Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Gottman Method Couples Therapy by Drs. John and Julie Gottman have conducted evidence-based research for over four decades, developing scientifically recognized comprehensive assessment consists of two essential parts: a thorough assessment and a progression of effective interventions that provide couples with results. intervention techniques that assist couples utilizing these practical interventions and exercises to identify the challenges and strengths in their relationship and marriage.
The Gottman Connect Relationship Checkup Questionnaire is a research-based assessment consisting of forty years of relationship research on over 150,000 couples providing essential behaviors leading to failure or success. It produces detailed individualized summary reports that provide therapeutic recommendations regarding connection, friendship, intimacy, communication, parenting, trust, and conflict management.
This essential online assessment provides an individualized report for the therapist and the couple utilizing evidence-based research algorithms data providing specific recommendations and interventions uniquely designed and crafted for the couple.
The questionnaire is HIPAA compliant, consisting of 337 questions about friendship, intimacy, emotions, conflict, values, and trust. It covers various relationship areas, including communication, family, sexuality, betrayals, parenting, and finances. Each individual has privacy and confidentiality in completing the online questionnaire and providing their notes, making it possible to be authentic in addressing the relationship’s concerns and problems.
The summary report provides the couple with their strengths and challenges to begin the journey process. The report provides the information on the attainment of new insights that are research-based relationship skills that help with communication, increase emotional and sexual intimacy, restoration of ruptures of betrayal and trust, management of conflict, learn how to break through gridlock problems, effects of physiological flooding, increase affection and closeness, and build a healthy connection.
Couples Invitation
The therapist will email an invitation to the couple to complete the questionnaire privately and individually. Each partner will create an account with a unique login and password to establish a personal profile for completing the questionnaire. Each individual has complete confidentiality and cannot access the partner’s information and may provide comments in the sections.
Gottman Relationship Checkup Report
The summary report offers treatment goals and plans with the couple’s strengths and challenges and specific interventions to target problem areas to support couples in starting their journey to a meaningful and satisfying relationship.
Gottman Relationship Builder
The Gottman Relationship Builder is a powerful library system of proven interventions with a collection of psychoeducation, interventions, exercises, reflections, and videos to improve your relationship quality and decrease relapse possibilities. Access is provided to you indefinitely. The Builder will make our sessions together more effective and allow the couple to implement and practice these assignments throughout the week.
There are thirteen modules that provide an overview of the foundation and components of the Gottman Method, including friendship, intimacy, how well you know your partner, emotional regulation and flooding of emotions and the ability to manage and resolve conflict, sharing your dreams, goals, and values and goals, and the establishment of a meaningful connection.
Drs. John and Julie Gottman provide ninety short role-playing videos demonstrating how to use these new relationship skills that address your concerns. There are thirty-five fun and straightforward exercises that you can do with your partner to provide growth and insight.
The Gottman Relationship Builder provides the couple with permanent access to the complete Gottman Module Library to help couples practice powerful concepts during and outside couple therapy sessions to provide long-lasting results.
The Gottman Institute
www.gottmanconnect.com
www.affectivesoftware.com
The Enhanced Gottman Relationship Checkup www.gottmanconnect.com/checkup
References
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