The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work - Hardcover

Gottman, John Mordechai; Silver, Nan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609601040 ISBN 13: 9780609601044

Publisher: Crown Pub, 1999

Synopsis

Drawing on groundbreaking research into the dynamics of healthy relationships, a study of the basic principles that make up a happy, long-lasting marriage shares easy-to-understand, helpful advice on how to cope with such issues as work, children, money, sex, and stress. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

About this title

About the Author

John M. Gottman, Ph.D., is the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute and a professor of psychology at the University of Washington. His previous books include The Heart of Parenting and Why Marriages Succeed or Fail.

Former magazine editor Nan Silver is a writer living in New Jersey.

From the Inside Flap

ers and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. As a professor of psychology at the University of Washington and the founder and director of the Seattle Marital and Family Institute, he has studied the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over the course of many years. His findings, and his heavily attended workshops, have already turned around thousands of faltering marriages.

This book is the culmination of his life's work: the seven principles that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. Straightforward in their approach, yet profound in their effect, these principles teach partners new and startling strategies for making their marriage work. Gottman helps couples focus on each other, on paying attention to the small day-to-day moments that, strung together, make up the heart and soul of any relationship. Being th

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0609601040
• ISBN 13: 9780609601044
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271