The 7 Principles for Making Relationships Work
1 Day Workshop for Couples
Sinead Smyth & Dr Robert Navarra: Certified Gottman Trainers
Sun 9th Sept 2012, 9:30:am - 5:00pm
Alexander Hotel Dublin 2
Now more than ever relationships and marriages are under stress as many families have felt rocked to their foundations by the economic and financial uncertainties of recent years. Relationships Ireland is delighted to welcome Sinead Smyth and Dr. Robert Navarra, leading marriage and family therapists and sought-after trainers, to present a workshop for the public on building resilient and fulfilling relationships.
Drawing on nearly four decades of research by John Gottman PhD, a pioneer in relationship science, Sinead and Robert will describe the principles of sound marriages and relationships that survive and thrive no matter what adverse circumstances they face.
This workshop is ideal for couples seeking to build happy and satisfying relationships and respond effectively to the challenges of family life today. Join us for a day of practical relationship skills that will last a lifetime.
The Workshop Program
John Gottman, Ph.D. has studied and researched what makes marriages work for 40 years. This workshop is based on Dr. Gottman’s best-seller book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. If you have a strong relationship, this workshop is designed to strengthen your relationship with insights and tools to make it a great one. If your relationship is distressed, this workshop will provide a road map for repair.
What to Expect
You will learn what the research “Masters” can teach us about easy steps that increase romance, intimacy, and closer emotional connection. We will cover specific techniques and tools for managing conflict and avoiding the ”Four Horsemen”, patterns of conflict that erode relationships. Clear concepts for identifying relationship strengths and areas that need work will be covered, helping couples to understand why things go well when they do, and what leads to relationship difficulties. At the end of the workshop you will leave with a greater understanding of your relationship and exactly what it takes to repair, improve, and enhance the relationship. This is not a therapy group, and there is no group work or public disclosure. This is a psycho-educational workshop where couples will be presented with lectures on the research and on the relationship tools, then work privately on the exercises. Both presenters are Gottman Certified Therapists and are available to support couples one-to-one with the exercises. Topics covered include:
- Create Shared Meaning
- Make Life Dreams & Goals Come True
- Manage Conflict
- The Positive Perspective
- Share Fondness & Admiration
- Building Love Maps
Sinead Smyth, LMFT is a Certified Gottman Therapist and Trainer. Sinead trained with Drs. John and Julie Gottman and is certified by The Gottman Institute to teach Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm and to present Art and Science of Love Couples workshops.Sinead formerly practiced as a Solicitor in Ireland before moving to the USA for graduate training in psychology in 1990. She is a trained child custody evaluator and a licensed Marriage and Family therapist in California.She maintains a private practice in the San Francisco East Bay where she works with couples and runs clinical consultation groups in Gottman Method Couples Therapy for therapists. She can be reached at:
Work: (510)748-0640
Web: www.couplescounselingalameda.com
Email: [email protected]
Bob Navarra, Psy.D., M.F.T., is a Certified Gottman Therapist , Consultant and Trainer. Dr. Navarra trained with Drs. John and Julie Gottman and is Certified by the Gottman Institute to teach Level 1; Level II: Assessment, Intervention, and Comorbidities; and the Art & Science of Love: A Weekend Workshop for Couples. He is a Research Scientist at the Relationship Research Institute (Founder and Executive Director, John Gottman) and Research Associate at Mental Research Institute. He is a Co-founder of the Center for Couples in Recovery at Mental Research Institute where he developed the Couple Recovery Development Model, a relational approach to addiction treatment. Dr. Navarra and Dr. Gottman are currently collaborating on research designing a randomized clinical trial integrating Dr. Navarra’s relational model of addiction treatment within the Gottman Method Therapy theory and framework. He recently presenting this model together in Seattle, Washington. He maintains a private practice in San Carlos, California.
Dr. Navarra may be reached at:
Work: (650) 593-8087
Website: www.robertnavarra.net
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Navarra recently co-authored a chapter with John Gottman titled Gottman Method Therapy: From Theory to Practice, in Case Studies in Couple Therapy: Theory-Based Approaches (Carson & Casado-Kehoe, Eds., 2011). Other publications include: Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Co-Morbidity , published in Gottman Level ll Training Manual (2009); and Family Response to Adults and Alcohol, in Family Response to Alcohol Problems, (Fischer, Muslow, and Korinek, Eds., 2007). He has presented his original research at conferences for AAMFT, CAMFT, and the Gottman Institute.
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