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10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD, John M. M. Gottman PhD, Daniel J. Siegel - foreword
Narrated by: Kitty Hendrix
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In 10 Principles for Doing Effective Couples Therapy, two of the world's leading couple researchers and therapists give listeners an inside tour of what goes on inside the consulting rooms of their practice. They have been doing couples work for decades and still find it challenging and full of learning experiences. This book distills the knowledge they've gained over their years of practice into 10 principles at the core of good couples work. Each principle is illustrated with a clinically compiled case plus personal side-notes and storytelling.

Topics addressed include:

  • You know that you need to "treat the relationship," but how are you supposed to get at something as elusive as "a relationship"?
  • How do you empathize with both clients if they have opposite points of view? Later on, if they end up separating does that mean you've failed? Are you only successful if you keep couples together?
  • Compared to an individual client, a relationship is an entirely different animal. What should you do first? What should you look for? What questions should you ask? If clients give different answers, who should you believe?

Contains mature themes.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2015 Julie Schwartz Gottman and John M. Gottman (P)2018 Tantor
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Refreshing

This book is a refreshing change for therapy for couples. I really enjoyed the new approaches that it brought. I plan to use that in my practice.

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Must Read for Therapists

Amazing, easy to digest techniques. The case studies helped to bring it all alive. Highly recommend!

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Detailed examples of their counceling concepts.

Great book now I need to buy the printed version. it was very informative and filled with practical examples of how to conduct the counseling work.

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Excellent

Easy listen. Not too clinical. Humble and helpful to better understand Gottman integration into couples work.

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Profoundly accessible and immediately relevant for practice

This book provides theory, case studies and practical interventions. It’s a great addition to any therapist’s library, while also being accessible enough to offer clients as general psycho education.

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Practical scientifically driven strategy for couples therapy

As a psychiatrist with 40 years of experience doing psychotherapy, and couples therapy, I’ve used the information in this book as well as other books by the Gottmans to good effect.

One suggestion I would make is that couples that experience emotional flooding that they called DPA can sometimes be helped with mood stabilizing anti-seizure medications and or anti-depressants. Sometimes medication can help stabilize a person’s emotional reactivity enough to take advantage of couples therapy.

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I love the Gottmans!

I love this book and the Gottman approach. Good read and information that. was shared.

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Didn’t realize this was meant for therapists, but still great

I didn’t read the summary, just saw the title and downloaded. It was really helpful, even as a lay person. It was good insight into knowing the “why/how” behind the Gottman approach. Probably because this book is meant for therapists, there was no trigger warning for content that could be difficult for some readers to hear (childhood abuse). Great book. I really enjoyed the narration.

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a must!

I really love all their books because they are so Readable and understandable. It's very clear what to do and why. The storytelling was amazing and so was the voice actor

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Thank you, Dr. Julie Gottman

This is a superb book. It is one that will improve the work I do with couples.

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