Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we would like to take the opportunity to inform you about some very exciting upcoming events. In less than two weeks, we will be packing our bags and boarding an airplane for Tampa, Florida!
Tampa, FL
On Thursday, June 6, Dr. John Gottman will be presenting a 1.5 hour lecture entitled “How to Build Trust, Love, & Loyalty in Relationships” at The Tampa Convention Center. In this presentation Dr. Gottman will draw upon his four decades of break-through research with more than 3,000 couples and dispel myths about relationships. He will teach specifically what successful couples do to create a long-lasting relationship and what the benefits of a stable, committed relationship actually are.
In this presentation, he will discuss:
- Relationship and divorce prediction: With a three-hour assessment, Dr. John Gottman has been able to predict with over 90% accuracy, which couples will divorce, which couples will stay together happily, and which couples will stay together unhappily.
- The importance of nurturing friendship and intimacy in ones’ relationship.
- Understanding that a positive perspective occurs when the friendship in ones’ relationship is strong.
- The importance of managing conflict constructively.
- The significance of creating shared meaning – building a shared sense of purpose and finding ways to make one another’s life dreams come true.
- They key ingredients for building trust, loyalty, and commitment and making love last a lifetime. Our newest research reveals the dynamics of betrayal and how to safeguard (or heal) your relationship.
This presentation is for anyone who wants his or her relationship to attain its highest potential. The talk is based upon Dr. Gottman’s NY Times bestselling book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, and has been presented as a keynote address at conferences and to international audiences. His style of presentation is clear, informative and full of humor and he is loved by audiences everywhere. He has appeared on Anderson Cooper, Oprah, Good Morning America, Today, CBS Morning News, and is often cited as "the" relationship expert in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and USA Today. Registration: $30. Click here for more information and to register for this lecture.
On Friday, June 7th and Saturday, June 8th, Drs. John and Julie Gottman will be presenting a Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training. In this workshop, Drs. John and Julie Gottman will provide you with a research-based roadmap for helping couples compassionately manage their conflicts, deepen their friendship and intimacy, and share their life purpose and dreams.
In this inspirational two-day workshop, you’ll learn:
- Research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict.
- Skills to 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.
- New assessments and effective interventions to help understand couples struggles.
Participants will receive a 300-page clinical manual featuring new relationship assessment questionnaires and clinical interventions designed to help couples break the cycle of criticism, defensiveness, contempt, and stonewalling. Apply Gottman Method Couples Therapy to help couples strengthen:
- The Friendship System: the foundation for intimacy, passion, and good sex.
- The Conflict System: the basis for helping couples identify and address solvable problems, and understand and manage irresolvable differences.
- The Shared Meaning System: the existential foundation of the relationship that helps couples discover their shared purpose for building a life together.
Registration: $399. Click here for more information and to register for the training event. We will then pack our bags (again) and fly to Washington, D.C.!
Washington, D.C.
On Friday, June 14th and Saturday, June 15th, Drs. John and Julie Gottman will be presenting a Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training. Click here for more information and to register for the training event.
These will be the ONLY Level 1 Trainings presented by the Gottmans in the United States this year. Do not miss this opportunity to train with the world’s leaders in couples therapy on the East Coast. Questions? Please do not hesitate to contact Lori Cambas at:
lori@nationalmarriageseminars.com.
lori@nationalmarriageseminars.com.
Michael Fulwiler
TGI Staff