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Sheila Addison

Dr. Sheila Addison is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist and Master Trainer, as well as a consultant for The Gottman Institute. She earned her MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Syracuse University in 2000, and her PhD from the same program in 2007. She enjoys helping therapists enhance their practice with Gottman trainings; she also offers supervision toward AASECT sex therapy certification and Deliberate Practice coaching for building clinical skills. She is currently at work on a Deliberate Practice for Gottman Couple Therapy book for APA Press.

She lives in Seattle with her partner and their three cats: Koala T. Catt, City Supervisor Harvey Milk, and Sir Ian “Gogo” McKellen. Sometimes she gardens. Sometimes she writes things.

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Sheila’s clinical motto for her practice is “Building Relationships to Last a Lifetime.” She has worked with diverse couples from the beginning of her career, and has written many articles and book chapters about working with LGBTQ+ clients, including the widely cited “Expanding the therapy paradigm with queer couples: A relational intersectional lens” published in Family Process. She has worked in academia, private practice, and community mental health at different times in her career. She has expertise in child development, family and parenting issues, non-traditional family forms, and couple/intimate relationships of all kinds, including the trust injuries that can occur between partners (including, but not limited to, affairs) .

Sheila has given professional presentations at conferences all over the United States and the world. Topics close to her heart include sexual and gender identity, weight stigma/fatphobia in couples and families, sexual communication and consent, diverse sexual and romantic relationship styles, power and privilege in relationships, and disability/ableism. She also enjoys talking about clinical skill development, ethical decision-making, managing multiple relationships, multicultural skills and cultural humility, the Wheel of Consent model, and Deliberate Practice.

She also trains mental health clinicians in Levels 1, 2 and 3 of the Gottman Method, and serves as a consultant for therapists pursuing certification.

Sheila has a personable, energetic speaking style that incorporates her sense of humor, warmth, and personal stories.

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*Accepting New Certification Candidates*

Sheila has more than 25 years of experience working a diverse range of couples. As a Consultant, she can give culturally-relevant feedback while also helping you understand the Certification process. Sheila is also an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, so she is comfortable consulting on cases in which clients are exploring sexual issues. She can help Consultees address both the practical issues of applying Gottman interventions and the relational aspect of working with sensitive, intimate issues.

In addition to being a Certified Gottman Therapist and Master Trainer, Sheila is also a Certified Deliberate Practice coach and supervisor. Deliberate Practice is a skill-building method used in many fields, such as sports and music for focusing on small, identifiable skills that are part of a longer sequence, and rehearsing those skills to improve overall performance. She can incorporate DP work into the consultation process as needed to help strengthen any skills needed to help meet the benchmarks for video review.

Sheila approaches clinical work with empathy, humor, and realness, and brings that same style to her work with Consultees. She encourages Consultees to develop ease and confidence with the Gottman Method so they can communicate the same to their clients, creating trust and “buy-in” to the therapy process.

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

Debra Ann Brodie

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*Accepting New Certification Candidates*

Debra is a clinical psychologist with expertise in Jungian psychotherapy, polyvagal theory, and positive psychology. These are the theoretical lenses through which she applies the Sound Relationship House and Gottman interventions. C.G. Jung’s depth work informs “why we want to love and be loved.” Polyvagal theory explains the physiological mechanisms through which our bodies signal when “love is good or bad.” Positive psychology research validates the Gottman 5:1 positivity ratio as necessary for “bringing love back from the brink of hopelessness.” All three theories highlight how the relationship is a “container” devised to incubate mature, transcendent human beings. The Gottman Method shows how to harness this transcendence intentionally.

Contact Debra directly to set up an introductory meeting and to learn about her consultation pricing.

Paul Krepel

Paul Krepel is a Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist and co-founder of Child & Family Therapeutic Systems. He qualified for membership in AAMFT in 1990 and as an AAMFT approved supervisor in 1993. He has provided couples therapy since 1985 and became a Certified Gottman Therapist in 2019. Paul has offered numerous workshops to parents, teachers and therapists, and trained social workers as an ad hoc instructor in the Masters of Social Work Program at UWM for 30 years.

