Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm

$50 discount for students and pre-licensed clinicians – email drsaddison@gmail.com for code*

*Please send a copy of your student ID or intern/associate registration when requesting this discount

Overview

Help couples in your practice manage conflict and deepen intimacy! This is the first step in learning Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Level 1 Training will give you new insights into treatment for couples who struggle, using research-based assessments and effective interventions.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

In this workshop, you will be provided with a research-based roadmap for helping couples compassionately manage their conflicts, deepen their friendship and intimacy, and share their life purpose and dreams based on the Sound Relationship House Theory.

You will be introduced to Dr. Gottman’s breakthrough research on thousands of couples to understand the difference between the “Masters” and “Disasters” of relationships. If you are not already doing assessment, this training will teach you how to assess a relationship’s strengths and areas of concern using empirically validated questionnaires.

You will view original videos of real couples from the famous Gottman “Love Lab,” as well as videos of Dr. Julie Gottman demonstrating assessment and interventions in a case example from her private practice.

What will I learn in Level 1?

You will learn research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict. You will gain skills to empower partners to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history, and values. You will gain tools to help couples process fights and heal their hurts, and techniques for partners to deepen their intimacy and minimize relapse.

APPLY GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY TO HELP COUPLES STRENGTHEN:

• The Friendship System – the foundation for intimacy, passion, and good sex

• The Conflict System – the basis for helping couples identify and address solvable problems, and understand and manage irresolvable differences

• The Shared Meaning System – the existential foundation of the relationship that helps partners discover their shared purpose for building a life together

AS A RESULT OF TAKING THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL LEARN:

• Research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict

• Skills to empower partners to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history, and values

• Methods to help couples process fights and heal their hurts

• Techniques for partners to deepen their intimacy and minimize relapse

• New assessments and effective interventions to help understand couples’ struggles

Who is this training for?

Participants working in the following fields will benefit from our level 1 clinical training: Mental health providers, mental health students and interns, faculty who teach couples therapy, allied professionals and clergy, family clinic staff, researchers in the social sciences, and Employee Assistance professionals. There are no prerequisites.

What is included in the price?

• 11 hours of real-time, personal instruction from a Certified Gottman Therapist

• A digital copy of the Level 1 Clinical Training Manual (PDF)

• Lifetime access to the online, asynchronous version of the Level 1 training provided by The Gottman Institute, featuring all of the lectures and demonstrations given by Drs. John and Julie Gottman – available for review any time as part of your training library

• Gottman Level 1 Training Certificate of Completion - after completing a post-training assessment with a score of 80% or better

• Eligibility to continue to Gottman Level 2 Training

Available for separate purchase:

• 11 Live CEUs – purchased after attending the training from Cognitive Behavior Institute for $40

• Information about purchasing CEUs will be provided at the end of the training

Discounts

• $50 Early Bird discount through 08/01/26

• $50 discount for students and pre-licensed clinicians – email drsaddison@gmail.com for code (codes do not stack)*

*Please send a copy of your student ID or intern/associate registration when requesting this discount

L1 & L2 BUNDLE

This Level 2 workshop is offered Friday - Sunday October 23 - 25, with Level 1 offered Saturday & Sunday October 10 & 11. The "bundle" of both workshops saves you $100 off the cost of registering for both trainings separately.

To choose the BUNDLE option, go to event https://events.humantix.com/gmct2-1026 and select the "Level 1 & 2 Gottman BUNDLE" ticket ($1200) at checkout (Bundle is not available for purchase through this Level 1 page.)

IN ADDITION:

• $100 additional discount off L1 & L2 bundle for students and pre-licensed clinicians – email drsaddison@gmail.com for code (does not stack with early bird discount)*

• *Please send a copy of your student ID or intern/associate registration when requesting this discount

TRAINER BIO:

Dr. Sheila Addison, LMFT, (she/her) is a Certified Gottman Therapist, Master Trainer, and Certification Consultant in Seattle. She has worked with couples for more than 25 years, specializing in work with LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and consensually non-monogamous (CNM) relationships. She helped establish the Queer and Trans Advocacy Network (QTAN) within AAMFT. She is an expert at expanding couple and family therapy practices to be more inclusive, collaborative, culturally humble, and sensitive to power and privilege.

