The Gottman Seven Principles Workshop For couples who want to grow closer

The Skills Happy Couples Actually Use.

A warm, research-based six-hour workshop where you and your partner learn the habits that keep love strong, taught through guided exercises you do together, never by sharing your private life with the room.

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Led by Janine Piernas, LMFT · Based on the work of Dr. John Gottman · Temecula, CA

40+Years of relationship research behind it

3,000+Real couples studied to build it

7Principles you take home and use

What It Is

Proven Tools, Not Guesswork.

The Gottman Seven Principles Workshop is based on the New York Times bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, drawn from more than forty years of research with over three thousand real couples. It is built on what actually separates relationships that thrive from the ones that quietly drift apart.

This is enrichment, not crisis work. It is for partners who want to strengthen a good thing, refresh a busy one, or start married life with the right skills in hand. You leave with practical tools you can use that same night.

Officially Recognized

Trained and Recognized by The Gottman Institute

The Gottman Institute issues the Seven Principles Leader badge only to providers who complete their official training. It is how you tell the real program, taught by someone they recognize, from a lookalike using the name.

The Part People Worry About

You Never Share Your Private Life With the Room.

This is an educational workshop, not group therapy. You learn through lectures, demonstrations, and private exercises you do quietly with your own partner. Nobody is put on the spot, and nobody airs their relationship in front of strangers. You get the insight without the exposure.

Who It Is For

Built for Couples at Every Stage.

✓Couples who want to strengthen their connection

✓Couples tired of the same cyclical arguments

✓Couples who want to communicate better

✓Newlywed and engaged couples

✓Long-term partners who need a refresh

✓Couples who simply want to invest early

A Note on Fit

The workshop is for relationship enrichment, not crisis or safety concerns. If you are facing abuse, active addiction, or the raw aftermath of an affair, the workshop is not the right setting. Reach out and I will point you toward an intensive or couples therapy instead.

What You Learn

The Seven Principles, Made Practical.

Each principle is a skill you will understand and practice with your partner before you leave.

Build Your Love MapsKnow your partner's inner world: the worries, hopes, and small daily details that make up their life.

Nurture Fondness and AdmirationBuild the habit of noticing what you appreciate, the strongest antidote to contempt and distance.

Turn Toward Each OtherCatch the small everyday bids for attention and answer them. Real closeness is built from small moments.

Let Your Partner Influence YouShare power and decisions. Partnerships thrive when each person's voice genuinely counts.

Solve Your Solvable ProblemsLearn a gentler way to raise an issue and repair tension before it turns into a fight.

Overcome GridlockGet underneath the conflicts that never resolve, to the deeper dreams hidden inside them.

Create Shared MeaningBuild a sense of us: the rituals, roles, and goals that give your relationship purpose.

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And Time to PracticeEvery principle comes with a guided exercise you do together, so you leave having already used what you learned.

What to Expect

A Day That Feels Good to Be In.

✿Clear, Warm TeachingReal research made simple and human, with the kind of honesty and warmth you would expect from working with me directly.

✿Demonstrations and ExamplesSee the tools in action through demonstrations and examples, so the ideas click before you try them.

✿Private Couple ExercisesQuiet time to practice each skill with your own partner, just the two of you, at your own pace.

✿A Friendly GroupA relaxed room of couples there for the same reason you are, with zero pressure to share or perform.

✿Tools You KeepPractical skills and language you can use that same evening and for years after.

✿A Reason to ReconnectA dedicated day to step out of the routine and focus on each other on purpose.

Save Your Spot

Join an Upcoming Workshop.

The Seven Principles Workshop $650 Per couple · 6 hours · In person in Temecula

✦A focused six-hour workshop in a small, intimate group of couples

✦Led personally by Janine Piernas, LMFT

✦All seven principles, taught and demonstrated

✦Private guided exercises for just the two of you

✦Take-home materials: a copy of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, a companion workbook, and a card deck for the two of you

✦Practical tools and language you keep and use that same night

✦Light refreshments provided

Ask About Upcoming Dates

Workshops run as small groups and seats are limited, so they fill quickly. Prefer to talk it through first? The same link books a free consultation.

Common Questions

Questions Couples Usually Ask.

Do we have to talk about our problems in front of the group?+

No. This is the question almost everyone has, and the answer is a firm no. You learn through teaching and demonstrations, then practice privately with your own partner. You never share your personal life with the room.

Is this couples therapy?+

No. It is an educational workshop for relationship enrichment. If you want personalized clinical work on specific issues, couples therapy or an intensive is the better fit, and I am glad to help you choose.

Do we have to be married?+

Not at all. The workshop is for couples at every stage: dating seriously, engaged, newly married, or together for decades. The skills apply to any committed relationship.

What if we are in real distress right now?+

If you are dealing with abuse, active addiction, or the immediate aftermath of an affair, the workshop is not the right setting. Reach out and I will point you toward an intensive or couples therapy that fits where you are.

When is the next workshop and how do we register?+

Workshops run in small groups throughout the year and seats are limited. Use the button above to ask about the next date and reserve your spot, or to book a quick consultation first.

Give Your Relationship a Day.

The couples who thrive are not the ones who never struggle. They are the ones who learned the skills. Spend a day building yours, together.

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