Episode 310
Strong, supportive relationships are key to our mental and even physical health. But what are the keys to a healthy, loving relationship? John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, talk about why it’s so important to pay attention to your partner’s “bids for connection,” how to have productive rather than destructive fights, whether any couple can learn to communicate better, and why it’s a myth that you should never go to bed angry.
About the experts: John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD
World-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, John Gottman, PhD, has conducted 50 years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. He is the author or coauthor of over 200 published academic articles and more than 40 books, including the bestselling The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Cofounder of The Gottman Institute with his wife, Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, John was also the executive director of the Relationship Research Institute. He is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Washington, where he founded “The Love Lab” at which much of his research on couples’ interactions was conducted.
Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, is a cofounder and president of The Gottman Institute with her husband, John Gottman. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert advisor on marriage, sexual harassment and rape, domestic violence, gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, and parenting issues. She is the cocreator of the The Art and Science of Love weekend workshops for couples, and she also codesigned the national clinical training program in Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
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