Seven Principles for Couples

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The Seven Principles

Workshop for Couples

Enhance your relationship with your significant other with the internationally acclaimed research and principles from Dr. John Gottman's New York Times bestselling book: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Our Seven Principles Workshop for Couples format includes lectures from professional counselors who are also certified Gottman Leaders. Each couple receives The Seven Principles Couples Set, which is included in the cost of registration. This set includes a copy of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, two Couples Guides, and card decks to strengthen intimacy and knowledge of your partner. Couples will be prompted to do private exercises via Zoom using the course materials. Participants will not share their personal problems in front of others. This course is inclusive of people of all backgrounds, ages, faiths, sexual orientations, and relationship arrangements.

Dr. John Gottman's The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Included in Course

OUR SEVEN PRINCIPLES WORKSHOP FOR COUPLES FORMAT INCLUDES LECTURES AND PRIVATE COUPLE EXERCISES VIA ZOOM.

Virtual attendance

Join from the comfort of your own home, or anywhere you can access the internet and use Zoom. No participants will be able to see or hear you on Zoom.
Privacy Ensured

You will NOT be asked to disclose any personal information. There are private exercises you work through with your partner.

Materials included

Each couple receives The Seven Principles Couples Set, which is included in the cost of registration. Physical sets are mailed to participants if they register prior to February 11, 2023; otherwise registrants receive digital sets.
Guided by Certified Leaders

Our counselors are certified Gottman Leaders. They have trained not only as licensed counselors with master's degrees, but also in the Gottman Institute.

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Materials Included

All materials needed for the workshop are provided in the cost of registration. This set includes:

Two (2) Couples Guides — takes couples step-by-step through the interactive exercise in each chapter of The Seven Principles, and it offers each partner their own private space to work through exercises and journal thoughtfully about each principle as it applies to their own relationship.
One (1) copy of Dr. John Gottman's The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - This New York Times bestselling book is an overview of the concepts, behaviors, and skills that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.
Love Maps & Open-Ended Questions card decks — Strengthen intimacy through shared knowledge of your partner. These cards enable partners to connect emotionally, and increase intimacy and understanding in a fun, gentle way.

THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES COUPLES SET

This course will help you:

Improve friendship, fondness, and admiration
Enhance romance and intimacy
Manage conflict constructively
Gain skills to address perpetual and solvable problems
Create shared meaning
Maintain gains throughout a lifetime

Course Requirements:

This course is for you if you are:

Pre-engaged
Premarital
Everyone from newlyweds to seniors
Those who wish to enhance a good marriage
Those needing better conflict management tools

This course is inclusive of people of all backgrounds, ages, faiths, sexual orientations, and relationship arrangements.

If you are dealing with emotional abuse, domestic violence, unwanted touch, serious mental health problems in one or both partners, or active addictions (such as alcohol, drug, sexual, gambling, etc.), this class is not appropriate, and you should instead seek individual or couples therapy.

Our Gottman Workshop Leaders

BOTH OF OUR EXPERTS ARE GOTTMAN INSTITUTE TRAINED LEADERS FOR THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES FOR MAKING MARRIAGE WORK COUPLES WORKSHOP.

Barton J. Bott

LMHC, NCC, ICGC-II, CLC

LICENSED COUNSELOR & EDUCATOR

Barton J. Bott, LMHC, NCC, ICGC-II, CLC

Barton has been a licensed counselor for over 20 years. He is a Counseling Expert and Consultant, Certified Gottman Leader and Relationship Checkup Approved Member, and Professional Life Coach. Barton offers weekly live Zoom workshops to cover a variety of counseling-specific and mental health specific topics ranging from licensing exam preparation, DSM-5 Diagnosing, couples counseling, the benefits of meditation and mindfulness, grief therapy, and more. He and his wife run an animal sanctuary, Barking Ark LLC, for abandoned, abused, and elderly animals in Florida. Barton served in active military duty for the U.S. Navy for 30 years. Barton has a passion for knowledge and collects rare books. He is also a huge Trekkie.

