This blog post will delve deep into what to expect in couples therapy, drawing insights from prominent models such as the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and the Developmental Model of Couples Therapy.

By understanding these approaches, you can better prepare for your transformative process.

Once upon a time… back in the 60’s and 70’s… we loved Marital Group Therapy… Is it time to revisit and expand this approach?

If the notion of a new model of Marital Group Therapy finds any traction, we’ll have to learn new clinical skills and best practices to create a safe and confidential space where more than one couple will feel comfortable sharing their experiences…

“If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done? – George Carlin

Couples who entered therapy who were motivated to build skills to improve the relationship, were nearly 80% more likely to be together six months after treatment than the couples who entered therapy wanting to know if they should separate or not.

Motivation Matters!

Gottman Couples Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy are the dominant models used today.

In this post, I’ll compare and contrast the two models with a tortuously extended symphonic metaphor…

More researchers are noticing that there most certainly will be a place of AI in the mental health arena… but will AI replace therapists?

Unlikely, but they might be learning more as a result…

Will the helping profession become fully automated?

Not likely, but we have to admire what AI can do well, with both humility and pride. How do we accommodate an alien intelligence?

Sometimes cultures evolve adaptive behavior which can be either easily misunderstood, or exploited by a troubled partner. Do these cultural adaptations foster mental toughness?

Relationship science helps us understand how intimate relationships can thrive in challenging times.

Dr. Markman’s research team reveals how…

Systemic thinking is the basis of effective family therapy, and can help couples escape from linear, he-said, she-said thinking…

What is the Gottman Sound Relationship House? It seems that you can’t find a Gottman trained blogger or Gottman “informed” therapist website, that doesn’t rhapsodize about it. They all seem to approach it similarly.

I thought that in this post, I might meander a path to the side door instead of taking the usual six-lane superhighway to the front door of the Sound Relationship House.