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During the Practicum workshop, participants will examine videotaped cases of couples brought in by workshop colleagues. These cases are used as learning and teaching tools to deepen your understanding of when and how to use various Gottman Method approaches and interventions, and how to break destructive patterns and replace them with meaningful interactions.
Trish Purnell-Webb will demonstrate an assessment or intervention
session appropriate for each couple’s struggle as role-played by
audience volunteers. These demonstrations represent the true resistances
and co-morbidities we face as therapists and how we can transform them
into effective healing methods for the couple. Following each
demonstration, participants have the chance to practice and refine their
use of Gottman Method Couples Therapy through participation in
role-plays, demonstrations and discussions in a small group setting.
Trish and select Certified Gottman Therapists observe each group and
offer practical tips and technical refinements for the therapist. No criticism or negative judgement is allowed. Rather, efforts are
made to create safety and security for all therapists present in an
environment free of criticism and negative judgment.
After each role-play session, Trish will lead discussions that include
case consultations and nuanced details of the techniques previously
demonstrated and provide guidance in developing a roadmap for clinical
decisions.
There is no better way to learn how to apply the Gottman Method than this workshop.
Pre-requisites:
- Master’s or doctoral degree OR current enrolment in a graduate program within a mental health-related field
- Completed Level 1 Live Training or DVD Home study*
- Completed Level 2 Live Training or DVD Home study*
- Therapy experience highly recommended, but not required
Workshop Objectives
At the end of this workshop participants will understand how to:
- Effectively use the Oral History Interview during a couple’s assessment and understand its implications
- Clearly explain to a couple their strengths and challenges in terms of the “Sound Relationship House”
- Help partners identify their own “Four Horsemen” and understand the antidotes
- Select and utilize appropriate tools to help a couple deepen their “Friendship System”
- Clarify a couple’s conflicts in terms of solvable, perpetual, and grid-locked problems
- Use the “Dreams Within Conflict” technique to help a couple feel hopeful and to achieve break-through with their perpetual conflict
- Successfully intervene when one or both partners are flooding
- Help a couple reach solutions using the Compromise Ovals intervention
- Sensitively intervene when co-morbidities are present
Workshops are limited to a maximum of 15 training therapists to ensure a quality individualised training experience.
Workshop Fee $1250 Early Bird, $1400 Full Fee (Payment plan available on application)
Schedule: 8:30am – 5:00pm, daily
Registration begins at 8:00am
Video Participation: Case Discussion in Certification Practicum
Participants are asked to bring a short (ten minute or so) video segment (on DVD or USB thumb drive) of difficult and challenging couples to the Level 3 workshop. The therapist’s work with the couple will not be critiqued; in fact the video does not even need to show the therapist; just seeing the couple is all that is needed. The purpose will be to use these couples to illustrate how the Gottman Method can be applied to these tough cases. Dr Bumberry will describe how the would treat these couples and then participants from the audience will volunteer to role play these couples with Dr. Bumberry demonstrating using a variety of interventions with these couples. Participants will then have the opportunity to practice using these interventions in a supportive small group setting with other participants’ role playing the couples from the videos.
Bringing a video tape isn’t required, but it will help make the training more meaningful for everyone. If you cannot bring a taped segment, it would help to bring a brief written description of a challenging couple for the same purpose. This is for Case Discussion within the context of Certification Practicum ONLY and is not related to the videotaped interventions submitted for final Certification Review.