The Relationship Cure

A groundbreaking, practical program for transforming troubled relationships into positive onesThis is the best book on relationships I have ever read. . . . John Gottman has decoded the subtle secrets that can either enrich or destroy the quality of our ties with others. Daniel B. Wile, Ph.D., author of After the Using Your Disagreements to Build a Stronger RelationshipJohn Gottman is our leading explorer of the inner world of relationships. In The Relationship Cure , he has found gold once again.William J. Doherty, Ph.D., author of Take Back Your Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us ApartWhen he says his five steps will help you build better connections with the people you care about, you know that they have been demonstrated to work. E. Mavis Heatherington, Ph.D., professor of psychology, University of VirginiaFrom the countrys foremost relationship expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. John M. Gottman comes a powerful, simple five-step program, based on twenty years of innovative research, for greatly improving all of the relationships in your lifewith spouses and lovers, children, siblings, and even your colleagues at work. In The Relationship Cure , Dr.* Reveals the key elements of healthy relationships, emphasizing the importance of what he calls emotional connection* Introduces the powerful new concept of the emotional bid, the fundamental unit of emotional connection* Provides remarkably empowering tools for improving the way you bid for emotional connection and how you respond to others bids

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