Small Things Often
Welcome to Small Things Often, a podcast from The Gottman Institute Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small … Continued
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Finding Common Ground: Homework Assignment
Here are ways to find common ground with your partner.
Finding Common Ground: The Harvard Negotiation Project
Instead of suffering in your relationship, you can use a simple approach to change the nature of negotiation.
Three Common Mistakes Couples Make During Conflict
If you want to stop arguing all the time, avoid these mistakes
8 Myths About Relationships
We’d like to separate the fact from the fiction and explode the eight most common myths about relationships.
Breaking the Pursue-Withdraw Pattern: An Interview with Scott R. Woolley, Ph.D.
The pursue-withdraw pattern is an extremely common cause of divorce. If left unresolved, it will continue into a second marriage and subsequent intimate relationships.
The Four Horsemen: Criticism
The first of the Four Horsemen, and likely the most common, is criticism.
The Digital Age: A Practitioner’s Perspective
It’s a pretty common story: “Technology” invites us to avoid intimacy and we accept the invitation.
W is for Wednesday
What would you guess is the most common reason couples come into therapy? The lady who cuts my hair thinks it’s “affairs.” My neighbor thinks it’s “empty nest syndrome.”
The Criticism Defensiveness Cycle
One of the most common of the Four Horsemen is criticism. The Four Horsemen are what Dr. John Gottman calls … Continued
Am I Codependent?
Codependency is not a bad word Codependency is more common than one may think. Here are some examples of how … Continued
8 Ways to Have Lower Conflict Conversations about Money
Conflict about finances is a major relationship stressor for many couples. In fact, money is one of the most common … Continued