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Seven Principles Leader Training – November 5-6, 2026

This training provides the tools and know-how to take small groups of couples through Dr. Gottman’s revised, groundbreaking book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.

Whether at your church, community center, place of business, or home, the material you will learn in this training can be taught by anyone interested in making a difference in couples’ lives.

The Seven Principles Leader Training is offered as a live virtual training November 5-6, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific Time daily.

Limited Time Offer: Enter code SPOOKY20 at checkout by October 31st to receive 20% off this training!

What you will learn

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work live virtual leader training. Based upon Dr. John Gottman’s revised New York Times bestselling book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, this updated course will give you the skills to train professionals, teach classes and small groups for couples in your community in live or virtual formats.  This course was developed from Dr. Gottman’s four decades of research with more than 3,000 couples. Over the years, Drs. John and Julie Gottman have continued to fine-tune their innovative method of disrupting negative behaviors that send marriages onto the rocks. Showing partners how to work with the small daily moments that make up the heart and soul of any relationship. The Seven Principles Leader Training will train you how to teach couples proven, practical, and effective strategies for making marriage work.

Target Audience
Beginning/Introductory
Learning Objectives

Participants will:

  • Identify situational versus characterological aggression.
  • Distinguish between the strategies for dealing with characterological aggression.
  • Discover the four major treatment goals for reducing aggression in couples.
  • Apply proper treatment strategies for bi-directional aggression and for unidirectional aggression.
  • Differentiate underlying contributing factors to IPA and how these can be dealt with in therapy.
  • Examine four treatment goals
  • Apply treatment goals with couples experiencing partner aggression in their relationship
Training Format
The Seven Principles Leader Training is offered as a live virtual training November 5-6, 2026, 9:00AM – 1:00 PM Pacific Time each day. We highly recommend attending the live virtual event as the Trainers will take audience questions, and you may have the opportunity to have your questions answered live.
Event Recordings
If you are unable to attend the training in real-time, you will have access to the digital recordings after the event. Event recordings will be posted within two weeks of the original training dates. You may find these recordings in your digital training materials, which are available on your Gottman.com account page.
Cancellation Policy
Registrations are final within one week of events.  To obtain a refund, please notify us at least one week (7-days) before the event. 
Laura Heck, LMFT, MA

Laura Heck is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Gottman Therapist in private practice working exclusively with couples. Laura co-hosts Marriage Therapy Radio where you can be a fly on the wall while two marriage therapists hash out some of the most common issues couples encounter and how each approaches them in their office. She is the co-developer and master trainer for the Gottman Seven Principles Program and consults as a relationship expert for corporations and media outlets.

 
Zach Brittle, LMHC

Zach Brittle is a couples therapist in Seattle, where he has been counseling and coaching couples for nearly twenty years. He is the co-host of Marriage Therapy Radio, and a best-selling author of The Relationship Alphabet, and the Marriage Therapy Journal. Additionally, his writings and insights have been featured on the Gottman Relationship Blog, Vanity Fair, Men’s Health, Real Simple, the New York Times and the Washington Post. He has been happily married to his wife Rebecca for 23 out of 25 years. They have two adult daughters, a mini-van, and most of the silverware they got as wedding gifts.

   
Faculty Disclosures
Non-financial: Laura Heck has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.   Non-financial: Zach Brittle has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
This course is eligible for up to 7.5 CEs through CBI Center for Education for an additional $40. A link will be provided to participants who have attended the entire live, online session. CEs are optional and do not impact your ability to be a Seven Principles Leader or to utilize the psychoeducational curriculum with couples. Attendees will receive a certificate of completion. Please reach out to your licensing organization to ensure that they will accept these CEs.   CBI Center for Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CBI Center for Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Disclosure: No external commercial support has been received for this CE program, and there are no known conflicts of interest for the instructors or trainers. No additional purchase of Gottman materials is required to apply the knowledge and clinical concepts presented in this training within the scope of professional practice. All course materials remain subject to The Gottman Institute’s copyright, trademark, and Proper Use requirements.
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$499.00

This training provides the tools and know-how to take small groups of couples through Dr. Gottman’s revised, groundbreaking book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.

Whether at your church, community center, place of business, or home, the material you will learn in this training can be taught by anyone interested in making a difference in couples’ lives.

The Seven Principles Leader Training is offered as a live virtual training November 5-6, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific Time daily.

Limited Time Offer: Enter code SPOOKY20 at checkout by October 31st to receive 20% off this training!

Seven Principles Leader Training – November 5-6, 2026

Seven Principles - Leader Guide

This is the guide for the Seven Principles Leader Training, designed for use in tandem with our official live or online trainings.

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