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Level 1 Gottman Clinical Training

Date & Time: October 12-13, 2026 • 9:00am - 4:00pm MDT
Location/Platform: Live Online (Zoom Interactive Seminar)

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Moving from actionless empathy to Real, Empirical Results

As a therapist, you know how incredibly difficult it can be when a couple walks through your door entrenched in conflict and fundamentally disconnected. Often, empathy alone isn't enough to change the core dynamics of their relationship.

This workshop introduces you to four decades of Dr. John and Dr. Julie Gottman's breakthrough research—the most extensive study ever done on marital stability and divorce prediction.

Therapist conducting couples therapy session

Educational Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

1

Predicting Stability

Summarize the research that allows clinicians to predict future relationship stability with high accuracy.

2

Sound Relationship House

Describe and navigate the seven distinct levels of the Sound Relationship House Theory.

3

Empirical Assessment

Conduct a couple's therapy assessment using the couple's narrative, Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, and conflict observations.

4

Conflict & Friendship

Deploy specific interventions to help strengthen conflict management, enhance the friendship system, and explore shared meaning.

5

Physiological Soothing

Explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for establishing a healthy, sustainable relationship.

6

The Rapoport Intervention

Master the Philosophy of Therapy, the Rapoport Intervention, and structure effective therapeutic contracts.

Schedule / Agenda

Day One

Time (MDT) Topic & Curriculum Outline
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM Introductions & 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 common myths
  • Negative and positive sentiment overrides
  • Friendship, Intimacy, Positive Affect Systems
  • The Shared Meaning System
  • From a checklist to The Sound Relationship House Theory
  • Q & A
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM 10-Minute Morning Break
10:40 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
  • The Assessment Sessions — Session 1: Office Disclosure & Office Policy Reviewed, How Therapy Works, Assessing the Couple Together (Couple's Narrative, Oral History Interview: Relationship History & Philosophy, Videotape: A 10-minute Conflict Interaction & Physiology/pulse oximeter)
  • Q & A
12:00 PM - 01:05 PM 65-Minute Lunch Break
01:05 PM - 03:00 PM Assessment Continued
  • Written Questionnaires
  • Ending Session 1 — Preparing Couple for Individual Sessions ("No secrets" policy)
  • Session 2: Individual Sessions
  • Session 3: The Therapeutic Contract (Discussing and Deciding about Goals, Summary of Strengths and Areas that Need Improvement)
  • Q & A
03:00 PM - 03:15 PM 15-Minute Afternoon Break
03:15 PM - 04:00 PM Film: Assessment and Q & A

Day Two

Time (MDT) Topic & Curriculum Outline
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM Introduction to Intervention & Conflict Management
  • Introduction to Intervention — The Philosophy of the Therapy (Assumptions, Overview, and Goals)
  • Conflict Management: Rapoport Intervention and film, Dreams-Within-Conflict and film
  • Q & A
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM 10-Minute Morning Break
10:40 AM - 12:00 PM Conflict Management Continued
  • Compromise
  • Aftermath of a Fight and film
  • Ending the Four Horsemen and Dealing with Flooding film
  • Q & A
12:00 PM - 01:05 PM 65-Minute Lunch Break
01:05 PM - 02:40 PM Building Skills, Friendship, Shared Meaning & Process of Therapy
  • Conflict Management, continued: Building the Basic Skills (Softened Startup, Accepting Influence, Repair and De-escalation, Physiological Soothing, Compromise)
  • 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
  • Process of the Therapy: Summary & What's Next in Additional Training
02:40 PM - 02:55 PM 15-Minute Afternoon Break
02:55 PM - 04:00 PM Question and Answer Session

CE Credits

Number of Credits: 11 CE Credits

CE credits are available for an optional $40 processing fee, awarded upon completion of the course with an 80% or better passing score on the post-test evaluation.

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.

Instructor Information

Presenter Name & Credentials: Jordan Rullo, PhD, ABPP, CSTS

Instructor Bio: Dr. Jordan Rullo is a Board-Certified Clinical Health Psychologist, AASECT Certified Sex Therapist and Supervisor, and Certified Gottman Therapist. She has dedicated her career to helping couples navigate complex relationship and sexual dynamics. As a seasoned educator, Dr. Rullo combines scientific rigor with accessible, practical clinical application to ensure clinicians gain actionable skills in Gottman Method Couples Therapy.

Jordan Rullo Portrait

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Target Audience

Psychologists, Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Pastoral Counselors, Graduate Students, and Interns in mental health fields.

Instructional Level

Introductory

Registration Fee

$425.00 Standard Registration. Optional $40 CE Credit processing fee upon successful completion of the post-test.

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received up to 14 business days prior to the event are eligible for a full refund. No refunds are granted within 14 business days of the live event.

Accessibility & Accommodations

For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please contact [email protected].

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

There is no commercial support for this CE program, and the instructor has no financial disclosures to report.

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Level One Gottman Clinical Training

Live Online: October 12-13, 2026 • 9:00am - 4:00pm MDT

$425.00
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