Iona College Marriage and Family Therapy Dept to Present Gottman Institute Method Couples Works

April 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Iona College’s accredited Marriage and Family Therapy Department (MFT) will present a two-day workshop, “Professional Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy,” May 5 and 6 at the college’s Faculty Reception Room, Spellman Hall, 715 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY.

Presented by Jeffrey B. White, PhD (candidate), a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist, the workshop training covers three decades of research on what makes marriages succeed or fail and teaches a therapy that helps relationships to thrive.

Participants will be trained in couple dynamics, marital assessment, couples exercises and therapeutic interventions. All workshop materials may be used in private practice settings.

The workshop is designed for mental health providers, allied professionals and clergy, family clinic staff, professors/teachers of couples therapy, researchers in social sciences, graduate students and interns (discount for registration fees available with proof of status).
The registration fees are: mental  health professional, $375; full-time graduate students, $275 and full-time Iona College graduate students, $225. The fees include a copy of the 300-page Gottman Institute clinical manual and snacks and beverages for both days of training.

To register online, visit http://www.iona.edu/academic/artsscience/departments/coun... For more information, call 914 633-2092 or send an e-mail: jwhite@iona.edu. Iona’s MFT Department is accredited by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education.  Iona - currently listed in the top tier of US News and World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges 2011”; The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges 2011 edition and Business Week's Top 25 Undergraduate Business Schools in the Northeast - offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.