Gottman draws from this longitudinal research and theory to show how emotional attunement can downregulate negative affect, help couples focus on positive traits and memories, and even help prevent domestic violence. He offers a detailed intervention devised to cultivate attunement, thereby helping couples connect, respect, and show affection. Emotional attunement is extended to tackle the subjects of flooding, the story we tell ourselves about our relationship, conflict, personality, changing relationships, and gender. Gottman also explains how to create emotional attunement when it is...
Gottman draws from this longitudinal research and theory to show how emotional attunement can downregulate negative affect, help couples focus on posi...
- 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 - What are you supposed to do with all the...
- 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 empathi...
