An eight-step, Gottman-informed framework for productive conflict: identifying the problem, reflective listening with optional note-taking, underlying dreams and needs, compromise, self-soothing and time-outs, repair attempts, the Four Horsemen and their antidotes, and creating an agreement. Includes a full worked example and a Practice Log for tracking real conflicts over time.
An eight-step, Gottman-informed framework for productive conflict: identifying the problem, reflective listening with optional note-taking, underlying dreams and needs, compromise, self-soothing and time-outs, repair attempts, the Four Horsemen and their antidotes, and creating an agreement. Includes a full worked example and a Practice Log for tracking real conflicts over time.