Learn TCT in the classroom. Embody it in a small group.
Enroll in the Experiential Skills Course for 2027 — on its own, or together with a small-group course. You can take Experiential Skills on its own, or take it together with a small-group course — Core Training, Small Group Supervision, the Integration & Consultation Group, or the Process Training Group. Taking both together is the path we recommend most: it is the strongest way to become proficient in Transformative Couples Therapy®, and to really enjoy the work of being a couples therapist.
Enroll in a Package – Save $600
Best value — and the strongest training: take both together
Learn the method in Experiential Skills Course, then apply it in one of four Small Group Course Offerings on your own cases and personalized development, with witnessing and support.
Bought separately, the two courses total $2,200; taken together they are $1,600 — you save $600 (or $1,550 paid all at once, saving $650 off the $2,200 separate upfront total). You can also add more than one small-group course, saving even more.
Already taken Experiential Skills in a past year?
You are welcome to do any of the Small Group Trainings on their own — you do not need to be enrolling in Experiential Skills in 2027 to join them. Here is what’s we’re offering in 2027:
TCT Integration & Consultation Groups
TCT Core Training
Seven Channels Process Group
TCT Small Group Supervision
2027 dates are set!
Experiential Skills meets eight times on Tuesdays, between Feb 23 – Nov 23, 2027, 8–11 am PT.
Integration & Consultation Group begins Mar 2, 2027, 18-11am PT
Seven Channels Process Group begins Feb 16, 2027
Three Core Training offerings begins Mar 2 or Mar 9, 2027 (Two Tuesday groups) and Mar 10, 2027 (Wednesday group)
Small Group Supervision start dates are still to be announced.
Why a package?
Alone is fine. Together is where proficiency grows.
Transformative Couples Therapy® is an embodied, experiential model. You can take Experiential Skills on its own and learn the method well. But watching skilled work and understanding the theory are not, on their own, how therapists change what they do in the room with a couple in distress — or how they come to really enjoy this work. That is what the small group adds, and why we recommend the bundle so strongly.
1. Theory needs a body
TCT works through the Seven Channels of Experience® — sensation, emotion, and moment-to-moment tracking. Those capacities develop through live practice and role-play, not reading alone.
2. Your own work, witnessed
In a small group, your clinical video, cases, and questions receive sustained, focused attention. Instead of traditional “feedback,” the group uses Process Language and embodied witnessing in I-statements.
3. Integration over time
Both courses run monthly across the year. The small group gives you a place, month after month, to bring what Experiential Skills introduced and find out how it actually lands with your couples.
The bundle is the strongest path — and it saves you $600
Experiential Skills teaches the method; a small-group course is where you apply it — on your own video and cases, with witnessing and support, month after month. That combination is the strongest path to becoming proficient in TCT. It also costs less together: $1,600 for both instead of $2,200 bought separately. And you are not limited to one small group — you can further your learning by adding more small groups with special packaged pricing.
Step 1 · Start here — Experiential Skills Course 2027
take it alone, or bundle it
Now in its 4th year, this live monthly series is for new and returning participants who want to learn — and practice — the core skills of Transformative Couples Therapy®. Enroll in it on its own, or add a small-group course in Step 2 and save with the bundle.
How each TCT EXPERiential skills course
3-hour session works:
Hour 1: Theory & practice
TCT theory and practice, grounded in the Seven Channels of Experience®.
Hour 2: Clinical training videos
Watch real clinical training videos and study the work closely, moment by moment.
Hour 3: Live role-play
Hands-on live role-play with an Experiential Assistant, so you practice the skills in your own body and voice.
Live and monthly, in a cohort that learns together across all 8 sessions
Built around applying what you just learned and applying it in a small group
Open to Psychiatrists, Psychologists, LPCs, psychotherapists, MFTs, Social Workers, Registered Clinical Counselors, and Pastoral Counselors
Begins February 23, 2027
Tuesdays, 8–11 am PT · Monthly · 8 sessions
Feb 23, Mar 23, Apr 27, May 25, Jun 22, Sep 28, Oct 26 & Nov 23, 2027
Presented by
David Mars, PhD, with Lisa Gardner, LCSW and TCT Trainers
Continuing education
22 CE credits, CAMFT-approved · CE cost $40
Tuition
$150 per session × 8 sessions = $1,200
Or $1,150 if paid all at once — save $50
Step 2 · Add a small-group course
Optional — and strongly recommended
Experiential Skills can be taken on its own — adding a small-group course is your choice. We recommend it strongly: pairing the two is the strongest path to becoming proficient in TCT, because the small group is where you apply what you are learning to your own video and cases, with witnessing and support. It is also the best value — together, both courses are $100 each per session, $1,600 total instead of $2,200 separately (see Pricing). You may add one or two small-group courses in a package. All four options are small, live, and built on the same TCT witnessing approach. They differ in intensity, whether showing your own video is central or optional, whether the focus is your cases or your own embodied experience as a therapist, and how much prior TCT experience they assume.
Taken Experiential Skills before? If you have taken Experiential Skills in the past, you are welcome to do any of the Core Trainings, Process Groups, Integration & Consultation Groups, or Supervisions on their own, without enrolling in Experiential Skills again.
four small course options to choose from below
Option A:
TCT Integration & Consultation Group
Best for: Beginning or Intermediate TCT learners who want to consolidate what they’re learning.
