Our Personal Invitation
Wherever you are in your relationship, we want you to experience tremendous benefits from this couples workshop. We know that this material has the power to radically transform your relationship, if you use the small steps often. These simple (though not always easy) practices can change the whole direction of a relationship. It’s pretty awesome to experience!
We’ve done the preparation work and we warmly invite you to join us for this weekend!
Sincerely,
Joy and Richard
 Richard Boswell, LCSW
Richard B. Boswell, LCSW, a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist and Workshop Leader, has over 25 years of experience working with couples, families and individuals. He has developed and directed family focused treatment programs in Kansas, New Jersey, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois; taught family systems and couples therapy at the graduate level; and trained and supervised therapists throughout his career. Richard received his Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Kansas. He is a graduate of the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute and has studied with the Minuchin Center in New York City. Currently he has a successful full time private practice in St. Louis, Missouri, and Swansea, Illinois, where he works with couples, families and individuals.
 Joy Allen, M.Div., LCSW
Joy Allen, a Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapist and Workshop Leader, is committed to helping couples and families experience growth and connection in their relationships. She has seen couples for the past 20 years in Tennessee, Colorado, Missouri, and now in Fort Worth, Texas. Joy enjoys working with recently married couples, with gay and lesbian couples, with couples wanting to incorporate spirituality in their therapy, and with couples who have been together many years. She has worked in family service agencies, pastoral counseling settings and in faith based organizations. She has extensive experience speaking to community groups and leading classes.
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| February 2008 - Drs. John and Julie Gottman with Richard Boswell and Joy Allen at the conclusion of The Art and Science of Love Workshop in Seattle, Washington |
A Certified Gottman Therapist
Richard Boswell and Joy Allen were trained and certified by The Gottman Institute and Drs John and Julie Gottman as Gottman Couples Therapists and Gottman Couples Workshop Leaders. They have over 45 years of combined clinical experience and went through the Gottman Certification process together. They have both been to Seattle, Washington many times for training, annual meetings of The Gottman Institute, roving at couples workshops and participating in leadership teams.
| The program to become a Certified Gottman Therapist includes the completion of the following three levels of training: |
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Level I – Marital Therapy: A Research-Based Approach – A two-day professional workshop by Dr. John Gottman, either in person or on DVD/videotape |
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Level II – Gottman Method Couples Therapy: Assessment and Intervention – a four or five-day training led by Drs. John and Julie Gottma |
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Level III – The Certification Program: |
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a. Workshop Practicum: a four-day workshop led by Dr. Julie Gottman. |
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Clinical Consultation: at least 8 individual sessions or 12 group sessions of consultation with a Gottman Relationship Clinic Senior Therapist and Consultant. |
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Tape Review: submission of DVD/video tapes for review by a Senior Gottman Relationship Clinic Therapist Tape Reviewer. Based on those videotapes, the therapist must have received confirmation from their Consultant that they have qualified to be a Certified Gottman Therapist. |
Without this written certification, clinicians are not qualified to use the Gottman name when representing themselves or their work in therapy, workshops, classes, written material and/or presentations.
 The Gottman Couples Workshop Leader Certification includes another level of training which involves attending and shadowing advanced clinicians at the workshop and then roving at The Art and Science of Love: A Weekend Workshop for Couples in Seattle presented by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. Subsequently clinicians can then participate in the Gottman Couples Workshop Leaders five-day training. The first training for this occurred in April 2006 and the second training occurred in October 2007.
For more information:
The Gottman Institute
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