Friday Morning Course Series

4 Fridays: 9:00 am-12:00 pm November 8th, 15th, 22nd and December 6th

Cost: $525.00

12 CE Credits for mental health professionals are available for an additional fee of $40.00 through RCassidy Seminars Click here to sign up for CE credits.

Laura Silverstein, Certified Gottman Therapist, will be offering this Level 1 Gottman Training in a small seminar format in her office. Space is limited to 6 clinicians. This is the first step toward certification in the Gottman Method. After these 4 classes clinicians will have the tools and training they need to conduct an assessment and use the model with couples immediately. Full attendance is required at all classes in order to receive CE credits and a certificate from the Gottman Institute (no exceptions)

Email workshops@mainlinecounselingpartners with questions or to schedule a time to register via phone.

Venue:

Classes will be held at 1084 Lancaster Ave, Suite 204, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. (Same building as Insomnia Cookies)

Bridging the Couple Chasm

Help couples manage conflict and deepen intimacy!

This clinical training was created by Drs. John and Julie Gottman, and will be presented by Laura Silverstein, Certified Gottman Therapist. This is the first step in learning Gottman Method Couples Therapy.

Many helping professionals feel under-prepared in their efforts to support couples in building more loving connections. It can be difficult to know what to do when an argument takes off right in front of you, sometimes before everyone has made it from the waiting room to the office. Other times couples are distant and silently hopeless. Level 1 Training will give you new insights into treatment for couples who struggle, using research-based assessments and effective interventions. You will walk away with tools in your tool chest that you can start using immediately.

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

When couples enter the therapy office, they sting with pain and despair. They look to the clinician to referee chronic conflicts, fix their partners, and rebuild burned bridges. Now, based on Dr. John Gottman’s 40 years of compelling research with over 3,000 couples, there’s a practical and highly effective approach to guiding couples across the chasm that divides them.

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. Clinicians will walk away from this workshop with a deeper understanding of what makes relationships succeed or fail, along with concrete structured interventions that they can use immediately. This training can be completed on its own, and it is also the first step toward certification in the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy for those who want to continue to deepen their specialization with couples.

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

PARTICIPANTS WORKING IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING

Psychologists
Social Workers
Marriage and Family Therapists
Other Mental health providers
Allied professionals and religious leaders
Students and interns
Professors/teachers of couples therapy
Researchers in the social science
Employee assistance professionals

AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL RECEIVE:

300+ page Level 1 Clinical Training Manual
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training Certificate of Completion (a pre-requisite for all subsequent training levels toward certification)
Gottman Method Couples Therapy assessments and interventions that can be used immediately
Over 75 relationship assessment tools and interventions with permission to photocopy for clinical use

WHO ARE THE GOTTMANS?

Dr. John Gottman is world renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, involving the study of emotions, physiology, and communication. He has conducted nearly 40 years of research with over 3,000 couples. He was recently voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the past quarter-century by the PsychoTherapy Networker publication. His breakthrough research on marriage and relationships has earned him numerous major awards.

Dr. Julie Gottman is a highly respected licensed clinical psychologist and the President and Co-Founder of The Gottman Institute. She is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert advisor on marriage, sexual abuse and rape, domestic violence, trauma, gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, and parenting issues. She was also voted WA State Psychologist of the Year.

PRESENTER BIO

Laura Silvertein, Certified Gottman Therapist, is the clinical director of Main Line Counseling Partners. In addition to maintaining a full and active caseload of couples, she is partnering with the Gottmans in their random clinical trial studying infidelity recovery. She enjoys providing education and training to others who are passionate about helping couples connect.

HERE’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

“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)

“I appreciate the depth of knowledge presented as well as the practical application of presented materials. I also love having the manual so I can continue to learn and apply the techniques that were presented.” (G.S., KS)

“Particularly enjoyed the excellent clinical films and found them especially useful in understanding the assessments and interventions that were taught. Appreciated seeing actual examples of sessions and examples of different ideas/thoughts of what to say and how to implement interventions. (T.G., MA)

HAVE QUESTIONS?

Email workshops@mainlinecounselingpartners.com