About John Gottman, Ph.D.

Drs. John and Julie Gottman are engaging and illuminating speakers who present with humor, wisdom, and clarity. Their workshops integrate didactic presentation, analysis of couple interactions, demonstrations of clinical technique, experiential learning, videos from their clinical office and lively exchanges with their audiences.

John Gottman, Ph.D. is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction, including the study of emotions, physiology, and communication. He was recently voted as one of the Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the past quarter-century by the Psychotherapy Networker magazine. He is the author of 190 published academic articles and author or co-author of 40 books, including his NY Times best seller, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. He is the Executive Director of the Relationship Research Institute, which creates programs for new parents and treatments for domestic violence.

His breakthrough research on marriage and parenting has earned him numerous major awards including:

Four National Institute of Mental Health Research Scientist Awards
The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Distinguished Research Scientist Award
The American Family Therapy Academy Award for Most Distinguished Contributor to Family Systems Research
The American Psychological Association Division of Family Psychology, Presidential Citation for Outstanding Lifetime Research Contribution
The National Council of Family Relations, 1994 Burgess Award for Outstanding Career in Theory and Research.
He is the author or co-author of 190 published academic articles and 40 books, including:

His most recent book, And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives (Crown Publishers)
Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship (Crown Publishers)
The Relationship Cure, A 5-Step Guide for Building Better Connections with Family, Friends, and Lovers (Crown Publishers)
New York Times bestseller, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work (Crown Publishers)
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail…and How You Can Make Yours Last (Simon & Schuster)
Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting (Simon and Schuster)
The Marriage Clinic (Norton).
John has appeared on numerous TV programs, including: “Good Morning America,” “Today,” “CBS Morning News,” and “Oprah.” Articles about him have appeared in The New York Times, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Glamour, Woman’s Day, People, Self, Reader’s Digest, Psychology Today, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Dr. Gottman was the co-founder of the Gottman Institute™ with his wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman. He is executive director of the nonprofit Relationship Research Institute, currently evaluating interventions for the transition to parenthood. Dr. Gottman is an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Washington and founded what the media termed, "The Love Lab", where much of his research on couples' interactions was conducted.
In Seattle, John Gottman co-presents, with his wife, Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, four couples workshops per year, The Art and Science of Love. He also co-presents an Advanced Study clinical training. His style of presentation is clear, informative and chocked with humor. He is beloved by his audiences everywhere.

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