About Us

Colorado Springs Therapy

#ElevateLove

Meet Our Therapists

Empathetic, Expert, Effective.

Our Practice

Strengthening Couples, Families and Communities
Principal Skills Relationship center is one of the few therapy practice in Colorado that specializes in treating Couples with the Gottman method. The Centre integrates the method treating in betrayal, trauma, and sexual Compulsions and addictions.
Individual, Couples and family Counseling
Our specialities include:
Therapist at the center offer couples, individual and family therapy for

Meet Our Support Staff

Kristi Havenar

Receptionist

Kristi is your go-to person at Principle Skills Relationship Center. She’s always happy to hear from you and will respond to your questions quickly and with complete confidentiality.

kristi@principleskills.com

Main: 1 (719) 494 7412 Extension 1

Heather Jordan-Rauer

HR/ Operations Manager

Heather has many years of experience helping companies find quality applicants who fit the existing culture, while also assisting organizations in providing a great place to work. 

heather@principleskills

Main: 1 (719) 494 7412 Extension 1

Trusted Counseling

Research on Relationships

Principle Skills has a research-backed approach to therapy. Our therapists utilize treatments based on data, rather than popular trends or their own
notions.

However, their years of experience allows them to
expertly apply correct principles to your issues and guide you to recovery and healing.

Gottman Studies

Dr. Gottman’s research work with couples began in 1972. In one of the initial studies, Dr. Gottman placed couples in “Love Lab” apartments, where they were monitored and recorded. Through their interactions and subsequent studies — including some that followed those couples for more than 20 years — came a fountain of knowledge on what behaviors strengthen relationships.

Leading the Way

Principle Skills is proud to be the first group in Colorado to offer The Gottman Institute’s events, including The Art and Science of Love couples workshops, The Heart of Parenting, Lessons in Love, and professional trainings — live and in person.

The Gottman Institute is world-renowned for its groundbreaking research on healthy relationships and its ability to identify the key predictors of divorce. In fact, their researchers can predict with up to 90% accuracy which couples will divorce and which will enjoy lasting, happy marriages.

This is therapy you can trust — backed by science, proven by results, and delivered with care.

Caralee Frederic, LCSW, has trained under Drs. John and Julie Gottman, and often assists them in presenting the Gottman’s couples workshops at their headquarters in Seattle.