Level 1 Clinical Training Gottman Method Couples Therapy in Calgary

Join Dr. Tanja Haley for the next in person Level 1 Gottman Clinical Training in Calgary, January 29 & 30, 2027. Limited to 12 attendees, you will learn the basics of the Gottman Method as well as having access to 6 free virtual “office hours” after the training where Tanja will be available to answer your questions and offer guidance ($1000.00 value).

Presented by: Tanja Haley, Ph.D., R.Psych. Certified Gottman Therapist

A truly inspiring workshop, Level 1 Training will give you new insights into
treatment for couples who struggle, using proven assessment techniques and
intervention strategies.
Our practical, emotion-focused, and highly effective approach is based on Drs.
John and Julie Gottman’s four decades of research with more than 3,000
couples. It is the most extensive study ever done on marital stability and divorce
prediction.

Training Description

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 based on the Sound Relationship House Theory.

You will be introduced to Dr. Gottman’s breakthrough research on thousands of couples to understand the difference between the “Masters” and “Disasters” of relationships. If you are not already doing assessment, this training will teach you how to assess a relationship’s strengths and areas of concern using empirically validated questionnaires.

You will view original videos of real couples from the famous Gottman “Love Lab,” as well as videos of Dr. Julie Gottman demonstrating assessment and interventions in a case example from her private practice.

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You will learn research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict. You will gain skills to empower partners to dialogue about their worst gridlocked issues by uncovering their underlying dreams, history, and values. You will gain tools to help couples process fights and heal their hurts, and techniques for partners to deepen their intimacy and minimize relapse.

Click here to read the full workshop outline.

This training is for mental health providers, allied professionals and clergy, students and interns, family clinic staff, professors/teachers of couples therapy, researchers in the social sciences, and employee assistance professionals.

There are no prerequisites.

Included in the registration price is a clinical training manual, which contains the core Gottman Method Couples Therapy assessments and interventions. You will be awarded a Certificate of Completion with an assessment score of 80% or better from The Gottman Institute.

  • 300-page digital Level 1 Clinical Training Manual
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training Certificate of Completion
  • Up to 11 CE Hours available
  • Videos for online lectures and interventions included
  • Eligibility to continue to Level 2 Training

Gottman Level 1 Training provides clinicians with a thorough understanding of the method, and it sets the stage for the deeper dive in Level 2. Dr. Tanja brings over 20 years of experience as a Certified Gottman Therapist to this live training, and will teach participants how to put the method into practice with their couples right away. She will also provide valuable insights on how to do the assessment with your clients effectively, and can respond to questions that participants will ask in real time.
Space for this training is intentionally limited to facilitate a more personalized educational experience.

Training Objectives

At the completion of this training, you will be able to:

Summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.

Describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House Theory.

Conduct a couple’s therapy assessment using elements of the couple’s narrative, the Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, observations of conflict and individual interviews.

Describe two interventions to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management.

Describe two interventions to enhance a couple’s friendship system.

Describe two interventions to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning.

Explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.

Create a therapeutic contract with a couple, discuss and decide on goals and include a summary of the couples strengths and areas that need improvement.

Describe the Philosophy of Therapy and including assumptions, overview of techniques and goals of therapy.

Describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.

Describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.

Gottman Level 1 Training

PREFERENTIAL RATE: $695.00 if registered by September 30, 2026

STANDARD RATE: $795.00 if registered by December 31, 2026

FINAL RATE: $895.00

DATES: January 29 & 30, 2027

TIME: 8:30am to 4:30pm

CAPACITY: Space is limited to 12 participants.

VENUE: Alt Hotel University District, Calgary, Alberta

DETAILS: All day coffee/tea/water is included in the training costs. The hotel is located near many great lunch options, both sit down and fast food venues.

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The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

– M. Scott Peck