Managing Resentments and Grudges: Opportunities for Intimacy-Really!

Resentments and grudges can hurt relationships, but… We have learned a lot about relationship stability from Drs. John & Julie Gottman’s work. What’s interesting about resentments is that we can …

What I Have Learned from the Gottmans: Where to Start?

Okay, Let’s Start with the Research John Gottman’s research on the longitudinal course of relationships began in 1972 when he and Bob Levenson asked the question: What predicts divorce? At …

Family Legacies: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Every family creates legacies. There are different kinds of legacies; some we strive to maintain, others we struggle with. If we think about some of these legacies long enough we may …

Stop! In the Name of Love

My wife and I took advantage of a little 24 hour get-a-way this weekend. These 24 hour breaks are a long-standing tradition of ours and one we had not done in a while. They …

Silence: A Relationship Killer

Dick and Pat were struggling in their relationship. It seemed to them that they had different opinions on almost everything. What bothered Pat even more than these differences was that she …

The Six Second Kiss: It’s about Time!

One of the biggest complaints I hear in the counseling room are related to couples not feeling close, of having lost touch with each other. Sometimes this happens because of significant problems and …

Dr. Robert Navarra

Tag: Gottman research

Managing Resentments and Grudges: Opportunities for Intimacy-Really!

What I Have Learned from the Gottmans: Where to Start?

Family Legacies: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Stop! In the Name of Love

Silence: A Relationship Killer

The Six Second Kiss: It’s about Time!