The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work: A practical guide from the international bestselling relationship expert

The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work by Dr Gottman is a guide to building an emotionally intelligent relationship and keeping it on track. It is presented as a practical handbook, with principles designed to help partners strengthen their marriage.

Key details

• Practical relationship guide focused on marriage
• Sets out principles intended to support an emotionally intelligent relationship
• Based on Dr Gottman’s scientific analysis of married couples’ habits
• Includes questionnaires and exercises used in Dr Gottman’s workshops
• Described as a guide from an international bestselling relationship expert

Synopsis

Written in a straightforward style, this book outlines principles and strategies intended to help couples make their marriage work. Dr Gottman draws on scientific analysis of married couples’ habits to present a method aimed at correcting behaviours that can place relationships under strain.

The approach encourages partners to focus on one another and to pay attention to the small, everyday moments that accumulate to form the core of a relationship. It also contains questionnaires and exercises, described as having proven effective in Dr Gottman’s workshops.