John Gottman Quotations

We used to think the rate of postpartum depression was 9 percent. We now know it is much higher than that.

Discussions invariably end on the same note as they begin.

It's a myth that if you solve your problems you'll automatically be happy. We need to teach couples that they'll never solve most of their problems.

I liken an affair to the shattering of a Waterford crystal vase. You can glue it back together, but it will never be the same again.

Kids find the setting of limits comforting and soothing. They need to know that (the parent is) in control.