Continue your Gottman training journey with Advanced Gottman Clinical Trainers, Trish Purnell-Webb and John Flanagan. Relationship Institute Australasia is one of the leading agencies in Australia in Gottman training and therapist certification. Deepen your understanding of Gottman Method Couples Therapy… Expand your strategies & interventions with couples! Level 2 Training will expand your assessment strategies and intervention techniques. This is the next step toward certification and designation as a Certified Gottman Therapist. At the completion of Level 2 Training, you should have the clinical familiarity, knowledge, and resources to integrate Gottman Method Couples Therapy assessments and interventions into your clinical work with growing confidence.
ACCREDITED GOTTMAN METHOD COUPLES THERAPY Level 2 - Assessment, Interventions & Co-Morbidities - with Certified Gottman Therapists, Advanced Clinical Trainers & Gottman Consultants Trish Purnell-Webb & John Flanagan
Description:
OPD Points: 10
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Building on what you learned in the Level 1 Training – you will be able to:
- Assess a couple’s “Friendship Profile,” “Conflict Profile,” and “Shared Meanings Profile”
- Develop interventions that couples can use as antidotes to the “Four Horsemen”
- Help couples to soothe physiological flooding
- Apply six modes of changing the “Attack/Defend System” in a couple’s interactions
- Assist couples in establishing dialogue about their grid-locked conflicts
- Select and implement interventions to help couples deepen their “Friendship System” with rituals of connection
- Select and implement interventions to help couples create a shared system of values and meaning
- Identify and implement five different co-morbidities common to couples using Gottman Assessments and Interventions.
Presenter / Provider:
Relationship Institute Australasia is one of the lead agencies in Australia in Gottman training and therapist certification. You will be training with Trish Purnell-Webb and John Flanagan - Certified Gottman Therapists, Advanced Clinical Trainers & Gottman Institute Consultants.
Presenter Qualifications:
The workshop will be facilitated by Trish Purnell-Webb and John Flanagan who are Australia’s most experienced Advanced Gottman Clinical Trainers & Consultants.
Trish is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience of working with couples in a range of clinical and non-clinical settings, Trish brings a wealth of experience working with complex couples struggling with trauma, mood disorders, personality vulnerabilities, anger management issues, affair recovery and alcohol use.
She is also an experienced clinical supervisor and assessor for the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority.Trish is trained to provide a range of therapeutic approaches including:Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Trauma specific interventions, Existential Psychotherapy, Emotion Focussed Therapy for couples (EFT) Gottman Marital Therapy, Motivational Interviewing.
John Flanagan – AMHSW, Masters Gestalt Therapy & Advanced Gottman Clinical Trainer & Consultant. Since completing his Bachelor of Social Work in 1988 and later a Masters in Gestalt Therapy, John has had an extensive history in direct service delivery with couples, families and young people, as well as in organisational development and training. He has developed a practice that utilises a range of experiential therapies combining these approaches in his work style. John has also completed his Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment and has delivered a broad range of training both accredited and non-accredited.
John is trained to provide therapy to individuals, couples and groups in a range of therapeutic approaches including : Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Gottman Marital Therapy,Motivational Interviewing, Gestalt Therapy, Adventure Therapy, Emotion Focussed Therapy for couples.
Trish and John are Advanced Gottman Clinical Trainers & Consultants for the Gottman Institute. They have facilitated over 200+ training events including 50+ Gottman Level 1 – 50+ Gottman Level 2 – 25+ Gottman Level 3 workshops.
Trish is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years experience of working with both couples and individuals. Trish brings a wealth of experience working with complex couples struggling with trauma, mood disorders, personality vulnerabilities, anger management issues, affair recovery and alcohol use and is also an experienced clinical supervisor and assessor for the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority.
John also has an extensive experience in service delivery with couples, families and young people, as well as in organisational development, keynote speaking and training. Over the last 15+ years, John has provided a range of psycho-education group programs to Australian Veterans and their families in areas such as trauma, depression, anxiety and resilience as well as providing gold standard therapy to couples from all around Australia, SE Asia and NZ.
Both Trish & John’s guiding principles, are to utilise sound, evidenced-based approaches to support people in building, repairing and rejuvenating strong, sustainable relationships. They are also committed to developing and training relationship therapists across Australia, NZ, and Asia. They are published authors, and are both asked to regularly appear in print, podcasts and key note speaking.
Car Parking:
Live & Interactive via ZOOM
Disabled Parking:
Yes
Start / End Date
November 19, 2025
November 21, 2025
Times:
Start:
8:30 am
End:
4:30 pm
Course Duration:
3 day(s)
Course Hours:
20 hours
Registration Instructions:
Click on the link for more information and registration