Gottman Method Level 1
Bridging the Couples Chasm
A Workshop for Clinicians and Anyone Wanting to Work With Couples Using the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy
February 5-6, 2027 | Birmingham, AL or Online Live | $475
Target Audience for Continuing Education Credit: Licensed mental health professionals, including psychologists, LPCs, LMFTs, LCSWs, and psychiatrists.
Continuing education credit is optional and is not required to attend. Participants not seeking CE credit, including ministry and pastoral care staff, are welcome to attend the full training.
Instructional Level: Introductory. No prior training in the Gottman Method is required.
Feb 5–6, 2027 | In Person at Insights Counseling Center, Birmingham, AL
Includes full online digital course lifetime access
12 CE hours (APA) available — $40 through Cognitive Behavior Institute (CBI) after passing the quiz and completing the evaluation
Limited to 10 in-person seats
Feb 5–6, 2027 | Live Online worldwide via Zoom
Includes full online digital course lifetime access
12 CE hours (APA) available — $40 through Cognitive Behavior Institute (CBI) after passing the quiz and completing the evaluation
Limited to 20 online seats
CBI Center for Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CBI Center for Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CBI Center for Education is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee's respective state licensing board.
100% of May 2026 Cohort (n=11) said the training delivered the content they expected | 96/100 average enjoyment
What Participants Have Said
"Teresa is a terrific trainer who was able to weave in material with real-world examples." — Cohort 1 attendee, May 2026
"The training provided a rich foundation of research and interventions that I can start using in sessions." — Cohort 1 attendee, May 2026
"She was informational, and made the information easy to understand." — Cohort 1 attendee, May 2026
I offer this training both in person at our Birmingham offices and online via live conferencing — designed to keep both online and in-office participants engaged and fully included. You'll learn from a clinician who applies the Gottman Method in all my couples work and lives it out at home with my husband Tal, who is also trained through Level 3 of the Gottman Method.
This training reviews Dr. Gottman's four decades of research on what makes marriages succeed or fail and teaches a therapy that helps troubled marriages. You'll gain a wealth of information about couples dynamics, marital assessment, couples exercises, and therapeutic interventions—all materials you can use immediately in your private practice.
Your Trainer
Teresa Prince, LPC,
Certified Gottman Therapist
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and a fully Certified Gottman Therapist, and I hold Authorized Gottman Clinical Trainer status for Level 1. I use the Gottman Method in all of my couples work at Insights Counseling Center, with couples ranging from pre-engagement to high conflict, including those healing after infidelity and affair recovery. Alongside my Gottman certification I hold advanced training in betrayal trauma and sex therapy (CSAT, CCPS, CPTT), EMDR, and PACT Level II, and I present regularly on the Gottman Method at state and regional conferences.
Learning Objectives
Participants will summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.
Participants will describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House theory.
Participants will organize a couple's therapy assessment using elements of the couple's narrative, the Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, observations of conflict and individual interviews.
Participants will describe two interventions to help strengthen a couple's conflict management.
Participants will describe two interventions to enhance a couple's friendship system.
Participants will describe two interventions to explore a couple's system of shared meaning.
Participants will explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.
Participants will 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.
Participants will describe the Philosophy of Therapy including assumptions, overview of techniques, and goals of therapy.
Participants will describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.
Participants will describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.
Also Included with Registration
Included in the registration price for this Live Training Event is FULL ACCESS to the Gottman Level 1 Online Course!
11 hours of video from a live workshop conducted by Drs. John and Julie Gottman
352-page digital Level 1 Clinical Training Manual PDF which contains the core Gottman Method Couples Therapy assessments, interventions, and references discussed in training videos
63-page PDF of lecture slides
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training Certificate of Completion from the Gottman Institute
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Live Continuing Education Credits
This training is eligible for up to 12 Live CEs.
CEs may be purchased directly by attendees from Cognitive Behavior Institute (CBI) for $40 after completing the required quiz and feedback.
