Description:

In this workshop we will review the 6 key skills from the Gottman Method for helping couples manage conflict. This workshop is designed to give therapists some practical tools to help clients have more productive conflict with their partners.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Understand the importance of physiology for partners in conflict, and teach your clients how to better self-soothe.
2. Coach clients with the antidotes to the 4 most destructive communication patterns.
3. Use an intervention to help clients de-escalate and repair.
4. Coach clients how to accept influence from each other in conflict.
5. Use an intervention to help couples deal with gridlocked conflict.
6. Help a couple move to effective compromise using a 3-step process.