Growing up in a very traditional home you tend to adapt to your surroundings of the love that is provided there. The author of this article grew up admiring the love her parents had for each other. She would ask over and over again how they met in a small town in Mexico, yet make it hundreds of miles to Phoenix to once again cross paths. Since the moment they met, they have had a very strong connection, but somewhere along the years they began to drift apart. Where did it go wrong? Could there have been a way to prevent this? In the following essay, I will be addressing whether or not I agree with Gottmans assessment, how I feel about “The Love Lab” video, along with if I feel there is any sort of formula for a successful relationship and lastly, conclude with comparing the “love lab” video and other scholarly psychologist.
Gottman created an atmosphere which provided couples, both married or not an understanding on martial stability and relationship analysis. “Gottman is a 56-year-old professor of psychology and the codirector of the Gottman Institute, where he counsels couples …show more content…
Unlike Gottman, earlier socialist and psychologist focused on mate selection; the personality of who marries who, where and whether an individual flourishes or not. Gottman looked at the bigger picture, what ways to make the relationship thrive. When taking a look at “The Love Lab,” and comparing Nathan Ackerman, a psychologist for both family and couple therapy, he took a shift towards aiming family therapy in order to create clinical approaches to clinical problems. As family and couple therapy psychologist would put it, "two neurotics can be happily married,” (Ackerman, 1982). In the end, whether we believe or follow Gottmans study or not, we must understand there is so much more to making a relationship. I believe Gottmans “Love Lab,” definitely presented some very powerful and insightful
Gottman created an atmosphere which provided couples, both married or not an understanding on martial stability and relationship analysis. “Gottman is a 56-year-old professor of psychology and the codirector of the Gottman Institute, where he counsels couples …show more content…
Unlike Gottman, earlier socialist and psychologist focused on mate selection; the personality of who marries who, where and whether an individual flourishes or not. Gottman looked at the bigger picture, what ways to make the relationship thrive. When taking a look at “The Love Lab,” and comparing Nathan Ackerman, a psychologist for both family and couple therapy, he took a shift towards aiming family therapy in order to create clinical approaches to clinical problems. As family and couple therapy psychologist would put it, "two neurotics can be happily married,” (Ackerman, 1982). In the end, whether we believe or follow Gottmans study or not, we must understand there is so much more to making a relationship. I believe Gottmans “Love Lab,” definitely presented some very powerful and insightful