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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Introduction & Materials

    • Welcome - (You must read this section and select Complete and Continue to view the videos)

    • Emotion Coaching: The Heart of Parenting

  • 2

    Chapter 1

    • Introduction to the Workshop

    • Activity 1 - Remembering Life as a Child

    • How Kids Turn Out

    • What are Emotion Dismissing Parents

    • What are Emotion Coaching Parents

    • What is Emotion Coaching

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    • Activity 2 - Recognizing an Emotion Coaching Response versus Emotion Dismissing

    • Knowledge Check

    • Activity 3 - Meta-Emotion Exercise
  • 3

    Chapter 2

    • Activity 4 - Four Common Parenting Mistakes

    • How to Be an Emotion Coach: Parenting Behaviors to Avoid

    • How to Be an Emotion Coach: Parenting Behaviors to Practice

    • Knowledge Check
  • 4

    Chapter 3

    • Barriers to Effective Emotion Coaching: The Parental Agenda and Flooding

    • Knowledge Check

    • Activity 5 - Think About Your Relationship with Your Child

    • Activity 6 - Feeling Flooded and Calming Down
  • 5

    Chapter 4

    • 5 Steps to Emotion Coaching: Step 1 - Be Aware of Your Child's Emotions

    • 5 Steps to Emotion Coaching: Step 2 - Recognize Emotion as an Opportunity for Connection

    • 5 Steps to Emotion Coaching: Step 3 - Help Your Child Verbally Label Emotions

    • 5 Steps to Emotion Coaching: Step 4 - Communicate Empathy and Understanding

    • 5 Steps to Emotion Coaching: Step 5 - Set Limits and Problem Solve

    • Knowledge Check

    • Activity 7 - Relfection on Fathering

    • Activity 8 - Help your Child Verbally Label Emotions

    • Activity 9 - Ways to Create Connection with Your Younger Child

    • Activity 10 - Ways to Creation Connection with Your Older Child

    • Activity 11 - Communicating Empathy
  • 6

    Chapter 5

    • Steps to Help Challenging Children: The Coercive Cycle

    • Steps to Help Challenging Children: Explosive and Implosive Children

    • Knowledge Check
  • 7

    Chapter 6

    • Next Steps
  • 8

    Optional - Emotion Coaching Exam

    • Optional - Emotion Coaching Exam

    • Course Evaluation
  • 9

    Webinars

    • The Heart of Relating to Tweens and Teens

    • Going Back to School During Covid-19

    • Emotion Coaching Webinar

Instructor(s)

John Gottman

World-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, Dr. John Gottman has conducted 40 years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. He is the author of over 200 published academic articles and author or co-author of more than 40 books, including The New York Times bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Dr. Gottman’s media appearances include Good Morning America, Today, CBS Morning News, and Oprah, as well articles in The New York Times, Redbook, Glamour, Woman’s Day, People, Self, and Psychology Today.

Julie Gottman

Dr. Julie Gottman is the co-founder and President of The Gottman Institute. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert advisor on marriage, sexual harassment and rape, domestic violence, gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, and parenting issues. She is the co-creator of the immensely popular The Art and Science of Love weekend workshops for couples, and she also co-designed the national clinical training program in Gottman Method Couples Therapy.