Level 3 Practicum Virtual via ZOOM Feb 28-Mar 2, 2025 (EST)
$975.00
During this practicum workshop, participants examine videotaped cases of couples brought in by workshop colleagues. These are used as teaching tools to deepen your understanding of when and how to use various Gottman Method interventions, and how to replace destructive patterns with meaningful interactions.
- Please contact lori@nationalmarriageseminars.com regarding our payment plan option.
Description
- Live via ZOOM
- 9a – 4p EST
Through videotaped cases of real couples, hands-on role plays, demonstrations of assessments and interventions, and nuanced discussion of technique, the Level 3 Practicum significantly expands your understanding of when and how to use Gottman Method approaches.
You will have the opportunity to practice and refine your use of Gottman Method therapy and receive personalized guidance in developing a roadmap for clinical decisions.
Level 3 Practicum content represents the true resistances and co-morbidities we face as therapists and how we can transform them into effective healing methods for the couple.
The workshop is structured to help create a safe and secure environment so participants can learn and practice while feeling free of criticism and negative judgment.
Program Objectives:
At the completion of this training, you will be able to:
- Choose an intervention that is appropriate for the clients at the moment.
- Recognize the Four Horseman when one member of a couple exhibits that behavior.
- Stop the couple’s dyadic interaction when one member exhibits one of the four horsemen. Describe the Four Horseman to the couple.
- Explain the antidote to the relevant horseman clearly and accurately.
- Coach the person with an alternative way to express him- or herself using an appropriate antidote.
- Re-direct the couple to resume communication in a dyadic way. Continue to monitor for the four horsemen and intervene if they reemerge.
- Identify when one or both partners are physiologically flooded (and not just upset) and stop the interaction between the couple.
- Provide a brief explanation of flooding in clear, sensitive language.
- Intervene by guiding one or both partners through a relaxation technique before continuing.
- Explain the Dreams Within Conflict process and goals clearly.
- Instruct couple on the Dreams Within Conflict intervention.
- Assist one partner to ask the other partner questions about the dream or deeper meaning embedded in their specific gridlocked issue.
- Provide The Dream Catcher Questions handout and coach one partner to ask the other questions from the handout to increase understanding of their partner’s underlying dreams or deeper meaning embedded in the specific gridlocked issue; help the couple hold to the questions to go deeper vs. getting into their own point of view.
- Introduce the concept of softened start-ups and explain why it helps (i.e., it is easier for their partner to hear and understand their point).
- Explain research showing that the first three minutes of a discussion predicts whether that discussion will go well and whether their overall relationship will go well.
- Explain the importance of expressing needs in positive terms and instruct the partner to restate their point without criticism and then direct them to resume dyadic interaction.
- Stop the couple’s interaction when one or both partners are not accepting influence.
- Explain the need for accepting influence (which may include a reference to research). This includes finding a way to understand and honor some aspect of their partner’s position, with a focus on yielding and accepting influence rather than on persuading.
- Stop the couple and instruct in the concept of offering and accepting repairs and why it is useful.
- Provide the Repair Checklist and explains its use.
- Ask appropriate Gottman Oral History questions and stay on track with sensitivity to the couple’s issues and building rapport.
- Conduct Oral History interviews with appropriate timing.
- Conduct Oral History interview with sensitivity to issues of co-morbidity.
Presenter Bios
Michael Brown is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, one of only two Certified Gottman Therapists in Northeast Florida, and a Clinical Fellow of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He provides bi-monthly Art and Science of Love Weekend Workshops for Couples in Jacksonville and clinical training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Prior to starting a private practice, Michael worked with children, adolescents, parents, couples, families, and groups for 13 years in community mental health and substance abuse treatment, the last eight with the White Mountain Apache Tribe in Northeastern Arizona. He is Spanish-English bilingual and has provided couples therapy, workshops, and clinical training in Spanish.
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CE’s: CE’s are NOT included in the price of these workshops, however, they will be available for purchase at the event.
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Event Details
Included:
- 3-day In-Person Virtual Training | 300-page PDF Clinical Manual | 19 CE hours available for purchase ($39.99) | Ability to be listed on the Gottman Referral Network | Qualified to continue on the Gottman Certification Track
Start date: February 28, 2025
Start time: 09:00 a.m. EDT
End time: 04:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: ZOOM - Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2025
Phone: 813-960-0001
Email: lori@nationalmarriageseminars.com
