Gottman Method

Completed Clinical Level One and Level Two of Gottman Method Couples Therapy through the Gottman Institute.

Level-I Gottman trained

Completed Level 1 and Level 2 trainings.

I use the Gottman Method to enhance communication and deepen understanding between couples. By teaching constructive conflict management and ways to build mutual fondness, I help partners avoid negative behaviors like criticism and contempt. My approach fosters positive interactions, strengthening emotional connections and helping couples effectively navigate challenges together.

Drawing from Dr. Gottman's research, I specialize in helping couples improve their relationships and increase satisfaction. Through assessment tools and evidence-based approaches, I identify relationship strengths and areas of growth, then guide couples in developing effective communication skills, conflict resolution strategies, and ways to enhance intimacy. I provide a safe environment for couples to foster their partnerships and promote long-term relationship success.

I use the Gottman method for couple’s therapy because it relies on scientifically validated tools and methods rather than general beliefs about what “should” work or how relationships “should” be. What this means for you is that you will receive a couple’s therapy approach grounded in a scientifically validated strategy that is tailored to the specific needs of your relationship. As a specialist in sexuality, I integrate sex therapy methods into the couples work that is informed by science.

Couples counseling provides the opportunity for couples at all stages of marriage to deepen their commitment, enhance communication, and strengthen positive behaviors that will help partners cope with issues that frequently impact marriage. Most couples are in some distress by the time they make the call for an appointment. In fact, couples wait an average of seven years after they realize that there are problems in their relationship. You don't have to wait that long.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy is the gold standard in couples therapies, providing a structured, communication-based, connection-focused approach to building strong relationships. Psychologists John and Julie Gottman developed a comprehensive therapy that provides skills aimed at helping with communication problems, arguing, emotional distance, sex life, broken trust, and many other issues that arise in otherwise loving relationships.

I am levels 1-3 trained in the Gottman Method and was supervised by a certified Gottman supervisor for over a year.

Have you noticed that you/your partner pulling away or the opposite? Are you wondering whether or not your relationship is worth it anymore? Has infidelity entered the relationship? Do you feel like you don’t know your partner anymore? Or maybe one/both of you are going through something & need to find ways to be a support for other person. Regardless of the issue/s & there are always issues, let’s help you build a shared meaning, develop a style of communicating that works, & become bffs again.

Completed Level 1 and 2 in Gottman Method Couple Therapy

Gottman Method Couples Therapy uses 50 years of research on communication in relationships to help clients hear/understand each other, move past conflicts and misunderstandings, and develop greater intimacy, trust, and commitment.

John Gottman, Ph.D. has been researching relationships/marriage for over 50 years looking at the predictors of divorce and predictors of happy stable marriages. The information you will learn in therapy isn't pop psychology, TV/radio psychology or planetary psychology (women aren't from Venus and men aren't from Mars). What you will learn comes from THE most reliable research ever done in the area of relationships/marriage.

The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.

My approach to therapy incorporates the Gottman Method, grounded in evidence-based practices for enhancing relationships. Having completed Level 1 training and currently furthering my expertise, I focus on helping couples build stronger connections, improve communication, and manage conflict effectively. By integrating these principles, I aim to foster healthy, resilient relationships that thrive on mutual respect and understanding.

I am being trained in the Gottman Method to assist couples in developing friendship, conflict management, and creation of shared meaning. I help couples transform negative ways they communicate with positive interactions to help heal past resentments. The Gottman Method includes, "interventions designed to increase closeness and intimacy are used to improve friendship, deepen emotional connection, and create changes which enhances the couples shared goals."

In decades of research, John Gottman and his colleagues examined video of actual couples talking. And they tracked which couples made it and which ones didn't. They found that it's not how often you have conflict that matters--it's the kind of conflict you have. I help you identify when you're not having the right kind of conflict and how to get on course for happiness. Which, by the way, is the fuel and outcome of true problem-solving.

I am a Level 3 Trained Gottman Therapist working towards certification. The Gottman Method, from my experience, is one of the most effective modalities in helping couples resolve significant and long-lasting problematic areas in their relationship.

Gottman level 1 & 2 trained