Gottman's Couple's Therapy
Learn how to deepen the emotional connection in your relationship to overcome any challenges you may be facing. Gottman couple’s therapy provides tools and support to enhance emotional connection and build a strong, resilient, and connected relationship.
What is the Gottman Method?
Gottman Method Couples Therapy is a research-based approach to relationship counselling developed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. Grounded in decades of scientific studies on what makes relationships succeed or fail, this method helps couples enhance emotional connection, resolve conflicts effectively, and build a strong foundation of trust and intimacy.
Key Features of the Gottman Method:
- Science-Based Approach: The therapy is rooted in over 40 years of research on relationship dynamics.
- Strengthening the Relationship Foundation: Focuses on building love maps, nurturing fondness and admiration, and fostering a deeper emotional bond.
- Conflict Management: Teaches practical tools for managing and resolving conflict in a constructive and respectful way.
- Positive Interaction Ratio: Encourages couples to maintain a balance of positive interactions to offset negative ones (the “magic ratio” of 5:1).
- Focus on Friendship and Intimacy: Strengthens the friendship at the core of the relationship while fostering shared goals and meaning.
Is the Gottman Method right for us?
Applications of the Gottman Method:
This approach is effective for couples experiencing:
- Communication Breakdown
- Frequent Conflicts
- Infidelity Recovery
- Emotional Disconnection
- Parenting or Family Stress
- Life Transitions Impacting the Relationship
Why Choose the Gottman Method?
Gottman Method Couples Therapy equips partners with evidence-based tools to build and maintain a fulfilling and lasting relationship. By focusing on strengthening friendship, managing conflict, and fostering shared meaning, it helps couples not just survive but thrive together.
How Gottman Couples Therapy Works:
- Couples begin with an assessment of their relationship, including individual interviews and questionnaires, to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
- Therapy sessions focus on teaching skills and strategies to improve communication, manage conflict, and deepen emotional intimacy.
- Exercises and homework are often provided to reinforce progress outside of sessions.
Therapists who work with Gottman Method: Reem Khawar, Andrew Vespa, Anita Harder.
The Gottman method is effective for couple’s experiencing:
- * Frequent Conflicts
- * Communication Breakdown
- * Infidelity Recovery
- * Emotional Disconnection
- * Parenting or Family Stress
- * Life Transitions