Couples Counseling
The Gottman Method
The Gottman Method, or Gottman Method Couples Counseling, is a product of the decades of work and research of Doctors John and Julie Gottman. These two have spent their careers studying relationships, the positives and the pitfalls, and have created tools to support relationships of all types.
I am trained in Level 2 Gottman Method Couple’s Counseling and try to adhere to their method for a simple reason: It’s evidenced based and effective.
What can my clients expect?
The Gottman Method follows a protocol that takes time to get to know members of a couple both within the couple unit, and as individuals. As a couples counselor, my “client” is the relationship itself, not any one individual. The format flows as follows:
The first session has both partners and the therapist getting introductions out of the way and beginning the therapy process. Each partner then completes assessments through GottmanConnect, and the therapist assess the results.
Each partner in the couple then meets with me individually. There is a strict “no secrets” policy: I cannot and will not keep one partner’s secret and see it as my obligation to the couple to bring secrets to light, otherwise the work we do will always have an unseen influence.
Finally all three of us come back together and create a treatment plan for moving forward, factoring in each partner’s perspectives, the results of the assessments, and my clinical recommendations.