Gottman Professionals: Clinical Training
The CE courses and certification in Gottman Method Couples is an important pillar in mastering the practice of relationship counselor, therapist or other clinician.
Most of our CE courses and certification in Gottman Method Couples Therapy are also relevant in non-clinical settings for others who work with couples. Many are available online, as well as at live events hosted by experienced and qualified trainers.
Online Training in the Gottman Method
We invite you to experience a proven approach to learning designed exclusively for professionals who are dedicated to strengthening relationships.
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Certification
Take steps toward becoming a Certified Gottman Therapist and solidify your expertise in helping couples build lasting connections. Explore the Certification Track and begin your journey to mastering the Gottman Method.
7 Principles
Teach The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work to couples in your community with the Gottman Seven Principles Leader Training, based on Gottman’s decades of research.
Clinical Tools
Discover the all-new Gottman relationship tools to elevate couples therapy with interactive exercises and personalized modules.
Welcome to the Gottman Institute
Professionals from all around the world and every part of the mental health field find clinical support and expertise in The Gottman Method. Here at The Gottman Institute, we are committed to serving our professional audience with the education, training, and certification that will help them excel with their client base. From couples counseling to family therapy, there’s something for everyone.
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Years of Relationship Research at Your Fingertips
Featured Products
Lessons in Love Singles Workshop – April 26-27, 2025
$325.00
Single and looking to build a happy, lasting partnership? Learn essential skills to make your next relationship a successful one with this new singles workshop. Based on Dr. John Gottman’s New York Times bestseller, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, this workshop has adapted the proven Seven Principles to help singles learn the key to building successful romantic relationships.
This workshop is for single individuals looking to build a happy, healthy romantic relationship. Individuals who are single or in various stages of dating will learn how to apply the Seven Principles to romantic connections, gaining essential skills to build their best relationship yet to come.
Two-Day Virtual Live Event: April 26-27, 2025.
Seven Principles Leader Training – June 26-27, 2025
$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 June 26-27, 2025.
Bringing Baby Home – Premium August 13-15, 2025
$999.00
Help pregnant and parenting families in your community prepare for the transition to parenthood.
This is a LIVE virtual training event for Educators held over three days that also includes everything offered in the Essentials Package PLUS live Q&A sessions, small group participation, role-plays, and teachbacks. Training Dates: August 13-15, 2025.
It is human nature to seek positive connections with our families, friends and other members of our communities. BBH supports this ideal and has far reaching effects. Through virtual education, I have felt privileged to welcome families from Australia, Austria, Turkey, Canada, Ukraine, New Zealand and all over the United States. Making connections with other parents, learning the same skills at the same time has the possibilities of stronger communities and healthy outcomes for the future of its children. —Lisa Tankersley, BBH Educator
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Gottman Relationship Builder & Checkup
Clinical tools for professionals
The Relationship Checkup tool
Created by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, Affective Software, Inc., and The Gottman Institute, this online couples assessment tool automatically scores a relationship’s strengths and challenges and provides specific recommendations for intervention.
The Relationship Builder
For the first time ever, professionals like you can pair the insight of scientific Gottman assessments with the Gottman Relationship Builder, a tool designed to empower clinicians with Gottman Method content and the ability to share it with your clients.
Clinician’s Toolkit
We’ve curated our most effective clinical tools into a practical, easy-to-use box set. It’s the same proven Gottman material with a modern touch.
If you’re using the Gottman Method in your private practice, then you’ll want a Clinician’s Toolkit handy. Your clients will love using the colorful card decks, handouts, and booklets in session.
Clinician’s Digital Tools
This brand new offering collects our most effective, straightforward, and useful clinical handouts included in our popular Clinician’s Toolkit, now available together for the first time in digital form. Download and use these tools immediately in your work with couples.
Included are PDFs of the six Gottman Relationship Guides, along with six key intervention handouts with an unlimited, lifetime print license so you can use them wherever and whenever you need to. You can even download them for use on a tablet, laptop, or smartphone.
Thousands of couples visit the Gottman Referral Network every month seeking a therapist in their area.
Join the GRN and Make it easy for them to find you.
Other Valuable Resources
Gottman Connect A relationship well being platform for online assessment and resources for use through the therapeutic process with the Gottman Relationship Checkup and the Gottman Relationship Coach.
Gottman Connect has revolutionized virtual couples’ therapy in the same way that other platforms revolutionized traditional therapy and clinical practice in past years. Dr. Satira S. Streeter, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Gottman Pro Store Tools and resources designed to enhance your understanding and practice of the Gottman Method
University Program For educators and administrators at a college or university. Bring our clinical training to students in your course or program