Paul’s career has always been driven to work with the most vulnerable, giving them respect and the tools to find happiness and satisfaction in their relationships. Throughout a career working with children, the disabled, families and couples, Paul has provided an authentic and practical presentation of the processes of finding friendship, romance and meaning in our relationship with our partner, children and friends.

Satira Streeter Corbitt

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Dr. Streeter Corbitt is available to facilitate the Art and Science of Love couples workshop both virtually and in-person. She also conducts workshops on using Gottman Communication principles in the workplace and in families. Her personable style and sense of humor is said to put participants at ease so that they can receive and understand the information that is being offered. She is also a regular contributor to media outlets including, print, radio, and television.

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*Accepting New Certification Candidates*

Dr. Satira Streeter Corbitt, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Certified Gottman Therapist and the Founder and Executive Director of Ascensions Psychological Services, Inc. She is a 1997 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Wilberforce University and a 2001 graduate of The Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology (Norfolk State, Old Dominion, Eastern Virginia Medical School, and William & Mary) where her concentration was family therapy. She has vast experience in working with individuals and couples and has specialized in teaching and implementing effective, culturally responsive techniques in her community. In 2004, Dr. Streeter Corbitt founded Ascensions to serve the needs of families in Anacostia, the most poverty-stricken area of Washington, DC. Ascensions provides therapy, advocacy, and therapeutic groups for couples, parents, and women. She also facilitates monthly couples retreats on the Art and Science of Love. She has published Black Genius: A Guided Journal through History and Affirmation and has written a chapter for the forthcoming book Black Couples Therapy: Clinical Theory and Practice (Cambridge University Press). She is available to see couples, facilitate retreats, conduct intensive (marathon) therapy sessions, and teach pre-marital classes.

For her work, Dr. Streeter Corbitt has been honored as United Negro College Fund’s “Outstanding Young Alumnus,” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “Community Health Leader,” and as one of NBC’s “The Grio’s 100: History Makers in the Making.” Dr. Streeter is a lifetime member of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc., Wilberforce University Alumnae Association, and the Association of Black Psychologists. She is the wife of retired Sergeant Major Kevin Corbitt, and the proud mother of Kiye and Kole.

Contact Dr. Streeter directly to set up an introductory meeting and to learn about her consultation pricing.

Carolyn Russell

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**Accepting New Certification Candidates**

Carolyn is a Family Doctor in Brisbane, Australia, having worked in her own practice for many years prior to training as an MBT (Mentalisation Based Therapy) therapist, and now as a Certified Gottman Therapist and Advanced Clinical Trainer.  She has three grown children and some grandchildren, who she ‘loves to love’ with her husband, who with her is a keen cyclist, and kayaker, and is also developing a garden and orchard to share with others.
Her delight has been to serve her local community as their family doctor, especially caring ‘across generations’ and with End-of-Life care. Now as a couples therapist she serves her community where people have mental health or physical challenges bringing stressors and comorbidities to their relationships.  She is particularly interested in how the Spiritual lives of her clients are worked out in their relationships, as she is often called on to work with clergy and/or those in leadership in Christian denominations.
She is excited to work with therapists who seek certification in Gottman Couples Therapy Method and would particularly invite persons with backgrounds as medical/paramedical clinicians, or those who work in Christian settings or are keen to explore Spiritual dimensions in their work.

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

Elizabeth Neal

*Accepting Certification Candidates*

Elizabeth (Liz) is the Director of The Relationship Therapy Centre in an holds registration as an Australian Psychologist. Elizabeth is also the author and creator of Parenting as a Team which is a program for couples to unite and help each other during parenting stress (launch in 2024). Elizabeth integrates contemporary attachment theory and the application of reflective function into her clinical and teaching work. Liz provides Marathon Therapy for couples in her private practice in Sydney.

You can contact Liz directly here.

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