This 17-hour training includes videos of Drs. John and Julie Gottman working with actual couples in their private practice, as well as engaging presentations and discussions about Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Participants will receive a PDF of the clinical training manual filled with interventions that can immediately be put into practice, plus Powerpoint slides, presentation material, and articles. All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion for this workshop, from The Gottman Institute.
Treating Trauma
Dr. Julie Gottman describes the impact of PTSD on committed relationships using real examples of trauma caused by early abandonment, childhood abuse, and military combat. She demonstrates a therapeutic approach that interweaves individual PTSD treatment with Gottman Method Couples Therapy. Watch Paul and Shantel Patu, the couple featured in our Level 1 Clinical Training films, as they return to therapy with the Gottmans eight years later. These new films demonstrate powerful couples interventions for PTSD and trauma.
Treating Affairs
Dr. John Gottman unfolds the science behind trust and betrayal and provides the tools needed to create trust and commitment in love relationships. The Gottmans describe their impactful “Atone, Attune, and Attach” model for treating affairs. This model provides clinicians with an unbiased approach that compassionately serves both partners as they struggle to rebuild a collapsed marriage. See brand new films of the Gottmans in their clinical office engaging in intensive therapy with a military couple, a case in which the husband had an affair and suffered from PTSD following his 12 back-to-back deployments overseas. Learn the important variations in assessment and intervention techniques that empower couples to not only rebuild their relationship, but also create immunity from future betrayals.
Participants working in the following fields will benefit from this training:
If you work with couples where there’s been an affair, or where either partner has experienced trauma, this training is for you! It is intended for professionals who want to enhance their competence in conceptualization, assessment, treatment planning, and intervention with couples where an affair and/or trauma has created pain and struggle in their relationship.
Mental health counseling providers
Clergy / Military Chaplains
Coaches
Professors/Teachers
Students and interns
Credit
No Credits available.
Handouts
File type
File name
Number of pages
PDF
Part 1 & 2 | Slides
(1.4 MB)
94 Pages
Available after Purchase
PDF
Part 1 & 2 | Treating Affairs and Trauma
(1.4 MB)
285 Pages
Available after Purchase
Additional Info
Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)
Access never expires for this product.
Objectives
Theorize the psychometric soundness of assessment instruments used to diagnose PTSD, including tools for structured interviews, self-report scales, and psycho-physiological assessment methods.
Distinguish between the neurobiological changes associated with PTSD that occur in the amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, prefrontal cortex and hippocampus.
Evaluate the effectiveness of popular individual therapies for treating PTSD.
Inspect research studies on couples therapy methods for treating PTSD.
Defend the practice of conducting conjoint therapy to address PTSD during couples therapy by referencing the relevant research findings on the impact of PTSD on relationships, as well as the relationship outcomes associated with individual PTSD treatment.
Employ clinical strategies that help “surface” trauma when working with a couple with PTSD.
Utilize clinical interventions that help “explore” trauma at a deeper level once it has surfaced.
Determine how to facilitate movement from the individual to the dyad when processing a trauma.
Demonstrate how to teach couples to conduct a Stress-Reducing Conversation when PTSD is involved.
Demonstrate how to teach couples to conduct an Aftermath of a Regrettable Incident Exercise when PTSD is involved.
Differentiate popular therapies for treating infidelity.
Assess how the 24 steps of the “Gottman-Rusbult-Glass” cascade toward betrayal lead to a blurring of boundaries between self and potential others.
Assess how a betrayed partner may develop PTSD as a result of their partner’s affair.
Utilize the Gottman Method Couples Therapy Assessment process with couples who have experienced an affair.
Integrate appropriate additional details when conducting an Assessment feedback session for treating affairs.
Facilitate the Atonement phase of Gottman Method Couples Therapy for affairs.
Defend the practice of allowing the hurt partner to express anger, insecurity, resentment, fear and feelings of rejection, rather down-regulating their expression of emotion.
Utilize appropriate clinical tools to strengthen an affair couple’s Attunement to each other.
Practice techniques with affair couples to effectively process Regrettable Incidents.
Utilize appropriate clinical interventions to deepen an affair couple’s Attachment to one another.
Apply effective clinical strategies to help affair couples prevent relapse.
