An advanced workshop for mental health professionals
Dates: July 24-26, 2026 Time: 10:30am to 6:30pm
Cost: $1100/person $1000 for Students/Interns/Active Military/Clergy $725 Refresher with 500-page printed manual $550 Refresher Course with your own materials IF you have your own printed materials (specifically for Role Plays: Oral History Interview; Feedback Session; Flooding; Gottman-Rapoport; Dan Wile; Compromise; Dreams within Conflict; Aftermath of A Fight; Stress Reducing Conversation)
Note: Successful completion of Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1 is a prerequisite of participation in Level 2
Why would I take Level 2 a second time? I had taken both Gottman Level 1 and Level 2. I was integrating what I learned into my practice with couples. I was reading the manuals. However, I still felt like such a novice. I wasn't where I wanted to be in my understanding of the Gottman Method. I had an opportunity to take Level 2 again with Dr. Nancy Young and I decided to go for it. I was so glad I did! Since I had already utilized some of the interventions with my couples, doing Level 2 the second time is what really brought them to life for me and solidified my understanding of them. It also prepared me to get the most out of my Level 3 experience. I highly recommend a doing Level 2 twice if you get the opportunity! ~Sharon Wierenga, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
“I am a Gottman Level 3 trained clinician and have taken Levels 1 & 2 twice at Pathways to Wellness. Repeating the levels with Dr. Nancy Young really helped me to solidify the model and organize it better in my mind. It was a great refresher to immediately use skills in my practice the following week with couples. I look forward to repeating Level 3 soon for some hands on practice thanks to Pathways offering discounted rates for repeat students!” ~Regina Collins, MS, LMFT
Where: Pathways to Wellness
Call today: 714-432-9856
REGISTER NOW!
Cancellation Policy: If you cancel prior to three weeks before the workshop date, a full refund minus a $100 processing fee will be returned. Following the cut-off date, your fee can be applied to a future workshop.
Continuing Education Credits: Registrants must complete the assessment at the end of course. This automatically grants them their certificate of completion from The Gottman Institute. Up to 20.0 Continuing Education Credits will be available via the Cognitive Behavior Institute for $40 per attendee.
Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations often, and while we attempt to stay abreast of their most recent changes, if you have questions or concerns about this course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly to obtain a ruling.
Level 2 Clinical Training : Gottman Method Couples Therapy Assessment, Intervention & Co-morbidities
Designed by Drs. John & Julie Gottman
Presented by Dr. Nancy D. Young
Certified Gottman Therapist, Senior Clinical Trainer and Couple’s Workshop Leader
In this workshop, packed with tools and information, you’ll learn:
How to help understand couples’ struggles using new research-based assessments and effective intervention
Research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict
Skills that empower couples to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history, and values
Methods to help couples process their fights and heal their hurts
Techniques for couples to deepen their intimacy and minimize relapse
You will come away equipped with revised Core Assessments, Supplemental Assessments and more than 50 Gottman Interventions to use with even your more challenging clients immediately:
Know when to use the different interventions and when couples therapy is contra-indicated.
Gain confidence with the interventions through viewing new demonstration films from the Gottmans’ clinical office, in-class discussions, and practice.
Interventions will include:
Basics of Observation & Assessment – Sessions 1, 2, 3 Core
Assessment Questionnaire Intervention
Managing Conflict
Strengthening Friendship and Romance
Minimizing Relapse
Co-Morbidities & contra-indications for couples therapy will include: Case studies in PTSD, Affairs, DV, Depression, Addictions and demonstration films.
PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
Assess a couple’s “Friendship Profile,” “Conflict Profile,” and “Shared Meanings Profile.”
Develop interventions that couples can use as antidotes to the “Four Horsemen.”
Help couples to soothe physiological flooding.
Apply six modes of changing the “Attack/Defend System” in their interactions.
Assist couples in establishing dialogue about their grid-locked conflicts.
Select and implement interventions to help couples deepen their “Friendship System” with rituals of connection.
Select and implement interventions to help couples create a shared system of values and meaning.
Identify and implement appropriate interventions for five different comorbidities commonly found in couples, using Gottman Couples Therapy Assessment and Intervention.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Participants working in the following fields will benefit from our trainings:
Mental health providers
Allied professionals and clergy
Students and interns
Family clinic staff
Professors/teachers of couples’ therapy
Researchers in the social sciences
Employee assistance professionals
Additionally Included with Registration
Included in the registration price for this Live Training Event is FULL ACCESS to the Gottman Level 2 Online Course!
19 hours of video from a recent live workshop conducted by Drs. John and Julie Gottman
734-page PDF manual with the content, assessments, interventions, and references discussed in training videos
262-page PDF of lecture slides
Certificate of Completion from The Gottman Institute
Also, an ONGOING MONTHLY learning cohort for all attendees to ask questions and continue to develop Gottman skills (more information provided at the workshop)
About the Presenter:
Dr. Young is a seasoned, active Gottman Method therapist, speaker, and presenter, with over 35 years’ experience as a full-time therapist, working with individuals and couples and their relationships. Her doctoral dissertation research was on types of romantic love. In addition to her psychotherapy practice, Dr. Young taught undergraduate and graduate classes, such as: Interpersonal Relationships & Romantic Love, Human Sexuality, Sexual Disorders & Treatment, Substance Disorders & Treatment, and other general psychology topics, at Chapman University for over 20 years. She is also a CAMFT-Certified Supervisor and is passionate about teaching others how to integrate the Gottman tools with their own clients. As a presenter, she is warm, clear, insightful, and generally entertaining.