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In-Person Gottman Method Certification Training in Madrid

The only in-person Gottman Method certification training currently available in Europe. Join a transformative experience based on 40+ years of research with over 3,000 couples by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. Given by Dr. Kristina Burgetova.
Perfect for professionals looking to deepen their expertise in couples therapy using a structured, research-based approach.

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What is the Gottman Method?

The Gottman Method offers a practical, research-based roadmap to help couples:

  • Manage conflict compassionately
  • Deepen friendship and intimacy
  • Build shared meaning and life purpose

You’ll learn how to strengthen:

  • The Friendship System: foundation of intimacy and connection
  • The Conflict System: tools to address solvable and perpetual problems
  • The Shared Meaning System: existential foundation of the relationship

You’ll watch videos from real couples in the Love Lab and gain practical tools to use in sessions right away.

What Will You Learn?

  • Conflict management strategies based on empirical research
  • Tools to process fights and heal emotional injuries
  • Techniques to address gridlocked issues and enhance connection
  • Validated assessment methods and therapeutic interventions

Dates and Format

LEVEL 1 TRAINING

  • September 5, 6 & 8
  • 08:30 – 14:30
  • In-person (limited to 10 participants)
  • At Sinews: Calle Sagasta 16, bajo derecha, 28004 Madrid
  • Price: 600€. Includes official Gottman manual, access to the videos, printed materials and a certificate valued at $120.
  • Early Bird Discount (until July, 10): 10% - 540€
  • Bundle Discount: 15% (if you prepay Level 1 & Level 2) – 1.190€
*The discounts are not cumulative.

LEVEL 2 TRAINING

  • Probably last week January 2026 (dates to be confirmed)
  • Price: 800€. Includes official Gottman manual, access to the videos, printed materials and a certificate valued at $.
  • You must have completed and certified Level 1 to access Level 2.

LEVEL 3 TRAINING

  • Planned for September 2026 or January 2027 (to be confirmed)
  • Level 2 certification is required to access Level 3.

Who Should Attend?

This certification training is open exclusively to:
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologists and Psychology students enrolled in the MPGS
  • Mental Health Nurses
  • Clinical Social Workers
  • Psychiatrists and psychiatry residents

Why Choose This Training?

  • Unique in Europe: the only in-person Gottman certification pathway available
  • Evidence-based curriculum with practical tools
  • Real-life clinical video examples
  • Official certificate and manual included

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Start your certification journey with the most trusted and researched couples therapy method in the world. Take the first step toward full certification in the IN-PERSON GOTTMAN METHOD TRAINING in Madrid and bring scientifically validated techniques to your work with couples.


About the trainer
Dr. Kristina Burgetova brings over 20 years of diverse experience in the field of psychology, having worked in a range of settings including community mental health clinics, a correctional facility for juvenile boys, an inpatient children’s mental health hospital, and university settings. This breadth of experience has provided her with a solid foundation for her clinical skills. She has been trained under the practitionerscholar model in the USA and completed a pre-doctoral internship at the University of Manitoba, Canada. Her expertise extends to working with adults, providing individual and couples counselling, career counselling, clinical supervision, and psychological assessments. She is a licensed Psychologist in the US (MN), Registered Psychologist, and Clinical Supervisor in Singapore.

Dr. Kristina moved to Singapore to be a director of the Counselling Centre. Since then, she has taken various roles in the public and private sector as clinical supervisor, consultant, psychological service provider and as a Senior Lecturer at James Cook University, Singapore. She was recently appointed by Family Justice Courts in Singapore to be on the panel of therapeutic specialists. She is also a head of counselling psychology interests’ group in Singapore.

Given her broad interests, the one she is most passionate about is her work with couples. She fell in love with the Gottman approach during her Masters. She says intuitively the method makes perfect sense, is comprehensive and provides safe structure to assess and intervene. Within the couples counselling, she specializes on infidelity issues and rebuilding relationships after past hurt(s). Dr. Kristina is a certified Gottman therapist.

Dr. Kristina is originally from Slovakia. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her two children, be active, play tennis (recreationally) and go for long walks.
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