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The Science of Trust

Emotional Attunement for Couples

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The Science of Trust

By: John M. Gottman Ph.D.
Narrated by: J. Charles
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For the past 35 years, John Gottman’s research has been internationally recognized for its unprecedented ability to precisely measure interactive processes in couples and to predict the long-term success or failure of relationships. In this groundbreaking book, he presents a new approach to understanding and changing couples: a fundamental social skill called “emotional attunement,” which describes a couple’s ability to fully process and move on from negative emotional events, ultimately creating a stronger relationship.

Gottman draws from this longitudinal research and theory to show how emotional attunement can downregulate negative affect, help couples focus on positive traits and memories, and even help prevent domestic violence. He offers a detailed intervention devised to cultivate attunement, thereby helping couples connect, respect each other, and show affection. Emotional attunement is extended to tackle the subjects of flooding, the story we tell ourselves about our relationship, conflict, personality, changing relationships, and gender. Gottman also explains how to create emotional attunement when it is missing, to lay a foundation that will carry the relationship through difficult times.

Gottman encourages couples to cultivate attunement through awareness, tolerance, understanding, non-defensive listening, and empathy. These qualities, he argues, inspire confidence in couples, and the sense that despite the inevitable struggles, the relationship is enduring and resilient.

This book, an essential follow-up to his 1999 The Marriage Clinic, offers therapists, students, and researchers a detailed intervention for working with couples, and offers couples a roadmap to a stronger future together.

©2012 John M. Gottman (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
Psychology Relationships Mental Health Inspiring Young Adult

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great book for understanding betrayal and trust.

a fantastic book which provides a fantastic amount of insight into trust and betrayal. there is a fair math component, but it isnt too complex.

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Comprehensive

Quite a journey and some very interesting insights.
If you are struggling with issues of trust it is worth listening to.

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Excellent content. Requires concentration!

Some fantastic insights into deep relationships. Worth the concentration effort, though as a guy I found The man's guide to women more entertaining and holding most of the insights I needed for use in the real world. Remarkable effort and outstanding outcomes.

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Outstanding

What did you like most about The Science of Trust?

The research and validation studies behind the subject.

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The technical detail was a little difficult to follow in places, not being a scientist, researcher or mathematician myself. Also not having the benefit of seeing a visual representation of models etc made it hard to conceptualise.
If audible had chapter titles rather than numbers, that would be helpful to find subject content later.

What three words best describe J. Charles’s voice?

very American, though hard to get used to at first seemed to get easier

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Cant remember laughing or crying but found it very absorbing and had a lot of connections with personal situations around trust and mistrust and what that creates

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Audible seriously need to look at naming Chapters in books in line with what the authors have written. simply giving them numbers is very frustrating for those of us who want to find certain passages for study. If I stop using Audio.com it will be for this reason!!!!!!

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