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Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
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In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washington made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did not yet know was how to turn a failing marriage into a successful one, so Gottman teamed up with his clinical psychologist wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, to develop intervention methods. Now the Gottmans, together with the Love Lab research facility, have put these ideas into practice.
What emerged from the Gottmans’ collaboration and decades of research is a body of advice that’s based on two surprisingly simple truths: Happily married couples behave like good friends, and they handle their conflicts in gentle, positive ways. The authors offer an intimate look at ten couples who have learned to work through potentially destructive problems—extramarital affairs, workaholism, parenthood adjustments, serious illnesses, lack of intimacy—and examine what they’ve done to improve communication and get their marriages back on track.
Hundreds of thousands have seen their relationships improve thanks to the Gottmans’ work. Whether you want to make a strong relationship more fulfilling or rescue one that’s headed for disaster, Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage is essential reading.
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- ISBN: 9780307347114
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- ISBN: 9780307347114
- File size: 6710 KB
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Languages
- English
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April 15, 2006
Husband-and-wife clinical psychologists John Gottman ("The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work") and Julie Schwartz Gottman observe spouses at their famed Seattle -Love Lab - to predict which might be divorce-bound and why. Each of the ten couples profiled here illustrates a principle that the authors believe can strengthen a marriage that is suffering from such factors as overwork, affairs, and preoccupation with children. Completing each chapter are quizzes and exercises that will help readers apply the principle to their own lives. The authors' advice, though basic, is thoroughly thought out. Of course, no single book can provide truly in-depth information on such a complicated topic, but couples can start to examine their own relationships with the Gottmans' guidance. (See also their appearance in Malcolm Gladwell's "Blink".) Written in a conversational style, this book will certainly find a readership in public libraries." -Kay Brodie, Chesapeake Coll., Wye Mills, MD"Copyright 2006 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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