In distilling his very thorough research for practical application, John Gottman argues that there are four main relationship killers: criticism, contempt, defensiveness and stonewalling. He calls ...

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Once these four behaviors enter a marriage, the threat of divorce skyrockets. Here’s how they often feed into one another, according to research. Drs. John Gottman and Julie Gottman, two of the most ...

“Curveball divorces,” or those which blindside one member of a splitting couple, are apparently on the rise. But according to research conducted by Dr John Gottman and Dr Julie Schwartz Gottman of the ...

Relationship expert John Gottman famously identified "stonewalling" as one of his "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" that predict relationship failure. Stonewalling occurs when one partner withdraws ...