The science of trust : emotional attunement for couples /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gottman, John Mordechai
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton, [2011], ©2011
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011
New York, NY : c2011
New York : [2011]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Norton professional book
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Table of Contents:
  • Why a book on trust?
  • The trust metric : the declaration of interdependence
  • The metrics of untrustworthiness and betrayal
  • The physiology of trust and betrayal
  • When it's time to bail out of a relationship
  • How couples build trust with attunement
  • How couples build intimate trust
  • The importance of repairing negativity during conflict
  • The dynamics of betrayal
  • Healing from betrayal
  • The mathematics of relationships : power imbalance, trust, and betrayal