Bridging the Couple Chasm

(Introductury/Beginning Level)

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

12 CE credits available, not required. 
You must register/purchase for CE credit separately in addition to the class registration. 

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.

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:

• Mental health providers
• Allied professionals and clergy
• Students and interns
• Family clinic staff
• Professors/teachers of couples therapy
• Researchers in the social sciences
• Employee assistance professionals

INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION PRICE:

• 11 hours of video from a recent live workshop conducted by Drs. John and Julie Gottman
• 352-page PDF manual with the content, assessments, interventions, and references discussed in training videos
• 63-page PDF of lecture slides
• Online quiz and evaluation to receive the Certificate of Completion from The Gottman Institute. This is necessary if you intend to continue on to Gottman Level II, and Level III training.
• Certificate of completion for 12 CE hours awarded by R. Cassidy to be purchased separately for $40

SPEAKERS:

  8:30 -  9:00 am            Registration
  9:00 -  10:30 am           The Research & Theory
10:30 – 10:45 am           BREAK
10:45 – 12:00 pm           Assessment Overview
12:00 –   1:25 pm           LUNCH
  1:30 –   3:00 pm           Assessment Sessions
  3:00 –   3:15 pm           BREAK
  3:15 –   4:00 pm           Film: Assessment
  4:00 –   5:00 pm           Q & A

Day Two 

  9:00 –    9:45 am          Introduction to Intervention
  9:45 – 10:10 am           Conflict Management
10:10 – 10:30 am           BREAK
10:30 – 11:50 am           Conflict Management (continued)
11:50 – 12:00 pm           Q & A
12:00 –   1:25 pm           LUNCH
  1:30 –   3:15 pm           Building Friendship & Shared Meaning
  3:15 –   3:30 pm           BREAK
  3:15 –   3:55 pm           Process of Therapy
  4:05 –   4:15 pm           What’s Next: Additional Training
  4:15 –    5:00 pm          Q & A

Please Note:

CE Credits
12 CE credits available, not required. You must register for CE credit separately in addition to the class registration.
Continuing Education Units will be provided separately by R. Cassidy for $40.
Click HERE to purchase CE credits.  

For questions or concerns, phone 925-998-3392. Or email Leslie@lesliebakermft.com

Presenter Substitution:

If for any reason a scheduled presenter is not able to appear they will only be replaced with a Certified Gottman Level I Qualified Trainer.

Workshop Cancelation:

See Cancellation Policy below.

ADA Accommodations: Special Needs? Please Let us know within 48 hours how we can serve.

Disclosure Statement: There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.

More information about CE Credits

Satisfactory Completion:

Participants must have paid tuition fee, logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate. Failure to log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.

Cosponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars, P.O. Box 14473, Santa Rosa, CA 95405

Psychologists
R. Cassidy Seminars is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. R. Cassidy Seminars maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 12 CE hours.
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0018. 12 clock hours. Live online.

Psychoanalysts
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts. #P-0005.  12 clock hours. Live online.

Social Workers
CA and Other States: Most states accept continuing education courses offered by either CE Sponsors for APA, (which R. Cassidy Seminars is) or will accept the approval of other state licensing boards of the same license type. Some states, either do not require pre-approval of courses, or will allow licensees to retroactively file for course approval themselves. Check with your board to obtain a final ruling.
IL-SWs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #159.000785. 12 CE hours.
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider (#0006) of continuing education for licensed social workers. This program is approved for 12 contact hours Live online.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for 12 clock hours, #RCST110701

Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists
CA and Other States: Most states accept continuing education courses offered by approved providers with national providerships or will accept the approvals of other state licensing boards of the same license type. Others, either do not require pre-approval of courses, or will allow licensees to retroactively file for course approval themselves. R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with two national providerships, as well as holding many individual state license type approvals. Check with your board to obtain a final ruling.
IL-MFTs: Illinois Dept of Professional Regulation, Approved Continuing Education Sponsor, #168-000141. 12 hours.
NY-LMHCs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0015. 12 contact hours. Live online.
NY-LMFTs: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0011. 12 contact hours. Live online.
OH: Provider approved by the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board for
12 clock hours, #RCST110701
TX: Approved CE Sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists. Provider #151 12 CE hours.

Creative Arts Therapists
NY: R. Cassidy Seminars is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board of Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed creative arts therapists, #CAT-0005. 12 contact hours. Live online.

Chemical Dependency Counselors
CA: Provider approved by CCAPP, Provider #4N-00-434-0555 for 12 CEHs. CCAPP is an ICRC member which has reciprocity with most ICRC member states
TX: Provider approved by the TCBAP Standards Committee, Provider No. 1749-06, 12 hours general. Expires 3/31/2022. Complaints about provider or workshop content may be directed to the TCBAP Standards Committee, 1005 Congress Avenue, Ste. 460, Austin, Texas 78701, Fax Number (515) 476-7597.

Educators
TX: R. Cassidy Seminars is an approved provider with the Texas Education Agency CPE# 501456. This course is 12 CE Hours.

Nurses
CA: Provider approved by the CA Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CeP15554, for 12 contact hours

Dentists
CA: R. Cassidy Seminars is a provider approved by the Dental Board of California as a registered provider of continuing education. RP# 4874 12 CE Hours.

Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.