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What We Really Know About Marriage Counseling

Dr. John Gottman is one of the most rigorous and far reaching researchers in the field of marriage counseling. He has reviewed virtually all the formally existing research in the area of marriage counseling, done extensive scientifically based research to determine the validity of those findings and has developed procedures based on his findings. Dr. Gottman uses both self-reporting measures (the subjects rating themselves) and objective measures (review of video tapes and biofeedback equipment). His work spans a 25-year period and includes hundreds of couples. Dr. Gottman is the founder and director of the professionally acclaimed research facility The Seattle Marital and Family Institute. He is also a professor at the Washington University, a superb researcher and excellent teacher. Read more