Gottman Method Level 1 Counselor Training – FEB 2025
Bridging the Couple Chasm
A 2-day clinical training – February 6-7, 2025
8:30am to 5pm
Live In-person and Online
Receive up to 12 CE hours
In-Person Location: 3000 NE Stucki Avenue, Suite 230, Hillsboro, OR
Lunch will be on our own.
– Material by Drs. John & Julie Gottman – presented by Sabrina Walters LMFT, LPC — Gottman Trainer
Help couples in your practice manage conflict and deepen intimacy! This is the first step in learning Gottman Method Couples Therapy. A truly inspiring workshop, Level 1 Training will give you new insights into treatment for couples who struggle, using research-based assessments and effective interventions.
*Note: Students currently registered in a graduate school program for counseling, social work, or psychology save on tuition for this course. Please contact the office at 541-283-0716 or reach out to Rhonda at rhondas@corevaluescounseling.com for more information.
Time: 8:30 AM-5:00 PM each day
In-Person Location: 3000 NE Stucki Avenue, Suite 230, Hillsboro, OR
Lunch will be on our own
Receive up to 12 CE hours
Workshop Description:
When couples enter the therapy office, they sting with pain and despair. They look to the clinician to referee chronic conflicts, fix their partners, and rebuild burned bridges. Now, based on Dr. John Gottman’s 40 years of compelling research with over 3,000 couples, there’s a practical and highly effective approach to guiding couples across the chasm that divides them.
In this workshop, you will be provided with a research-based roadmap for helping couples compassionately manage their conflicts, deepen their friendship and intimacy, and share their life purpose and dreams.
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 partners discover their shared purpose for building a life together
As a Result of this Training, You Will Learn:
- Research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict
- Skills to empower partners to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history, and values
- Methods to help couples process fights and heal their hurts
- Techniques for partners to deepen their intimacy and minimize relapse
- New assessments and effective interventions to help understand couples’ struggles
Participants Working in the Following Fields will Benefit from this Training:
- 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
There is no conflict of interest or commercial support for this program.
What is included in the price?
- 300+ page digital Level 1 Clinical Training Manual, which contains the core Gottman Method Couples Therapy assessments and interventions. (Physical copy of the manual available for purchase- $150).
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training Certificate of Completion.
- 12 CE Hours available: Certificates are available through National Marriage Seminars, following course completion.
Presenter:
Sabrina Walters, M.A., LMFT, LPC
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist 
Sabrina is a Gottman Certified Therapist & Trainer and she holds a Masters of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from George Fox University and a Bachelors of Science in Music from Linfield College. Major coursework includes human growth and development, family and couples counseling, multicultural counseling, drug and alcohol counseling, spirituality, Gottman Couples Therapy, and the Core Values Index™. She has been practicing therapy since 2004 and continues to enjoy helping couples and individuals thrive in their lives. Sabrina is passionate about the development of skills and practices in others and fulfills this passion in training counselors and coaches in the use of the Core Values Index™. She also trains therapists for the Gottman Institute and presents to couples the Art and Science of Love created by the Gottman’s. She has a served as an adjunct professor in the Masters in Counseling program at George Fox University. Recently, Sabrina and several team members have been certified in EMDR, which is an evidence based approach for trauma. Sabrina and Eric have been married since 1982 and enjoy spending time with their 3 boys, their wives and their 6 grandchildren. They have fond memories together of raising their children partly in Poland, which gives them a unique perspective of traveling, living abroad and how culture can impact a marriage. Sabrina and Eric consistently make time to go out on dates and continue fostering a healthy marriage, you’re likely to spot them dining at a local gluten-free restaurant.
Refund Policy
14 Days Prior To The First Day Of Event = Full refund, minus a $50.00 processing fee.
7 Days Prior To The First Day Of Event = 50% refund, minus a $50.00 processing fee.
Within 6 Days Of The First Day of Event = No refund, but contact us if you would like to reschedule. For rescheduled registrations, the maximum refund for cancellation is 50%, minus a $50.00 processing fee, until 14 days prior to the first day of the rescheduled event. Within 14 days of rescheduled event, no refunds or additional rescheduling will be allowed.
