Introduction to Relationship and Marriage Counseling

Florida Gulf Coast University and The Department of Counseling is excited to announce an experiential workshop in Introduction to Relationship and Marriage Counseling taught by Dr. Alise Bartley, an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) clinical fellow and AAMFT supervisor.  The class is designed for post-master’s school and mental health counselors and social workers who want to extend their professional competencies and development as well as advanced students of these professions. 

This experiential workshop will provide students with:

• ·       A review of principles and techniques for working with relationships in counseling.
• ·       Level One Gottman certification.
• ·       Training to utilize the PREPARE/ENRICH system with couples who are dating, engaged, or married along with the Parenting and Adoption/Foster care version.
• ·       Three graduate credits toward professional development requirements. 

Dr. Bartley has negotiated special rates for Gottman training ($99, regularly $199) and free access to the PREPARE/ENRICH assessment system (regularly $210.)  One text - Couples in Treatment (2014) by Weeks & Fife is also required. 

The class will be a hybrid format with the following Friday and Saturday class meetings:

5/18/18 (5:30-8:30pm):    Getting started: Course and assignment expectations

6/8/18 (5:30-8:30pm):      Principles: Couples

6/9/18 (9 am-3 pm):         Approaches/techniques: Couples

6/22/18 (5:30-8:30pm):    Pre/Enrich review

6/23/18: (9 am-3 pm):      Pre/Enrich review

7/6/18: (5:30-8:30pm):     Gottman training

7/7/18: (9 am-3pm):         Gottman training

7/20/18 (5:30-8:30pm):    Wrap up

Participants who are not presently FGCU students will follow the postbac non-degree registration which starts on April 16, 2018.

Questions regarding this class may be directed to Dr. Bartley at abartley@fgcu.edu