Level 1 Gottman Training - Bridging the couple chasm
Join us for Gottman Training (Level 1) Workshop with Dr Carolyn Russell (Certified Gottman Therapist and Advanced Clinical Trainer). This training is offered on line as it is the introduction to the theory, and engagement with research around what makes relationships flourish.
Cost: $730 per person
What you will learn or observe
- The couples research of Dr John & Julie Gottman.
- How to implement research-based strategies into your practice for education or therapy.
- Application of techniques to help couples face a variety of challenges in their relationship.
- Understanding of the Sound Relationship House theory of the Gottman Institute.
Suitable for
- Mental Health Professionals such as counsellors, psychologists and social workers
- General Practitioners
- Other Allied Health Professionals
- Clergy/Pastoral staff
- Students and interns
- Professionals and teachers of couples therapy
- Researchers in human services, psychology and social science fields.
Dates for 2025 (Offered online only)
Monday July 28 and Tuesday July 29
9.00am to 4.30pm (total of 12 hours of interactive on line learning)
Bookings
Please book via Foundations Counselling Centre by email: manager@foundationscounselling.com.au or ph: (07) 3263 9132
Level 2 Gottman Training - Assessments, Intervention and Comorbidities
Join us for Gottman relationship Therapy Training (Level 2) Workshop with Dr Carolyn Russell (Certified Gottman Therapist and Advanced Clinical Trainer)
Cost: $975 per person
***Completion of Level 1 Training is required. ***
What you will be doing: The workshop is an interactive real time experience of application of the information from Level 1 training
- Building on level 1 skills and understanding.
- Assessing the couples connections & co-morbidities (affairs, presence of trauma, substance misuse).
- Practicing clinical interventions and tools in small supervised groups.
(Dr Russell's preference for this workshop is that face to face activity achieves the best outcomes, however, if your geographical location limits travel and participation, please talk to our staff about joining us on line)
Suitable for
- Mental Health Professionals such as counsellors, psychologists and social workers
- General Practitioners
- Other Allied Health Professionals working with families
- Clergy/Pastoral staff
- Students and interns
- Professionals and teachers of couples therapy
- Researchers in human services, psychology and social science fields.
Dates for 2025 (Offered and preferred face to face, but can accommodate on line if needed. See note above)
3 days:
August 13 - 15
Time: 9.00am to 4.30pm (18 hours of interactive education)
Location: Foundations meeting rooms, 7-521 Beams Rd, Carseldine, QLD 4034
Fully catered for lunches, morning and afternoon teas
Bookings
Please book via Foundations Counselling Centre by email: manager@foundationscounselling.com.au or ph: (07) 3263 9132
Level 3 Gottman Training - Practicum
Join us for Gottman Training (Level 3) Workshop with Dr Carolyn Russell (Certified Gottman Therapist and Advanced Clinical Trainer)
Completion of level 1 & 2 and some experience in using Gottman method in clinical practice is preferred. See below*
Cost: $1200.00
What will I learn in Level 3?
This workshop's aim is for deepening, correcting and widening your skills in relationship counselling. It is the next step towards achieving certification as a Gottman Couples Therapist if this is your goal.
This is a small group supervision process. As such, each therapist will experience supervision on the issues pertaining to their own cases, for example the challenges of couples with comorbidities, mismatches in engagement or emotional expression, resistance to therapy process etc... To facilitate this, each participant will be invited to upload videos of their sessions to enable high fidelity role simulation and feedback. Further information about this process will be forwarded on registration.
At the conclusion of the workshop we aim for these outcomes
You will master the use of the Oral History Interview during a couple’s assessment and understand its implications.
You will practice clear explanations to a couple of their strengths and challenges in terms of the Sound Relationship House, and helping partners in identifying their own “Four Horsemen” and applying the antidotes.
You will improve your selection and utilization of the appropriate tools to help a couple deepen their Friendship System.
Along with all of the above, you will learn how to clarify a couple’s conflicts in terms of solvable, perpetual, and grid-locked problems, and use the “Dreams Within Conflict” technique more effectively to help a couple feel hopeful and to achieve break-through with their perpetual conflict.
Successful intervention when one or both partners are flooding will follow, helping a couple to reach solutions using the Compromise Ovals intervention.
Finally, you will consider and practice sensitively intervening when co-morbidities are present.
Who is this training for?
*This training is for psychologists, social workers, Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs), professional counselors, addiction counselors, and other mental health professionals. Completion of Level 1 Training and Level 2 Training is required, as well as one of the following;
- A Master’s or doctoral degree student in a graduate program within a mental health-related field (with professional supervision),
- A conditionally Registered Psychologist;
- A Social Worker moving towards mental health accreditation;
- A Counsellor moving towards Level 4 membership with ACA;
- A Clinical Member of PACFA,
- A Registered Psychologist with or without endorsement.
Dates for 2025 (in-person/on-site only)
3 days:
May 8 - 10
November 12 - 14 (to be confirmed)
Time: 9.00am to 4.30pm (18 hours of interactive education, supervision and review of case video material)
Location: Foundations meeting rooms: 7-521 Beams Rd, Carseldine, QLD 4034
Fully catered for lunches, morning and afternoon teas
Bookings
Please book via Foundations Counselling Centre by email: manager@foundationscounselling.com.au or ph: (07) 3263 9132