JOHN M. GOTTMAN, a leading research scientist on marriage and family, is emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Washington; executive director of his laboratory, the Relationship Research Institute; and cofounder of the Gottman Institute. He held an NIMH research scientist career award for twenty years. Dr. Gottman is the author of more than two hundred professional journal articles and forty-two books, as well as the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for his extensive contributions to marriage and family research. He was recently named by
Psychotherapy Networker as one of the ten most influential psychotherapists in the past quarter century. He graduated magna cum laude from Fairleigh Dickinson University with a B.S. in mathematics-physics. He obtained his M.S. in mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in clinical and developmental psychology from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Gottman frequently gives public lectures and appears on popular media to explain research findings to the general public in understandable and useful everyday language. As cofounder of the Gottman Institute, Dr. Gottman conducts several intensive weekend workshops per year for clinicians and for couples in Seattle, as well as small group retreats and intensive marathon couples therapy at his home on Orcas Island, all based on his scientific research on how long-term happy and stable relationships work. Contact the Institute at
www.gottman.com and
gottmanprivateretreats.com or at its toll-free number, (888) 523-9042.