LICENSED COUNSELOR & MARITAL/COUPLES FAMILY THERAPIST

Lori Reibach, LPC, LMFT, NCC

Lori is a licensed professional counselor and licensed marital family couples therapist in Richmond, Virginia. Her experience is in working with eating disorders, addiction, mood disorders, trauma, and with couples and families. She has a passion for working with people who experience anxiety and hopelessness, as well as domestic abuse and sexual violence. Lori uses a wide range of therapeutic approaches such as strength based perspectives, trauma informed care, DBT, and Gottman. When Lori is not in her clinical chair she enjoys being with her pug, Woodford, traveling, being outdoors, and engaging in yoga and exercise.

Lori Reibach

LPC, LMFT, NCC

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT'S THE SESSION LIKE?

You will be joining as a webinar attendee, where you will listen to our two experts lecture and lead you and your partner through exercises to strengthen your relationship. You will not have audio and video capabilities turned on. You will be able to chat with our moderator if you have any questions. You will NOT be asked to disclose any personal information.

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO PREPARE FOR EACH SESSION?

Commit to attending the full sessions and arriving on time. You will receive the materials as part of your registration fee. We recommend you write down answers to the questions posed to each couple, write down questions and notes to ask of our Gottman Leaders, and keep all of your course-related materials together.

WHAT MATERIALS DO I RECEIVE?

The Seven Principles Couples Set: All materials needed for the workshop are provided in the cost of registration. If registering prior to February 11, 2023, the couple will be shipped a physical copy of The Seven Principles Couples Set. If registering after February 11, 2023, the couple will receive a digital downloadable version of The Seven Principles Couples Set to print out or view on devices as desired. This set includes:

Two (2) Couples Guides — takes couples step-by-step through the interactive exercise in each chapter of The Seven Principles, and it offers each partner their own private space to work through exercises and journal thoughtfully about each principle as it applies to their own relationship.
One (1) copy of Dr. John Gottman's The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - This New York Times bestselling book is an overview of the concepts, behaviors, and skills that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.
Love Maps & Open-Ended Questions card decks — Strengthen intimacy through shared knowledge of your partner. These cards enable partners to connect emotionally, and increase intimacy and understanding in a fun, gentle way.

WHAT HAPPENS IF I NEED TO CANCEL MY REGISTRATION?

Registration cancellation and refunds can only be processed by request. You must submit a support ticket on our website, FirstCoastCounselingLLC.com, for assistance or email help@passthencmhce.com. Any cancellation results in a $70 administrative fee that will be deducted from your refund. This administrative fee covers the cost of course materials, which cannot be returned, along with payment processing fees.

HOW DO I JOIN ON ZOOM?

After registering, our team will add you to our Zoom webinar, and Zoom will automatically email you a unique URL to join the webinar. The Zoom email is coming from no-reply@zoom.us. Please double check your spam folder, your Promotions folder, and your Updates folder (particularly in gmail accounts!) for this email, as it may get auto-routed some place other than your Primary email address.

This URL is based off of your primary email address that you supplied us. On the day of the workshop, you will click the link that Zoom supplied you to join the webinar. You may see a message that says, “Waiting on Host to Begin.” If so, you attended a little bit early! Please wait until the time of the meeting and it will automatically open for you.

IMPORTANT

Make sure you’re logged into the Zoom app on or Zoom.us with whatever email you used to register for the workshop. If you are auto-logged in with a different email (like your work email) but registered for our course with your personal email, that can cause issues! If you attempt to click the URL to join and Zoom routes you to the registration page, then you are logged in to Zoom with the incorrect email. The Zoom URL we provide you is specific to your email address and will not work for any other email.

WHAT KIND OF ACCESSIBILITY OPTIONS ARE THERE?

Our support team is are committed to providing accessible workshops. Whether or not you have any kind of disability, we believe that offering these services is beneficial to all. Many of our workshop attendees have told us that having closed captioning is necessary or extremely helpful for their learning.

If there is a way we can make our services better for you or more accessible, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Every workshop and tutoring session has Closed Captioning Subtitles in English enabled and available. Each participant can choose to display subtitles and adjust the settings available in Zoom. Learn how to enable Closed Captioning using this article on Zoom support .