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Gottman, John

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Dr. John Gottman is world renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction and has conducted 46 years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. Dr. Gottman was named one of the top 10 most influential therapists of the past quarter-century by the psychotherapy networker.

Career

John Gottman holds a B.S. in mathematics-physics from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He completed an M.S. in mathematics-psychology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964, and an M.A. clinical psychology-mathematics, University of Wisconsin in 1967. His Ph.D. in clinical psychology was earned at the University of Wisconsin in 1971.

Dr. Gottman’s career includes: assistant professor, Indiana University 1974–1976; associate professor, Indiana University 1976–1981; associate professor, University of Illinois 1981–1986; professor of psychology, University of Illinois 1986–2002; professor of psychology, University of Washington 1986–2002. He is the...

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  • Gottman, J. M. (1999). The marriage clinic. New York: Norton.

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  • Gottman, J. M. (2014). Principia amoris: The new science of love. New York and London: Routledge.

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  • Gottman, J. M., & Silver, N. (2015). The seven principles for making marriage work (Rev. ed.). New York: Harmony Books.

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  • Gottman, J. M., Katz, L. F., & Hooven, C. (1997). Meta-emotion: How families communicate emotionally. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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  • Jacobson, N., & Gottman, J. (1998). When men batter women: New insights into ending abusive relationships. New York: Simon and Schuster.

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  1. Clinical Director, Gottman Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Donald Cole

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, IL, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

    Kelley Quirk Ph.D.

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Adam Fisher Ph.D.

  3. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

    Adam Fisher Ph.D.

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Cole, D. (2019). Gottman, John. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_994-1

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