Outline
TREATING TRAUMA
Review of Research on PTSD Treatment for Individuals and Couples
DSM 5 Criteria
Assessment of PTSD
Epidemiology of PTSD
What theory explains PTSD
Research on effectiveness of individual therapies for PTSD
Why conjoint treatment for PTSD?
Research on effectiveness of conjoint therapies for PTSD
Couples Therapy for PTSD – A Philosophical Stance
How PTSD Affects a Relationship
Effects of Trauma and PTSD
Effects of trauma on the PTSD partner
Effects of trauma on the non-PTSD partner
Effects of PTSD on Love Maps
Effects of PTSD on Fondness and Admiration
Effects of PTSD on Turning Toward
Effects of PTD on Conflict Management
Effects of PTSD on Honoring Each Other’s Dreams
Effects of PTSD on Creating Shared Meaning
Gottman Method Couples Therapy for PTSD – An Overview
The Therapist’s Stance on Emotion
The Therapist’s Stance on Cognitions
The Therapist’s Behavioral Stance
The Therapist’s Spiritual Stance
Assessment
Review of sessions that include PTSD partner
Film 01: 1 PTSD: “Paul and Shantel Assessment: Updated Oral History Interview
Feedback Session
Intervention for Couples with PTSD
Surfacing the trauma –
Film 02: 2 PTSD: “Mike and Marilyn – Surfacing (Military Trauma: Strengthening Love maps and Turning towards – Step 1)”
Exploration
Returning to the couple interaction in the moment
Film 03: 3 PTSD: “Mike and Marilyn – Exploring (Military Trauma: Turning toward – Step 2)”
Reviewing couple dynamics and how they have been affected by PTSD
How to handle PTSD symptoms in the future
Creating meaning
Friendship Building Interventions and PTSD
SRH image (Brief overview)
Love Maps
Fondness and Admiration
Turning Toward
The Stress-Reducing Conversation
Film 04: 4 PTSD: “Paul and Shantel: Turning Toward in Session”
Conflict Management Interventions and PTSD
The Gottman-Rapoport Exercise
The Dream Within Conflict Exercise
The Compromise Exercise
The Aftermath of a Fight Exercise
Film 05: 5 PTSD: “Paul and Shantel – Aftermath of a Fight”
Rituals of Connection
Q and A
TREATING AFFAIRS
Healing a Relationship from an Affair
What is an affair?
Notes on Monogamy
Social monogamy
Genetic monogamy
Sexual monogamy
Biology of sex-differences in non-monogamy
The advantages of committed social and sexual monogamy
Secular trends
Information About Affairs
Very few affairs become relationships
Affairs are not about sex – most are about loneliness
Treating Infidelity: Brief Review of Some Current Therapies: Brief Review
Esther Perel
Shirley Glass
Doug Snyder and Donald Baucom
Three Phases of Love
Gottman Method Therapy for Affairs
What leads to affairs?
Trust, betrayal and fairness
Gottman-Rusbult-Glass cascade towards betrayal
Atonement Phase overview
Attunement Phase overview: Goal Trust
Attachment Phase Overview: Goal Commitment
Assessment
Narrative
Oral History Interview
Film 06: Affairs 1- “Assessment: Mike and Marilyn’s Narrative” and “Assessment: Mike and Marilyn’s Oral History Interview”
Conflict discussion
Film 07: Affairs 3 – “Assessment: Conflict Discussion”
Film 15: Affairs 11 – Attunement: Open-Ended Questions (16 min.)
Attachment and Fading Out Therapy
Overview – Goal – Create Commitment
Tools for Attach Phase
Attach Goal #1: Explore New Shared Meanings (exercise)
Attach Goal #2: Establish New Rituals of Connections
Attach Goal #3: Build Ritual of Stress-reducing Conversation
Attach Goal #4: Ritualize Cherishing: Build Fondness, Admiration and Appreciation
Film 16: Affairs 12 – Attachment: Fondness and Admiration (7 min.)
Attach Goal #5: Create Personal Sex and Intimate Trust
The Art & Science of Lovemaking Exercises
Attach Goal #6: Cost for subsequent betrayal
Attach Goal #7: Ritualize the “Sacred” One-Hour State of the Union meeting
Completing Therapy
Relapse prevention
Target Audience
Addiction Counselors
Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Nurses
Psychologists
Physicians
Social Workers
Other Mental Health Professionals
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