Parenting: About Public Talks

Dr. Gottman has designed two 90-minute public talks on  marriage and parenting. The talks are entitled, Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child and The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. In these talks, Dr. Gottman draws upon his several decades of research and gives parents and couples helpful tools to enrich their relationships. Dr. Gottman is available to give these public talks to organizations where and when he presents his two-day professional workshops. For more details on these two public talks, see below. 

The Gottman Institute has additional speakers also available to give public talks. Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman and Certified Gottman Therapists™ are available for presentations on how to build harmonious and long-lasting relationships. These speakers can focus their talks on strengthening marriages, enhancing family dynamics and parenting skills, and honoring gay and lesbian relationships.

Drs. John and Julie Schwartz Gottman and the Institute’s Certified Gottman Trainers™ present these talks to corporations, professional organizations, universities, schools, pre-schools, churches and social organizations. For more information on speaking topics and exploring the possibility of bringing a speaker to your organization, please contact us.

Public Talks Offered By Dr. John Gottman: 

Raising An Emotionally Intelligent Child: The Heart of Parenting

Every parent knows the importance of equipping children with the intellectual skills they need to succeed in school and life. But the research shows that children also need to master their emotions. In this talk, Dr. Gottman explains how to teach children to understand and regulate their emotional world. Once they master this important life skill, emotionally intelligent children will enjoy increased self-confidence, greater physical health, better performance in school, and healthier social relationships. Throughout this talk, Dr. Gottman teaches listeners his five-step “emotion coaching” process so that parents can:

• Be aware of a child’s emotions.
• Recognize emotional expression as an opportunity for intimacy and teaching.
• Listen empathetically and validate a child’s feelings.
• Label emotions in words a child can understand.
• Help a child come up with an appropriate way to solve a problem or deal with an upsetting issue or situation. 

This talk is geared toward the general public and is for parents, grandparents, educators and caregivers of children of all ages.   

Dr. Gottman is available to give this presentation in cities where and when he presents his workshops. See Workshop Locations and Dates for an up-to-date schedule.

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Just as Masters and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. This presentation is based upon his New York Times bestseller, The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work. This presentation draws upon nearly three decades of intensive research on happy as well as distressed couples. Learn what couples can do to have a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. These straightforward and profound principles teach couples new and startling strategies for making their marriage work.  

What are these seven principles?

• Maintain awareness of your partner’s world
• Foster fondness and admiration
• Turn toward instead of away
• Accept your partner’s influence
• Solve solvable conflicts
• Cope with unresolvable conflicts
• Create shared meaning  

This presentation is geared toward the general public and is for anyone who wants his or her relationship to attain its highest potential.

Please click here for a list of Certified Gottman Workshop Couples Leaders* available to give presentations on The Seven Priniples for Making Marriage Work.

*Certified Gottman Workshop Couples Leaders are Certified Gottman Therapists who have been specifically trained by The Gottman Institute to present couples workshops. All workshop leaders use The Art and Science of Love curriculum designed by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. These workshops are offered independent of The Gottman Institute.