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Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm
April 28, 2026 - April 29, 2026
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Learn the foundations of the Gottman Method in Level 1 training. Evidence-based tools for therapists and professionals who support relationships. Live and online options. Training is live and interactive.
Help couples 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.
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.
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, as the opportunity to retake the certification test for free.
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?
- You’re finding that your core strength is working with couples, and you want to follow that passion.
- You want to expand to or specialize in couples therapy, counseling and workshops.
- You seek research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict, communicate, and improve intimacy.
- Your clients are often reaching a dead-end in therapy. They need clear-cut processes to replace their destructive behaviors with better ones.
- You want to empower partners to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history and values.
- 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:
- Summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.
- 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 to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management.
- Describe two interventions to enhance a couple’s friendship system.
- Describe two interventions to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning.
- Explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.
- 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.
- Describe the Philosophy of Therapy and including assumptions, overview of techniques and goals of therapy.
- Describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.
- Describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.
Reviews
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.
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.
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
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