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Will AI lifestyle trainers render therapists obsolete?
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?
Slagging, the Dozens game, and the cultural utility of teasing…
Sometimes cultures evolve adaptive behavior which can be either easily misunderstood, or exploited by a troubled partner. Do these cultural adaptations foster mental toughness?
In praise of Dr. Howard Markman and his decades of relationship science…
Relationship science helps us understand how intimate relationships can thrive in challenging times.
Dr. Markman’s research team reveals how…
Circular conflict patterns in couples and the merits of systemic thinking
Systemic thinking is the basis of effective family therapy, and can help couples escape from linear, he-said, she-said thinking…
The Sound Relationship House Revisited
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.