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Beyond the Closet: Revolutionizing Queer Couples Therapy Through Research

This training provides affirming, evidence-based interventions to support LGBTQ+ couples navigating intimacy, desire, and evolving relationship structures. Using the 9-Step Gay Relationship Revolution Roadmap alongside Gottman frameworks such as Atone, Attune, and Attach, clinicians will gain practical tools to foster trust, rebuild intimacy, and affirm identity in queer relationships.

What you will learn

In this clinical training, participants will learn evidence-based interventions to support LGBTQ+ couples in navigating complex challenges around sexual intimacy and identity.

Drawing from the 9-Step Gay Relationship Revolution Roadmap, clinicians will explore practical tools to address sexual avoidance, mismatched desire, and evolving relationship structures. Techniques include reshaping sexual mindset, creating micro-moments of intimacy, and facilitating open conversations about non-monogamy.

Additionally, participants will implement strategies to help couples rebuild trust and navigate identity shifts using the Atone, Attune, Attach model and Dreams Within Conflict framework. This workshop equips therapists with inclusive, affirming approaches to deepen connection and resilience in LGBTQ+ relationships.

This online course includes:
  • 1 hour of content including video from the recent Gottman 2025 Retreat
  • Presentation slideshow
  • Online quiz and eligibility for 1 CE hour awarded by Cognitive Behavior Institute
Alapaki Yee, LMFT, and Sam Garanzini, LMFT

Sam Garanzini, MFT, is the Executive Director and Cofounder of the Gay Couples Institute, based in San Francisco and Palm Springs, CA. He and his husband, Alapaki Yee, MFT, also a Cofounder and Clinical Director, are licensed therapists who have helped over 4000 same-sex couples improve their relationships.

They are both Certified Gottman Therapists who published a ground-breaking peer-reviewed research study with Drs. John and Julie Gottman showing the effectiveness of the Gottman Method Couples Therapy with same-sex couples. Salvatore is also an adjunct professor in the University of San Francisco Counseling Psychology Department.

Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course. Participants working in the following fields will benefit from this training:
  • Mental health providers
  • Allied professionals and clergy
  • Students and interns
  • Family clinic staff
  • Professors/teachers of couples therapy
  • Researchers in the social sciences
  • Employee assistance professionals


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ADA Needs We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs. Please submit a request through the Gottman Help Center.

$40.00

This training provides affirming, evidence-based interventions to support LGBTQ+ couples navigating intimacy, desire, and evolving relationship structures. Using the 9-Step Gay Relationship Revolution Roadmap alongside Gottman frameworks such as Atone, Attune, and Attach, clinicians will gain practical tools to foster trust, rebuild intimacy, and affirm identity in queer relationships.

Beyond the Closet: Revolutionizing Queer Couples Therapy Through Research

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