John Gottman & Julie Gottman on the New Science of Couples and Family Therapy
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Objectives
Investigate how to better help couples develop trust, enduring commitment, and physiological calm leading to improved and measurable clinical outcomes
Copyright :24/03/2018
The Gottman Method Approach to Better Couples Therapy
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Objectives
Demonstrate how to enhance a couple’s capacity for gratitude, cherishing, and commitment
Apply interventions that increase couples’ ability to deescalate anger, manage conflict, and repair ruptures in the relationship
Employ personal calming techniques in calm in the midst of couples’ relationship conflicts and have hope when they feel hopeless
Copyright :24/03/2018
Enhancing Assessment in Couples Therapy: New Approaches to Improving Outcomes
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Objectives
Conduct a thorough assessment of a couple’s relationship using the Gottman Relationship Checkup
Respond with effective feedback about your clients’ relationship’s strengths and how to best address their areas of concern
Develop a develop a personalized treatment plan based on each partner’s responses to the assessment questionnaire
Copyright :23/03/2018
Couples Therapy for Treating Trauma: The Gottman Method Approach
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Objectives
Determine the impact of PTSD on a couple’s relationship to inform the clinician’s choice of treatment interventions for both the individual and couple.
Apply simple yet effective clinical interventions in session to help clients acquire a new perspective of PTSD and a more adaptive approach to managing symptoms.
Assess the often ignored social and interpersonal symptoms of PTSD in clients.
Copyright :25/03/2018
The Crisis of Trust in Today’s Couples
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Discuss how younger generations conceptualize relationships today
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Discuss how younger generations conceptualize relationships today
They are in committed relationships, but not necessarily married
They are more comfortable having sexual encounters that are usually free of emotional attachment
The younger generation is waiting later to get married, usually as a way to guard against early divorce. This is especially true among women
Women are having children earlier in their marriages
Explain the trends in relationship satisfaction over the past three decades
Kids drive marital satisfaction down by driving couples apart and creating more conflict
There is a higher level of education amongst today’s couples and more individual fulfillment for women.
There is more polyamory today as part of the “hookup culture,” and an imbalance of security with this from one partner
Women are relying less on wife and child-rearing roles in order to achieve happiness
Identify the byproducts of open relationships or those based on sex alone
Partners in an open relationship often feature a dynamic where one partner is a willing participant and the other keeps up a façade in order to please the willing partner
Noncommittal relationships are partially based on issues with attachment; in contemporary relationships among younger generations, parents’ divorce may play a role
Even relationships labeled purely sexual/free of emotional commitment contain degrees of attachment. The brain chemical oxytocin is released even during non-sexual physical touch.