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The New Science of Couples Therapy

Magazine Article - Symposium Highlight

May 9, 2018

The New Science of Couples Therapy

Highlights from Symposium 2018

John Gottman & Julie Gottman

In their featured address, the Gottmans explored what research has revealed about the crucial role the brain’s seven different command systems can play in enhancing the quality of couples’ emotional connection. Read More
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Magazine Article

September 7, 2017

The Science of Togetherness

Making Couples Therapy More Effective

John Gottman

Despite all the intellectual excitement it generated, the hard truth is that, so far, the systems revolution hasn’t led to very effective ways of doing therapy. Fortunately, a second revolution is quietly taking shape—a new wave of systems theory and therapy—that marries the wisdom of clinical intuition with the rigors of scientific inquiry. Read More
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Magazine Article

January 1, 2017

Then, Now & Tomorrow

Oral Histories of Psychotherapy 1978-2017

Marian Sandmaier, Bessel van der Kolk, Dan Siegel, John Preston, Kenneth V. Hardy, Mary Jo Barrett, John Gottman, and Salvador Minuchin

A group of innovators and leaders look back over different realms of therapeutic practice and offer their view of the eureka moments, the mistakes and misdirections, and the inevitable trial-and-error processes that have shaped the evolution of different specialty areas within the field. Read More
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Magazine Article

November 18, 2015

Lessons from the Love Lab

The Science of Couples Therapy

John Gottman & Julie Gottman

The pioneers who birthed couples and family therapy never paused to scienti cally study the relationships they treated. Now, after systematically observing and doing therapy with thousands of couples, two of the field’s leading researchers summarize what they’ve learned about successful relationships and effective couples therapy. Read More
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Magazine Article

May 1, 1994

Why Marriages Fail

John Gottman

Some intriguing findings refute popular myths about marriage. Read More

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John Gottman

John Gottman

John Gottman, Ph.D., was voted one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the past quarter century and was recently honored with the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Psychotherapy Networker. Professor Emeritus in Psychology at the University of Washington, Dr. Gottman is known for his work on marital stability and relationship analysis through scientific direct observations, self-report and physiology. He is the author or co-author of over 200 published academic articles and more than 45 books, including the bestselling The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work; What Makes Love Last; The Relationship Cure; and Why Marriages Succeed or Fail. He is the co-founder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software, Inc., which has created a tele-therapy technology that will live on cell phones, computers, and tablets to assist therapists in couples therapy and offer direct relationship building services directly to couples. Learn more at Gottman.com.