John & Julie Gottman
I have completed training in Level 1 and Level 2 Gottman Method Couples Therapy taught by Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Gottman.
The Gottman Relationship Institute has two major functions: helping couples directly, and providing state-of-the-art training to mental health professionals and other health care providers. The Gottman Institute applies leading-edge research on marriage & committed relationships in a practical, down-to-earth therapy and trains therapists committed to helping couples. No other approach to couples education and therapy has relied on such intensive, detailed, and long-term scientific study (over 40 years) of why marriages/relationships succeed or fail.
A. The Sound Relationship House
B. The Gottman Relationship Checkup
1. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 2 minute video
1a. The Four Horsemen Antidotes
1b. What Distinguishes the “Masters” of Relationships from the “Disasters?”– 2 minute video
2. Solvable vs. Perpetual Problems
2b. Three Tips on the Right Way to Fight 1 minute video
2c. Conflict Goals
2d. Relationship Repair That Works – 3.24 minute video
2e. How to Make Repair Attempts so Your Partner Feels Loved
3. How to Complain Without Hurting Your Partner – 3.15 minute video
3a. Building Your Relationship on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness
4. How to Build Trust in Your Relationship
4a. The Weekly State of the Union Meeting
5. Ratio of Five Positives to Every Negative is Needed – 1.20 minute video
6. The Seven Principles for Making marriage Work – 7 minute video
7. Six Hours to a Better Relationship
7a. Bids for Connection video & Bids for Connection explanation – bids are “the fundamental unit of emotional communication.” They’re requests to connect.
8. Five Simple Ways to Make Sex More Romantic
8a. Creating a Ritual for Initiating & Refusing Sex
8b. Open & Effective Communication About Sex
9. Building Love Maps Exercise
10. Fun & enjoyable activities to share
10a. Gottman couples apps – $2.58 USD each.
11. How Emotional Connection Positively Influences Cognitive Development in Children – 8 minute video