A RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIPS How Forgiveness Can Transform Your Marriage Terry Gaspard, MSW, LICSW  //  December 29, 2016 Recent studies have shown that forgiveness is an essential component of successful romantic relationships. In fact, the capacity to seek and grant forgiveness is one of the most significant factors contributing to marital satisfaction and a lifetime of love. […]

A RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIPS Pay Attention, for Passion’s Sake Cheryl Fraser  //  January 2, 2019 I watch the couple on my couch and smile. Joleen tilts her head and nods thoughtfully as Steven speaks. She reaches out with a finger and touches his inner wrist, cuing him that she’d like to reply. I am watching

A RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIPS R is for Repair Zach Brittle, LMHC  September 3, 2014 Repair is easily my favorite concept in the entire Gottman encyclopedia. Typically, we think of repair in terms of what we have to do to a car or a washing machine or a botched haircut. As in, it’s broken, it

A RESEARCH-BASED APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIPS Building a Great Sex Life is Not Rocket Science John Gottman, Ph.D.  //  January 4, 2017 In an amazing book titled The Normal Bar, authors Chrisanna Northrup, Pepper Schwartz, and James Witte conducted an online study with 70,000 people in 24 countries. They were curious about what might be different about couples who

FEBRUARY 13, 2018 8 Facts About Love and Marriage in America BY ABIGAIL GEIGER AND GRETCHEN LIVINGSTON The landscape of relationships in America has shifted dramatically in recent decades. From cohabitation to same-sex marriage to interracial and interethnic marriage, here are eight facts about love and marriage in the United States. 1  Love tops the list of Americans’ reasons