Leadership happens through relationships. How you listen, respond under pressure, give feedback, and navigate disagreements shapes the culture around you.
Caralee brings a fresh perspective to management and leadership development by applying research-based relationship principles to everyday workplace challenges.
Participants learn to:
Bring expert clinical insight and practical relationship skills to your organization through customized trainings for:
Training and speaking engagements are developed around the specific challenges and goals of your team.
Programs can range from focused presentations and keynote-style talks to interactive workshops.
Content and level of clinical depth can be adapted for executives, managers, therapists, healthcare professionals, and other groups.
Presentations can focus on one area or blend multiple topics, including:
Strengthen emotional intelligence for leadership teams through greater self-awareness, empathy, communication, self-regulation, and skills for navigating work environments.
Explore research-based principles and interventions from the Gottman Method and how they can be applied to relationships, communication, conflict, and clinical practice.
Understand the emotional and relational dynamics of divorce and learn approaches for helping individuals and couples navigate difficult transitions.
Understand the impact of betrayal and affairs and learn approaches for addressing trauma, rebuilding trust, and moving forward.
Caralee Hammer Frederic, LCSW, brings decades of clinical experience and professional training expertise. She speaks and provides training for corporations, universities, healthcare organizations, churches, and professional groups.
She has also been a guest expert on radio shows and podcasts, translating research and clinical insight into practical strategies for work, leadership, relationships, and personal well-being.
Her engaging, approachable style makes complex topics accessible and relevant for audiences ranging from C-suite executives and managers to therapists, healthcare professionals, clergy, educators, and students.
Workplace culture takes shape through relationships: how people communicate, build trust, and handle disagreements. These are the dynamics Caralee has spent more than 20 years helping people improve.
As an Advanced Clinical Gottman Trainer, she adapts research-based relationship principles to workplace challenges. Through practical exercises, teams learn to replace criticism, defensiveness, and avoidance with respectful communication, collaboration, and accountability.
Effective leadership requires emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and the ability to navigate difficult conversations. Caralee brings a fresh perspective by helping leaders understand how their responses affect the people around them.
Drawing on her expertise in the Gottman Method and training in trauma, she helps leaders practice listening, give constructive feedback, recognize emotional flooding, and regain composure under pressure. These skills support thoughtful decisions, stronger working relationships, and leadership that models the organization’s values.
Caralee offers presentations ranging from one-hour workshops to half-day, full-day, and multi-day trainings and workshops.
Yes. Caralee tailors the content, format, and level of clinical depth to your audience.
Share information about your audience, goals, and the topics or challenges you would like Caralee to address. Providing specific questions in advance can help her tailor the presentation to your group and make the event as relevant and useful as possible.
Caralee prefers in-person events whenever possible, creating an engaging and interactive experience for participants. However, accommodations can be made for individuals who need to join remotely.
