About Positive Relationship Inc

Mike Fidler

Mike Fidler is semi-retired. He continues to offer the Art and Science of Love Workshops to Couples.  Mike offers clinical supervision and consultation for couple therapists interested in developing skill sets in Gottman methods.

Mike Fidler teaches all levels of Gottman methods and is a consultant to therapists in the certification track through the Gottman Institute. He does guest lectures in university professional development programs and teaches youth about positive relationship.

Mike Fidler has a Master of Social Work degree & is a Registered Social Worker. He has certificates from the University of Toronto in custody access mediation, Psychosocial Factors in Rehabilitation & Addiction Studies, and has an Advanced Family Therapy training certificate from the George Hull Family & Children’s Centre. Mike is a certified Substance Abuse Professional under NAFTA. He completed his advanced training using John Gottman Marital Assessment & Intervention Techniques through the Gottman Institute in Seattle, Washington & is a certified Gottman couple’s therapist. Mike has advanced training in emotional focused couple’s therapy with Susan Johnson & Les Greenberg respectively. He has trained with Dan Wile. He has his advanced level training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy as an attachment & trauma therapist for children and youth with Daniel Hughes.

Mike is certified by the Gottman Institute to train couple’s therapists in Level one introductory Gottman methods theory, Level two advanced training in Gottman clinical methods & Level three practicum, and as a consultant in the therapist certification track. Mike is a certified Art & Science of Love workshop leader.

He worked at the Haldimand Norfolk Children’s Aid Society for 12 years as a child abuse specialist, taught provincially & nationally for over 6 years for the Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse, has been in private clinical practice for over 30 years and managed Mike Fidler & Associates Inc. from 1989-2019.

Mike Fidler’s specialities with couples include addiction, affairs and high conflict.

Mike has volunteered for over 35 years as a marriage preparation trainer & is an international couple’s workshop leader delivering The Art & Science of Love Couple’s Workshop in Simcoe Ontario & abroad.

Bertha Alicia Alcocer Orozco

Brief Bio

Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Universidad Anáhuac

Master’s Degree in Family Therapy from Universidad de las Américas

Doctorate in Family Sciences from Instituto de Enlaces Educativos

Specialization in Couple Therapy with a Systemic Approach from UNAM

Training in Managing Traumatic Events by the EMDR Institute

Training in the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy. Certified Therapist since 2017.

Trainer of Couple Therapists using the Gottman Method Levels 1, 2, and 3

Consultant for the Certification of Couple Therapists in the Gottman Method

Trainer of the Bringing Baby Home course

Certification in Forgiveness Therapy by Dr. Robert Enright

Training in Couple Therapy with a Psychobiological Approach: PACT Level 1

Author of the book “Voces de colores: ¿qué nos dicen los dibujos de los niños en edad preescolar sobre la familia?” (“Voices of Colors: What Do Preschoolers’ Drawings Tell Us About the Family?”)

Professor at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family

Private practice in family and couples diagnosis and psychotherapy since 1986

Married for 40 years, mother and grandmother