The Gottman Relationship Institute’s mission is to train practitioners and educate couples in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. We are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is our goal to make services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.
In keeping with our mission, Certified Gottman Therapists* are trained to work with individuals, children and/or families on many issues including anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, abuse and domestic violence, multi-cultural issues, and blended families, among others. To determine whether a Relationship Center and Referral Network Therapist specializes in your particular area of need or interest, please click on Find A Therapist and locate each therapist’s areas of specialization under Areas of Expertise.
How Will Gottman Method Couples Therapy Help You?
Gottman Method Couples Therapy combines Dr. John Gottman’s 35 years of research on couples’ relationships with Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman’s more than 30 years of clinical practice. Through research-based interventions and exercises, Certified Gottman Therapists help couples break through barriers to achieve greater understanding, connection and intimacy in their relationships. Gottman Method Couples Therapy is a structured, goal-oriented, scientifically-based therapy. Intervention strategies are based upon empirical data from Dr. Gottman’s three decades of research with more than 3,000 couples. This research shows us what actually works to help couples achieve a long-term healthy relationship. Gottman Method Couples Therapy was developed out of this research to help you and your spouse or partner:
- Increase respect, affection, and closeness
- Break through and resolve conflict when you feel stuck
- Generate greater understanding between you and your partner
- Keep conflict discussions calm
- Maintain improvements in your relationship
The therapy usually consists of two or three sessions of assessment and subsequent treatment sessions, typically on a weekly basis. Gottman Method Therapy helps couples develop and strengthen the qualities of positive, healthy relationships that Dr. Gottman discovered in his 35 years of research with couples.
Fees
Fees for therapy provided by Certified Gottman Therapists are arranged directly with the independent therapist. Many therapists accept insurance when applicable.
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