Gottman Method Couples Therapy for Older Adults

AN ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR HEALTHCARE & OTHER PROFESSIONALS

When: Mon, Sep 23 – Sun, Oct 20, 2024 (4 weeks) ONLINE weekly at your discretion
Cost:    $240 (Students $120) Registration Deadline: Monday, Sep 16, 2024

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WEEK 1

  • Introduction
  • Gottman Research: Structure, reliability, likelihood.
  • What characterizes the relationship in long time older adult relationships?
  • The Principles of Gottman Practice Theory: Setting the conditions for positive emotional experience.

WEEK 2

  • The Sound Relationship House Theory
  • Love and Attachment Deconstructed: The Sound Relationship House Practice Theory
  • Treatment Efficacy?
  • How complex are the problems?… Spoiler, more complex than you might imagine.
  • Life Stage or a Life of Problems: What are the issues older adult couples are bringing to therapy?

WEEK 3

  • Introduction of a Case Example
  • Assessment Precedes Intervention: Be thorough, know where you are going and do no harm.
  • Assessment Made Easy: Am I foolish-ing you?
  • Example Assessment and Case Plan, pre-retirement couple

WEEK 4

  • Sessional Goal and Objectives: simply complex.
  • Example Ritual of Connection Intervention.
  • Faster than the speed of light…Why, When and How of Structured Interventions: Replacing the Four Horsemen, The Gottman Rapoport, Dreams in Conflict, Aftermath of the Fight and More.
  • Where to go from here.

Instructor: Mike Fidler, MSW, RSW
Certified Advanced Trainer Gottman Institute, Seattle Washington

Registration and payment available online at https://aging.utoronto.ca/642-2/ 

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