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.