WEBCAST

Join John and Julie Gottman by webcast for a new and revised 2-day workshop
presented for the first time

Gottman Couples Therapy

Level I: A Research-Based Approach (new and revised)

Julie and John Gottman Led by John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD
Thursday, May 1, and Friday, May 2, 2008
9:00 am to 5:00 pm (Eastern Time zone)
Live seminar location: Toronto, Canada

You can watch the webcast live on May 1 and 2, and ask questions or comment via email. You will also have access to the webcast recording until June 16, to review at your convenience, as many times as you wish.


With 35 years of research and clinical experience with couples, John and Julie Gottman have developed a new approach to couples therapy that is unique in the field for its power to strengthen romantic relationships. In this new and revised workshop, presented for the first time, the Gottmans describe their groundbreaking research, which can predict marital stability with 94 percent accuracy. Myths of what makes relationships work are dispelled, and truths that have emerged from “The Gottman Love Lab” are described. Participants will be taught key assessment techniques that work to pinpoint the strengths and challenges of a relationship and to fine-tune interventions.

In this process, three systems will be introduced. The Friendship System is the building block for intimacy, passion, and good sex. The Conflict System includes tools to manage solvable problems and to dialogue constructively about unsolvable problems. The Meaning System contains the existential foundation of the relationship and the shared roles, goals, and values that create its culture. Participants will also be introduced to the intricacies of treating co-morbidities of relationship distress, including special attention on the treatment of affairs. The Gottmans teach with a combination of warmth, humour, lecture, role-playing, and films straight out of the clinical office. Participants will leave this workshop with a new vision to help them understand their couples, and with new tools to help and empower them.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to —

  • Summarize the research that allows prediction of future relationship stability with 94 percent accuracy
  • Describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House theory
  • Conduct a couple’s therapy assessment using elements of the couple’s narrative, the Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, observations of conflict, and individual interviews
  • Describe two interventions each to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management, to enhance a couple’s friendship system, and to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning
  • Discuss how couples treatment might need to be altered to also treat a co-morbidity

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    How does the webcast work?

    View the Gottmans live on the web, in the comfort of your own home or office. You will also be able to play back the video, at your convenience, as many times as you like for up to 45 days after the live event.

    It’s easy.
    You will receive a confirmation with a code which will give you access to the webcast.

    It’s interactive.
    During the workshop, you will be able to email questions to the Gottmans. As many questions as possible will be answered.

    Written material is included.
    Web registrants will receive by mail the accompanying 315-page workshop manual — a $175 value. (Postage extra for delivery outside Canada/US.)

    But will it work on my computer?
    Don’t worry about technical problems. Before you register, you can test the video connection to ensure there will be no difficulty on the workshop days. Click here to test your connection using either Windows Media Player or Real Player.

    The coffee’s on us.
    Registrants will receive a Tim Horton’s gift card (value $3.00 - Canada only).

    Questions? Please click here.

    Continuing Education Credits for webcast

    The webcast has been approved by:

  • The General Practice Psychotherapy Association. GPPA members will receive the equivalent of 12 hours of GPPA credits.
  • Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation. CACCF members will receive the equivalent of 11 credits.
  • The Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists: 12 CEUs
  • The Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors: 2 "Professional Development Activity" credits

    Members of other organizations should check with their organization. All attendees at the live seminar will receive a certificate of attendance. Webcast registrants will receive a certificate of attendance upon request (free of charge).

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    About the Presenters

    John Gottman, PhD, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, involving the study of emotions, physiology, and communication. He was recently voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the past quarter-century by the Psychotherapy Networker magazine. His 30 years of breakthrough research on marriage and relationships has earned him numerous major awards. He is the author of 190 published academic articles and author or co-author of 40 books. Dr. Gottman is the co-founder of the Gottman Institute, where he currently teaches weekend workshops for couples and training workshops for clinicians. He is a warm and entertaining speaker who is known for his humour, wisdom, and clarity, and he enjoys the exchange with his audiences. For more information, please see www.gottman.com.

    Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist. She is the co-founder and clinical director of the Gottman Institute, where she co-teaches weekend workshops for couples and advanced training workshops for therapists. Dr. Julie Gottman is also the designer and clinical director for Loving Couples Loving Children, a curriculum for couples suffering from the effects of poverty. With her husband, she has also co-designed a study of treatment for minor domestic violence, which is being conducted by the Relationship Research Institute. Julie specializes in working with distressed couples, abuse and trauma survivors, those with substance abuse problems and their partners, and cancer patients and their families.

    Fees

    $325 Canadian (approximately $313 US, as of March 24)

    Webcast fee includes 315-page manual (value $175). (Postage extra outside Canada and the US.)

    For Americans, US dollar amount will appear on your credit card statement.

    For Canadians, Visa or Mastercard are recommended for online registration. Please be aware that if you are using Amex, you will be charged in American dollars for online registration. We suggest Canadians using Amex register with us by phone.



    To Register

    By Phone: Please call Jacob at Leading Edge Seminars, at 1-888-291-1133.

    Online: Click on "Add to Cart" button

    Thurs., May 1
    Fri., May 2    		 Gottman Webcast
    - John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman    		 $325


    Please review our cancellation policy, on our website (link below). Webcast cancellation is not possible after the manual has been mailed to you.


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