Begins Tuesday, March 2, 2027
Tuesdays, 8 am–10 am ET
Mar 2, Mar 30, May 4, Jun 1, Jun 29, Oct 5, Nov 2 & Nov 30, 2027.
For clinicians or students who want a better understanding of TCT and its application in clinical work
Integrate learning from the Experiential Skills Course, build your understanding, and get answers to your questions
Show clinical video if you choose — or consult without video about your cases and questions
Structured by the TCT manual, “The Organizing Principles of TCT,” in a safe and relaxed learning environment, co-created with a facilitator who is deeply experienced and Certified in TCT
Led by Christopher Russo, LCSW.
Format: 8 sessions · Tuesdays 11 am–1 pm ET · Live online
Small group size limited to 6 participants
16 CE, CAMFT · CE $40
Tuition: $100/session if combined with Experiential Skills Course. If alone, $125/session × 8 = $1,000, or $950 all at once
Option C:
Seven ChanNels Process Group
Best for: intermediate to advanced learners who want to deepen their embodied relational skills and their sense of self as a therapist.
Begins Tuesday, February 16, 2027 Tuesdays, 8–10 am PT
Feb 16, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18, Jun 15, Sep 21, Oct 19 & Nov 16, 20
Deepening embodied relational skills: giving, receiving, and internalizing the secure base as therapists
Integrating and deepening the therapist’s sense of self, and finding alternate pathways from countertransference reactivity, especially with couples
Whole-body, moment-to-moment somatic tracking, speaking in explicit I-statements about your internal experience
Affective neuroscience and attachment transformation woven through the work
Led by David Mars, PhD
Format: Tuesdays, 8–10 am PT · 8 sessions
Small group size limited to 6 participants
16 CE, CAMFT · CE $40
Tuition: $100/session if combined with Experiential Skills Course. If alone, $125/session × 8 = $1,000, or $950 all at once
Option B:
TCT Core Training
Best for: Clinicians ready to bring their own clinical video and go deep.
3 Groups Begin in March 2027
Tuesday Group 1 — March 9, 2027
Tuesday Group 2 — March 2, 2027 Wednesday Group — March 10, 2027
All meet 8–10 am PT.
Body-oriented, affective neuroscience, and attachment-based TCT training
All 6 members share their own clinical video, with 40 minutes of focused attention when you share
2 sessions with didactic training and video led by TCT Faculty
Process Language and embodied witnessing across the Seven Channels — not traditional feedback
Choose One Group
Tuesday Group 1 with David Mars, PhD:
Mar 9, Apr 6, May 11, Jun 8, Sep 14, Oct 12, Nov 9, Dec 14, 2027 | 8–10 am PT.
Tuesday Group 2 with David Mars, PhD:
Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4, Jun 1, Sep 7, Oct 5, Nov 2, Dec 7, 2027 | 8–10 am PT
Wednesday Group with Lisa Gardner, LCSW:
Mar 10, Apr 7, May 5, Jun 2, Sep 15, Oct 13, Nov 10, Dec 8, 2027 | 8–10 am PT
Format: 8 × 2-hour sessions, monthly · 8–10 am PT
Small group size limited to 6 participants
16 CE, CAMFT · CE $40
Tuition: $100/session if combined with Experiential Skills Course. If alone, $125/session × 8 = $1,000, or $950 all at once
Option D:
Small Group supervision
Best for: clinicians who want regular supervision on real couple sessions.
Start dates to be announced for both supervision options — David Mars on Tuesdays and Lisa Gardner on Wednesdays.
Two members per meeting receive 40 minutes of focused attention on a couple session shown on video
Witnessing, not feedback — I-statements and the Seven Channels of Experience®
With David Mars, PhD: one series — Tuesdays only (dates to be announced)
With Lisa Gardner, LCSW: one series — Wednesdays, 11 am–1 pm ET (dates to be announced)
Led by David Mars / Lisa Gardner
Format: Eight monthly 2-hour sessions on Zoom
2027 Schedule to be Announced
Small group size limited to 6 participants
16 CE, CAMFT · CE $40
Tuition: $100/session if combined with Experiential Skills Course. If alone, $125/session × 8 = $1,000, or $950 all at once
Bundle Pricing — take Experiential Skills Course and a Small Group Training
Save $600 and accelerate your profiCIENCy
Monthly Subscription Pricing: Experiential Skills Course + a Small-Group Course at $100/session x 16 sessions = $1,600 total
Paid all at once Pricing: $1,550
Want to go further faster?
Experiential Skills course
+ 2 Small Group courses
Monthly Subscription Pricing: Experiential Skills Course + 2 Small-Group Course at $100/session x 24 sessions = $2,400 total
Paid all at once Pricing: $2300
Experiential Skills Course
alone
Monthly Subscription Pricing: $150 per session × 8 sessions = $1,200
Paid all at once Pricing = $1,150
Small group courses
alone
TCT Integration & Consultation Group
TCT Core Training
Seven Channels Process Group
Small Group supervision
Monthly Subscription Pricing: $125/session × 8 sessions = $1,000 per course
Paid all at once Pricing = $950 (Save $50)
Applies to each small-group course: Core Training, Small Group Supervision, the Integration & Consultation Group, and the Process Training Group.