman Method and that your work has been reviewed by the most experienced therapists of The Gottman Institute.

In her own words: “As your Consultant in this process, I review your cases and videos looking for your strengths and your areas of opportunity so I can help you develop your skills, improve your use of the Gottman tools and integrate them with the skills and tools you have been using in your practice. This way, besides becoming a Certified Gottman Therapist, you will feel surer of yourself. My goal is to walk with you with empathy, making the journey a collaborative process”.

You can contact Bertha directly to learn about her consultation pricing and more through her Gottman Referral Network profile here.

Cuando has acompañado gente desde el nivel 1 y has visto cómo se enamoran del Método Gottman de terapia de parejas, tanto por su coherencia teórica como por la efectividad de sus herramientas, el paso siguiente es ayudar a que logren su certificación.

El proceso de certificación, si bien difícil y demandante, es un paso muy grande para un terapeuta de pareja: brinda la seguridad de que has alcanzado los estándares de calidad en las técnicas terapéuticas, de que tu trabajo, revisado por los terapeutas más experimentados del Instituto Gottman tiene el nivel requerido para la seguridad de sus pacientes.

Como tu consultora en este proceso reviso tus casos y videos con el fin de conocer tus fortalezas y tus áreas de oportunidad y ayudarte a desarrollar las habilidades necesarias para perfeccionar las herramientas del Método Gottman e integrarlas con las que utilizas en tu práctica cotidiana, de tal manera que te sea más fácil lograr no solo la certificación, sino la seguridad como terapeuta de pareja Gottman.

Mi meta es brindar este acompañamiento de manera empática haciendo del camino un proceso colaborativo.

Puede comunicarse con Bertha directamente para conocer los precios de sus consultas y más a través de su perfil de Gottman Referral Network aquí.

Joni holds a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction degree and is both a Master Trainer and Education Director for the Bringing Baby Home Program. She also holds certification as a Childbirth Educator and International Childbirth Association Approved Trainer. Joni is a faculty member at the Simkin Center for Allied Birth Professions at Bastyr University as well as was a Birth and Family Educator at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA.

She has developed, published and implemented a variety of training materials for educators interested in providing support and growth programs for families. She is married and the mother of two children.

In her clinical practice, she specialized in working with couples, alcohol abuse, and trauma, and is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She was an adjunct faculty member in the Psychology Department of California State University, Sacramento and American River College. Dr. Curtis is a trainer of facilitators in four evidenced based relationship/marriage education programs. She presented papers at various national conferences. She is a wife, mother, step mother, and grandmother.