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Gottman Level 1 | Standardshow details + $450.00 USD  
Gottman Level 1 | Students & Internsshow details + $400.00 USD  
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  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training
     June 30, 2026 - July 1, 2026
     9:00 am - 5:00 pm
     Portland | Oregon Learn the foundations of the Gottman Method in this Level 1 training. Gain evidence-based tools and practical strategies to help couples build stronger, healthier relationships. Available in live and online formats, each training is interactive and engaging.
Live Gottman Level 1 training workshop led by an Advanced Clinical Gottman Trainer with therapists and relationship professionals in a classroom setting.
Help couples navigate conflict, strengthen friendship, and build deeper emotional connections. Gottman Level 1 Training is an evidence-based workshop designed for therapists and helping professionals seeking practical, research-backed tools to assess relationship dynamics, reduce distress, and foster lasting relationship growth.

REAL SKILLS FOR REAL LIFE

Evidence-Based Couples Therapy Tools Backed by 40+ Years of Gottman Research

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.

SMALL-GROUP SETTING

Level 1 | Bridging the Couple Chasm

What Will You Receive at Gottman Level 1?

CE Credits

Up to 12 Continuing Education hours, available for purchase

PDF Manual

300+ page digital download Gottman Level 1 Clinical Training Manual

Videos

Online lectures and interventions

Certificate

Certificate of Completion from The Gottman Institute

Eligibility

Eligibility to begin Level 2 Clinical Training

Plus, you receive:

Refreshments and lunch is on your own.

Continuing Education credit

Credits can be purchased at a cost of $40. Contact Dr. Crossen at 503-057-3763 to purchase credits. Credits are provided by the CBI Center for Education.

LEARN FROM AN ADVANCED GOTTMAN TRAINER

Level 1 | Bridging the Couple Chasm

Who Should Attend Gottman Level 1?

  • Mental health professionals,
  • Allied professionals and clergy,
  • Students and interns
  • Professors, teachers of couples therapy,
  • Family clinic staff,
  • Researchers in the social sciences, and
  • Employer Assistance Providers.

GROW YOUR PRACTICE

Level 1 | Bridging the Couple Chasm

What Will You Learn in Gottman Level 1?

Assessments

New assessment tools and effective interventions to help understand couples’ struggles and chart a course of action accordingly.

Interventions

Research-based strategies and intervention methods to help couples successfully manage conflict and revive their relationship.

Conflict Resolution

Participants will acquire skills that empower couples to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues and resolve them.

Finding Core Issues

In this beginners’ training, you’ll learn different ways to help couples uncover their underlying dreams and values.

Healing Methods

Level 1 training will introduce you to the methods that help couples process their fights, resolve conflicts, and heal their hurts.

Couple Techniques

You’ll receive introductory training in techniques that allow couples to deepen their intimacy and minimize future relapses.

BOOST YOUR CAREER

Level 1 | Bridging the Couple Chasm

How You’ll Learn: Real Case Videos, Practice, and Q&A

Across both days, learning is reinforced through video segments featuring one couple in session with Dr. Julie Gottman. Participants will debrief each segment together, engage in brief role-plays, and take part in live Q&A throughout the training.

Discussion focuses on how Gottman research translates into practical, real-world tools attendees can use in their work with individuals, couples, and relationships.

Want a Refresher? Take Dr. Jack's Course & Get Free Retakes.

Level 1 | Bridging the Couple Chasm

How Can Gottman Level 1 Help You?

  1. You’re finding that your core strength is working with couples, and you want to follow that passion.

  2. You want to expand to or specialize in couples therapy, counseling and workshops.

  3. You seek research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict, communicate, and improve intimacy.

  4. Your clients are often reaching a dead-end in therapy. They need clear-cut processes to replace their destructive behaviors with better ones.

  5. You want to empower partners to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history and values.

  6. You need better methods to help couples process fights and heal their hurts.

Gottman Level 1 Training Objectives

At the completion of this training, you will be able to:

  1. Summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.

  2. Describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House Theory.

  3. 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.

  4. Describe two interventions to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management.

  5. Describe two interventions to enhance a couple’s friendship system.

  6. Describe two interventions to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning.

  7. Explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.

  8. Create a therapeutic contract with a couple, discuss and decide on goals and include a summary of the couples strengths and areas that need improvement.

  9. Describe the Philosophy of Therapy and including assumptions, overview of techniques and goals of therapy.

  10. Describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.

  11. Describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.
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Reviews

"Thanks for the personal stories and the clinical stories - they were so helpful. (W.A., OR)"
"I REALLY appreciated this program and I look forward to taking Level 2. Thank you so much! (C.T., OR)"
"This training and the accompanying clinical manual have provided some of the most powerful therapeutic insights and concepts I’ve received as a therapist working with couples. (J.M., MI)"
"This training and the accompanying clinical manual have provided some of the most powerful therapeutic insights and concepts I’ve received as a therapist working with couples. (J.M., MI)"
"Very educational! Lots of good resource material. I believe this is some of the most important and valid information on couples. (D.S., DC)"
"I think that this seminar was one of the most informative and relevant to clinical work that I’ve taken! (P.H., MN)"
"Extremely helpful – and I have done Marital Therapy for 25 years! (B.T., CA)"

Your Presenter

John "Jack" Crossen, P.h.D.

Dr. Crossen is the first advanced Gottman trainer in the Portland area.
He has an extensive history of direct collaboration with Gottman Institute founders Drs. John and Julie Gottman.
He has 30+ years of experience and numerous partnerships with universities, counseling centers and private practices throughout the northwest region.
Dr. Crossen presenting with the Gottmans
Drs. John and Julie Gottman with Dr. "Jack" Crossen.

Cancellation Policy

Full refund minus $50 administrative fee for cancelation on or before November 3, 2021. Credit for future training applied for cancellation after November 3, 2021

"Trust is built in very small moments."

Dr. John Gottman

Venue:  

Venue Phone: 859-626-2157

Address:
8383 NE Sandy Blvd, Suite 205, Portland, Oregon, 97220., United States