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                            Introduction
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John Mordechai Gottman (born April 26, 1942) is an American
psychologist and professor emeritus of psychology at the University of
Washington. His research focuses on divorce prediction and marital
stability through relationship analyses. Gottman's work is centered on
the field of relationship counseling: enhanced relationship
functioning and mitigation of behaviors detrimental to human
relationships. Gottman's work has also contributed to the development
of important concepts on social sequence analysis.

In 1996, Gottman co-founded and led The Gottman Institute alongside
his wife, psychologist Julie Schwartz Gottman. Together, they are the
co-founders of Affective Software Inc., a program seeking to make
marriage and relationship counseling procedures more accessible to a
broader audience.


                           Personal life
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John Gottman was born on April 26, 1942, in the Dominican Republic to
Orthodox Jewish parents. His father was a rabbi in pre-World War II
Vienna. Gottman was educated in a Lubavitch Yeshiva Elementary School
in Brooklyn. Gottman practices Conservative Judaism, keeps kosher
(follows Jewish dietary laws) and observes Shabbat.


In 1987, he married Julie Schwartz, a psychotherapist. His two
previous marriages had ended in divorce. He has a daughter named
Moriah Gottman. John and Julie Gottman live in Washington state.


                   Education and work experience
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John Gottman received his bachelor's degree in Mathematics-Physics
from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1962. In 1964, he earned his
master's in Mathematics-Psychology from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He received a second master's degree in Clinical
Psychology-Mathematics in 1967, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology in
1971 from the University of Wisconsin.

At Fairleigh Dickinson University, Gottman worked as an instructor for
the mathematics department, a research assistant for the department of
physics, and a researcher for the school of engineering. At the
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, he worked as a computer programmer and
mathematician. He was a program evaluator and research designer for
the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. In 1981, Gottman
became a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois.
Additionally, he was a professor of psychology at the University of
Washington for 16 years. Since 2002, Gottman has worked as the
emeritus Professor of Psychology for the University of Washington and
as the executive director for the Relationship Research Institute in
Seattle.


                         Awards and honors
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Gottman has been the recipient of four National Institute of Mental
Health Research Scientist Awards: the American Association for
Marriage and Family Therapy Distinguished Research Scientist Award,
the American Family Therapy Academy Award for Most Distinguished
Contributor to Family Systems Research, the American Psychological
Association Division of Family Psychology, Presidential Citation for
Outstanding Lifetime Research Contribution and the National Council of
Family Relations, 1994 Burgess Award for Outstanding Career in Theory
and Research. In addition, Gottman takes a spot in the Psychotherapy
Networker's Top 10 Most Influential Therapists of the past
quarter-century.

In 2021, Gottman received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison.


                               Works
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Gottman has published over 190 papers, and is the author or co-author
of 40 books, notably:

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*'The Marriage Clinic' (W.W. Norton, 1999),
[http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?ID=9070, W W Norton page]
* – a 'New York Times' bestseller
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* Gottman, John; Gottman, Julie Schwartz (2015). '10 Principles for
Doing Effective Couples Therapy'. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
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                              See also
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* Thin-slicing
* Julie Shwartz Gottman


                           External links
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* [http://www.gottman.com The Gottman Institute website]
* [http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gottman05/gottman05_index.html The
Mathematics of Love - An interview] (Edge)
* [http://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/John_Gottman An Interview
with John Gottman] (Psychotherapy.net)
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20141031234454/http://www.butler-bowdon.com/7-principles-making-marriage-work
Gottman's 'Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work'] - Commentary
from '50 Psychology Classics' (2007)
* [http://www2.kuow.org/program.php?id=15530 John Gottman: Raising an
Emotionally Intelligent Child]  KUOW-FM Speaker Forum
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20151011111027/http://kassanevents.co.uk/
John Gottman : Couples workshop training first time in London United
Kingdom in 2013]


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