Dr. Addison has taught at graduate programs across the US, and has published and trained on topics such as queer couple therapy, consensual non-monogamy, therapist ethics, and clinical skill development via Deliberate Practice. She is first author of a chapter on queering Gottman Method Couple Therapy, and a book on Deliberate Practice for Gottman Method Couple Therapy. She is an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist, a Certified Deliberate Practice Supervisor and Consultant, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT SHEILA:

• Thanks for the personal stories and the clinical stories - they were so helpful. (W.A., OR)

• I REALLY appreciated this program and I look forward to taking Level 2. Thank you so much! (C.T., OR)

• I took this training because I know Dr. Addison to be a gender and queer affirming clinician. I felt comfortable learning from a facilitator and teacher that is familiar with both the community I work in and the challenges that community faces. This training was very informative, well-paced, and chock full of really useful and applicable information. Thanks for making this happen! (A.D., CA)

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT GOTTMAN METHOD LEVEL 1:

• This training and the accompanying clinical manual have provided some of the most powerful therapeutic insights and concepts I’ve received as a therapist working with couples. (J.M., MI)

• Very educational! Lots of good resource material. I believe this is some of the most important and valid information on couples. (D.S., DC)

• I think that this seminar was one of the most informative and relevant to clinical work that I’ve taken! (P.H., MN)

• Extremely helpful – and I have done Marital Therapy for 25 years! (B.T., CA)

ONLINE TRAINING VIA ZOOM

Please read all the information below before registering so you know whether this training will be right for you and your needs!

Online Real-time Meeting: Instruction will take place from 10am to 430pm Pacific time (1pm to 730pm Eastern) over TWO DAYS on Saturday & Sunday October 10 & 11. We will take short bio breaks throughout but will also have one 45-minute break about halfway through. Participants will receive 11 total hours of instruction. You must be present online for all 11 hours and then complete an online quiz with The Gottman Institute to receive credit for having taken Gottman Level 1. After doing so, you will be qualified to register for any Gottman Level 2 course, and to say that you have completed Gottman Level 1.

Accessibility: We will meet online using Zoom for our time together. Zoom can be downloaded for free at Zoom.com for PC or Mac. Real-time captioning will be available as an option for you to enable as needed. Slides and the L1 handbook .pdf will be available for you to download in order to use them with a screen reader if needed. We will take short regular breaks but encourage participants to move their bodies as needed during the workshop. You must participate in some way in real-time discussions and activities, but you can take some time off camera to help with fatigue. We encourage engagement via chat as well as voice.

CEUs: Successful completion of this training allows you to purchase (separately) 11 hours of Continuing Education credits for just $40 additional to your course registration - CE purchase information will be supplied after the workshop. This course is approved for 11 Continuing Education (CE) credits from the Cognitive Behavior Institute. Cognitive Behavior Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Cognitive Behavior Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

It is registrants' responsibility to check which providers are recognized for CEUs required by your state board(s), but APA is widely accepted among boards and licenses. A certificate will be available for immediate download upon completing a post-training quiz.

Refund policy: No refunds will be given after 09/28/26, as course materials will have been purchased for you. You will have the option of enrolling in a future L1 training I offer with your tuition applied to that event.

Sell Out policy: If the event sells out, you may join a waitlist to be notified if any tickets become available. You may also join the mailing list for Dr. Sheila Addison here to receive information about future trainings, including GMCT Level 2, Level 3, and other offerings.

APA-required CE information:

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. CBI Center for Education is not

responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education

credits are approved by an attendee's respective state licensing board.

Target Audience:

This is a Beginning/Introductory 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 couple therapy

·      Researchers in the social sciences

·      Employee assistance professionals

Learning Objectives:

●      Participants will summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.

●      Participants will describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House theory.

●      Participants will design a couple’s therapy assessment using elements of the couple’s narrative, the Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, observations of conflict and individual interviews.

●      Participants will describe two interventions to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management.

●      Participants will describe two interventions to enhance a couple’s friendship system.

●      Participants will describe two interventions to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning.

●      Participants will explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.

●      Participants will create a therapeutic contract with a couple, discuss and decide on goals and include a summary of the couple’s strengths and areas that need improvement.

●      Participants will describe the Philosophy of Therapy including assumptions, overview of techniques, and goals of therapy

●      Participants will describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.

●      Participants will describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.

Financial Disclosure: No external commercial support has been received for this CE program, and there are no known conflicts of interest for the trainer. Dr. Addison is not an employee of The Gottman Institute or any affiliated services or organizations, and does not receive compensation from TGI or any residuals from TGI, GottmanConnect.com, or other associated entities.

Approved Schedule:

DAY 1

DAY 2

Refund/Cancellation Policy: Refunds are available up to 10 days prior to the event. No refunds will be given after that time, as course materials will have been purchased for you. You will have the option of enrolling in a future L1 training offered by Dr. Addison with your tuition applied to that event.

Humantix processing fees are not refundable, per Humantix’s policy.

Accessibility/Accommodations: For questions, concerns, or to request special

accommodations, please contact Dr. Addison at drsaddison(at)gmail(dot)com.