Service Description

Building on what you learned in the Level 1 Training - you will be able to: * Assess a couple’s “Friendship Profile,” “Conflict Profile,” and “Shared Meanings Profile” * Develop interventions that couples can use as antidotes to the “Four Horsemen” * Help couples to soothe physiological flooding * Apply six modes of changing the “Attack/Defend System” in a couple’s interactions * Assist couples in establishing dialogue about their grid-locked conflicts * Select and implement interventions to help couples deepen their “Friendship System” with rituals of connection * Select and implement interventions to help couples create a shared system of values and meaning * Identify and implement five different co-morbidities common to couples using Gottman Assessments and Interventions. Professional Development & Practical Immersion: * Take part in interactive presentations. * Practice using Gottman Interventions in group role-plays; Receive personalized, supportive coaching * View new demonstration films from the Gottmans’ clinical office * Participate in extensive discussions with Senior Certified Gottman Therapists and clinicians from around the world. * Refine your clinical skills and expand your strategies and interventions in your work with couples * Learn to internalize and integrate the powerful, research-based Gottman Method Assessment and Intervention techniques. * Gain insight as to when to use these methods and when couples therapy is contraindicated. * Engage in vital dialogue regarding Gottman Couples Therapy. * Gain confidence in using the techniques through personal immersion Who is this workshop for?  Participants working in the following fields will benefit from our training: * Mental health providers * Allied professionals * Clergy * Students and interns * Family clinic staff * Professors/teachers of couples therapy * Researchers in the social sciences * Employee assistance professionals After the workshop you will complete a quiz to gain your official Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 2 Training Certificate as well as a CPD certificate of 20 hours.