Every relationship faces challenges, but some communication patterns are far more destructive than others. Decades of groundbreaking research by Dr. John Gottman, a leading expert on marital stability ...

Relationship success often hinges less on compatibility and more on communication patterns. Four specific communication styles emerge repeatedly in failing relationships, creating destructive cycles ...

Here’s how to keep holding on when your relationship goes through phases of extreme turbulence. Many people come to therapy feeling like their relationship cogs are jammed by multiple unaddressed ...

The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Samantha J. Shebib, Ph.D., is an expert in the field of conflict, and her research is focused on learning to change people’s destructive or dysfunctional ...