NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over a million copies sold! “An eminently practical guide to an emotionally intelligent—and long-lasting—marriage.”—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage. Here is the culmination of that work: the seven principles that guide couples on a path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.
 
Straightforward yet profound, these principles teach partners new approaches for resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater levels of intimacy. Gottman offers strategies and resources to help couples collaborate more effectively to resolve any problem, whether dealing with issues related to sex, money, religion, work, family, or anything else.
 
Packed with new exercises and the latest research out of the esteemed Gottman Institute, this revised edition of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is the definitive guide for anyone who wants their relationship to attain its highest potential.

An eminent therapist explains what makes couples compatible and how to sustain a happy marriage.

The Marriage Clinic presents a complete marital therapy program based on John Gottman's much heralded research on marital success and failure.

John and Julie Gottman, world-renowned for bringing an evidence base to couples therapy, report here the results of a second empirical revolution in understanding couples and families. This change is not based on their guesswork, but on state-of-the-art science. The book you hold in your hands finally completes the old general systems theory of the 1960s, which metaphorically described processes but did not actually research them.

A new general systems theory and therapy is presented here, one which will have profound implications for powerful clinical work with both couples and families. This new theory is based on 45 years of careful basic scientific research with thousands of couples and families, including synchronized observational, interview, physiological, and questionnaire data.

The Gottmans have studied some families for as long as 20 consecutive years. Their work has led to their highly replicated ability to precisely predict the future of relationships, relationship happiness, and whether couples will divorce or not with as much as 94% accuracy. Their empirical work has also led them to develop and test a theory of specifically what makes relationships work. Each construct in this theory is precise and measurable and it is all written about and described here.

This book presents an original new way of understanding relationships and families. Both theoretical and highly practical, and it will help clinicians become more effective in their everyday work.

Der neue Bestseller des weltweit führenden Beziehungsexperten

Der Psychologe und Bestsellerautor John Gottman erforscht seit Jahrzehnten die Geheimnisse glücklicher Beziehungen. Seine Erkenntnis: Jeder kann - unabhängig ob frisch verliebt oder seit dreißig Jahren verheiratet - seine Beziehung auf eine glückliche und vertrauensvolle Basis stellen, die sie lebendig hält. Miteinander im Gespräch zu bleiben ist dabei wesentlich.
Gottman hat in zahlreichen Studien herausgefunden, dass sich Paare über acht Themen regelmäßig austauschen sollten: über Vertrauen, Konflikte, Sex, Finanzen, Familie, Spaß, inneres Wachstum und Träume. Mit praktischen Ratschlägen, Fragebögen und zahlreichen Fallbeispielen lädt Gottman dazu ein, sich regelmäßig mit der Partnerin oder dem Partner zu einem "Gespräch" zu verabreden, um so für eine glückliche und langlebige Beziehung zu sorgen.