Gottman Method Level 1: Bridging the Couples Chasm
CBI Center for Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CBI Center for Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content. CBI Center for Education is not responsible to verify that American Psychological Association continuing education credits are approved by an attendee's respective state licensing board.
Training Dates & Schedule
February 5–6, 2027
Available in person at our Birmingham offices or online via live conferencing.
200 Cahaba Park Circle, Suite 214, Birmingham, AL 35242.
Daily Schedule (both days): 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST
Workshop Schedule
All times Central (CST). Breaks and lunch are not included in continuing education hours.
DAY ONE
9:00 – 10:30 am — The Research: What Makes Relationships Succeed or Fail?
What is different about Gottman Method Couples Therapy · What is dysfunctional about relationships when they are ailing · The "Masters" and the "Disasters" of relationships: exploding some common myths · Negative and positive sentiment overrides · Friendship, intimacy, and positive affect systems · The shared meaning system · From a checklist to the Sound Relationship House Theory
10:30 – 10:45 am — Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm — How to Assess a Relationship
Using the Sound Relationship House Theory to assess a relationship's strengths and areas that need improvement.
12:00 – 1:25 pm — Lunch
1:25 – 3:00 pm — The Assessment Sessions
Session 1 — Office disclosure and office policy reviewed, how therapy works, assessing the couple together: couple's narrative · Oral History Interview · a 10-minute conflict interaction and physiology (pulse oximeter) · the shared meaning system · preparing the couple for individual sessions — no secrets · written questionnaires
Session 2 — Individual sessions
Session 3 — The therapeutic contract: discussing and deciding on goals; summary of strengths and areas that need improvement
3:00 – 3:15 pm — Break
3:15 – 4:00 pm — Film: Assessment
4:00 – 5:00 pm — Question & Answer
DAY TWO
9:00 – 9:45 am — Introduction to Intervention: The Philosophy of the Therapy
Assumptions of the therapy · overview of the therapy · goals of the therapy
9:45 – 10:10 am — Conflict Management
Rapoport Intervention and film
10:10 – 10:30 am — Break
10:30 – 11:50 am — Conflict Management, continued
Ending the Four Horsemen and dealing with flooding, and film · Dreams-Within-Conflict and film · building the basic skills (softened startup, accepting influence, repair and de-escalation, physiological soothing, compromise) · aftermath of a fight, and film
11:50 am – 12:00 pm — Question & Answer
12:00 – 1:25 pm — Lunch
1:25 – 3:15 pm — Building Friendship and Shared Meaning
Build Love Maps and film · Turn Towards: the stress-reducing conversation, and film · build rituals of connection and film · creating shared meaning and film
3:15 – 3:30 pm — Break
3:30 – 3:55 pm — Process of the Therapy
3:55 – 4:05 pm — Summary
4:05 – 4:15 pm — What's Next: Additional Training
4:15 – 5:00 pm — Question & Answer
Investment
$475 – Level 1 Registration
Refund Policy: Refund (minus $100 administrative fee) when canceling 30 days prior to the workshop. After this date, credit will be given to attend a future workshop.
CEs are available for an additional $40 paid directly by you to CBI.
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Limited Seats Available
This workshop can be attended online live or in person at our counseling center.
Program Policies & Disclosure
Disclosures — Financial: Teresa Prince, LPC, receives no compensation, royalties, or financial support from The Gottman Institute. Her compensation for this training is the registration fees collected, less the cost of the Gottman Institute course materials provided to each participant and less payment processing fees. She has no other relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Disclosures — Non-financial: Teresa Prince is a Certified Gottman Therapist and an Authorized Gottman Clinical Trainer for Level 1. She has no other relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.
Accommodations: For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please contact Teresa Prince at teresa@insightscc.com or (205) 903-6282.
Grievances: Concerns about program content, delivery, or CE credit may be directed to Teresa Prince at Insights Counseling Center, teresa@insightscc.com / (205) 903-6282. CE-specific grievances that cannot be resolved may be submitted to Cognitive Behavior Institute at anthony@the-cbi.com.