The Marriage Clinic: A Scientifically Based Marital Therapy (Norton Professional Books) Hardcover – August 17, 1999 Author: John M. Gottman | Language: English | ISBN:
0393702820 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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If it isn't a classic already, it will be very soon…[R]efreshing, invigorating, and renewing. --
Jay Memmott, Bulletin of the Menninger ClinicThere is an astonishing wealth of assessment tools…[T]horough and insightful. --
Deborah Beckman, MS, Milton H. Erickson Foundation Newsletter[A]n important addition to the field of couple therapy...the first time that a couple therapy is developed from marital research --
International Academy for Marital Spirituality Review, Alfons VansteenwegenAbout the Author
John M. Gottman, PhD, is William Mifflin Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author of over two dozen books, including Seven Principles to Making Marriage Work, The Heart of Parenting (with J. DeClaire), When Men Batter Women (with Neil Jacobson), Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, The Marriage Clinic, and The Science of Trust.
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- Series: Norton Professional Books
- Hardcover: 452 pages
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (August 17, 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0393702820
- ISBN-13: 978-0393702828
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
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At last there is an answer to the question I've been asking since beginning my studies in psychology--"Isn't there anything ELSE?" There are many schools of thought that reign in fiefdoms of psychology, including systems theory, behaviorism, Imago, and psychodynamic to name a few. Each is dogmatic, and when tested across research studies, all can benefit patients (despite zealous claims to the contrary by the priesthoods in each camp). However, until I read The Marriage Clinic, I was not aware that our field has shown such poor results in the area of marital therapy. While individual psychotherapy tends to work, Gottman sites research to show that marital therapy does not create lasting change. This is serious.
Our current state of the art in marital and family therapy tends include unsatisfying, unnatural, and even ridiculous, techniques for clinicians to use with people facing the problem of how to improve their marriage. Thank goodness for people like Gottman, who actually collect data to inform decisions, and use common sense and humanity to understand and apply those findings. I see Gottman as our field's greatest living visionary, whose research and relationship building techniques will hopefully spread to parent-child relationships and IO psychology as well.
As to this book specifically, don't get it unless you are a clinician. If you are looking to help your own marriage, I suggest The Seven Principals of Making Marriage Work, which is very user friendly. The Marriage Clinic is quite technical in parts, and can be dense, however it is a very fun read. Gottman's personality and humor come through loud and clear. I found myself laughing out loud at times.
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