Gottman Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm - November 9 + 10, 2026 in San Diego
Gottman Level 1: Bridging the Couple Chasm - November 9 + 10, 2026 in San Diego
Get trained in the Gottman Method!
Couples enter therapy feeling pain and despair, looking to clinicians for help in resolving chronic conflicts and rebuilding their relationships.
With over 40 years of research, Dr. John Gottman’s Level 1 Training offers a practical approach to guiding couples across the emotional chasm that divides them using research-based assessments and effective interventions.
Participants will learn how to help couples strengthen their friendship, manage conflict, and discover their shared life purpose, resulting in deeper intimacy and connection.
Join us for this two-day workshop to gain research-based strategies and tools to help couples successfully manage conflict and heal their hurts.
Attendees will receive a Certificate of Completion, a 300+ page clinical manual, and 12 CE hours to enhance their skills and grow their practice.
PARTICIPANTS WORKING IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING:
Mental health providers.
Allied professionals (nursing, lactation, doula, midwife)
Clergy.
Students and interns of a Counseling, Psychology or related field.
Family clinic staff.
Professors/teachers of couples therapy.
Researchers in the social sciences.
Employee assistance professionals.
TRAINING DETAILS
Schedule (all PST):
Start: 9:00a
Lunch: 12:00p-1:20p
End: 5:00p
Address: 4025 Camino Del Rio South #250-C San Diego, CA 92108
Additional Details:
Free parking onsite (garage)
Refreshments provided: bottled water, coffee and light snacks
Wifi unavailable
Lunch not provided (local options in driving distance)
Instructor Bio
Grayson Wallen is a Certified Gottman Therapist and Level 1 Trainer with The Gottman Institute specializing in couples therapy and relationship health. He was certified by the Gottman Institute in 2024. Grayson works with individuals and couples navigating conflict, trauma, infidelity, infertility, and major life transitions. Grayson brings a practical, research-informed approach to therapy, integrating the Gottman Method with attachment-based and trauma-informed perspectives. He is committed to helping people build stronger relationships through greater understanding, communication, and connection.
APPLY GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY TO HELP COUPLES STRENGTHEN:
The Friendship System – the foundation for intimacy, passion, and good sex
The Conflict System – the basis for helping couples identify and address solvable problems, and understand and manage irresolvable differences
The Shared Meaning System – the existential foundation of the relationship that helps partners discover their shared purpose for building a life together
AS A RESULT OF TAKING THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL LEARN:
Participants will summarize the research that allows us to predict future relationship stability.
Participants will describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House theory.
Participants will design a couple’s therapy assessment using elements of the couple’s narrative, the Oral History Interview, written questionnaires, observations of conflict and individual interviews.
Participants will describe two interventions to help strengthen a couple’s conflict management.
Participants will describe two interventions to enhance a couple’s friendship system.
Participants will describe two interventions to explore a couple’s system of shared meaning.
Participants will explain why physiological self-soothing is essential for a healthy relationship.
Participants will 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.
Participants will describe the Philosophy of Therapy including assumptions, overview of techniques, and goals of therapy
Participants will describe the Rapoport Intervention and when to use it.
Participants will describe the process of therapy, including the structure of a session.
AS A RESULT OF THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL RECEIVE:
Included in the registration price is a clinical manual, which contains the core Gottman Method Couples Therapy assessments and interventions. Upon completion of this training, attendees are also awarded a Certificate of Completion.
300+ page Level 1 Clinical Training Manual (digital with single print permission)
12 CE Hours available for additional purchase; completely optional
Eligibility to continue to Level 2 Training
Eligibility to say "I have completed Level 1 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy"
Continuing Education Notice
CBI Center for Education is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CBI Center for Education maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Transfer and Cancelation Policy
Refunds less $50.00 administration fee are given for cancellations received in writing via email to Training@GraysonWallen.com, no less than 21 days prior to the event. Refunds are not possible less than 21 days before the event, regardless of personal circumstances. Cancellation policy is final and not negotiable. You may, however, transfer your registration to another event within one year of the training date. We regret we are unable to extend your transfer beyond one year or transfer your registration to trainings offered by other trainers, The Gottman Institute, or other organizations. If you choose to transfer to a different training date, you will no longer be eligible for a refund. If a training is canceled by us you will get a full refund. Costs incurred for travel arrangements, however, are the sole responsibility of the individual or entity that made those arrangements. If the venue needs to be changed, no reimbursement will be given.
By registering for any Grayson Wallen, A Professional Clinical Counselor Corp. sponsored or hosted event the individual or entity agrees to these terms.
Conflict of interest notice
There is no commercial support for this CE program, and the instructor has no financial disclosures to report.
Contact
If you have questions please contact Grayson directly at: Training@GraysonWallen.com