Strengthen your Relationship with the Gottman Method
Evidence-based Online Couples Therapy and Coaching
Dr. Angelo Mussoni
Psychologist-Psychotherapist, Certified Gottman Therapist
Learn how to improve communication, disarm conflict, and build a strong relationship with a science-based approach.
I’m a licensed clinical psychologist and psychotherapist. My practice focuses exclusively on couples and relationship difficulties — typically international and intercultural couples, expats, LGBTQIA+, and neurodiverse partners navigating life and love across cultures, languages, and borders.
I’m a Certified Gottman Method Couple Therapist — Levels 1, 2, and 3 trained, the first certified clinician in Italy, and a Gottman Seven Principles Workshop Leader. I integrate the Gottman Method with PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy — Stan Tatkin, Level 1), EFT (Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy — Sue Johnson, Externship), DBT, CBT, and ACT, with a diversity-affirming perspective.
I’m specifically trained by the Gottman Institute in infidelity, trauma, and intimate partner aggression, and I’m a Bringing Baby Home Educator for couples transitioning to parenthood. I work with couples to build mutual alliance — also around each partner’s individual story (trauma, ADHD, neurodiversity, grief) and the recovery from infidelity.
I offer online sessions worldwide and in-person sessions in Rimini, in English and Italian.
The Gottman Institute authorizes me to run a scientific evaluation of couples through the Gottman Relationship Checkup, based on the world-famous Gottman’s Love Lab setting. This thorough relationship assessment identifies areas for significant improvement, enabling you to progress toward a stronger, more connected, and hopeful relationship.
Titles and credentials:
First Certified Gottman Therapist in Italy
Registered Psychologist and Psychotherapist by Italian National Board of Psychologists, Emilia-Romagna Region branch, n. 2813
Certified Gottman Therapist by Gottman Institute, Seattle (WA), n. 539
American Psychological Association International Affiliate, n. C2002427821
Court-Appointed Technical Advisor (CTU), Civil Court of Rimini — parental competency and family evaluations
Member: DBT Italy · ICEEFT · APA International Affiliate
Founder, AltreStrade — Social Cooperative
Gottman Method
I use the Gottman method because it integrates emotionally oriented, existential, humanistic and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy techniques, as well as incorporating knowledge from neuroscience and Porges’ polyvagal theory. This multidisciplinary approach allows couples’ issues to be addressed holistically, comprehensively and effectively.
The Gottman Method is based on several decades of research conducted on thousands of couples by John Gottman, who identified the communication dynamics most typically associated with divorce or relationship breakdown in the short and long term.
As a result of the observations made and the extensive clinical experience of John and Julie Gottman, was developed The ‘Sound Relationship House’ theory, that is the foundation of the Gottman method. This approach aims to consolidate the various components that research has shown to be crucial to relationship satisfaction and stability.
You will learn how to:
- Maintaining a positive emotional connection
- Repairing negative interactions
- Managing conflicts
- Building ‘love maps’
- Nurturing affection and admiration for each other
- Accepting the influences of the partner
- Solving solvable problems
- Overcoming blocks and gridlock conflicts
- Creating a sense of shared meaning
My process:
I assess the couple system in terms of strengths and areas of challenge, according the Sound Relationship House Theory.
We share a common goal to work on and a draft of strategies to achieve it.
At the end of each session, we share with the couple an action plan to be implemented to progress in the therapeutic work. The couple provides feedback on the progress of the session just concluded.
At the beginning of each subsequent session, the pair provides updates on the implementation of the agreed action plan, and we define the theme of the new session.
When couples reach out to me
- when confronting each other about a problem there is a feeling of hurting each other and 'going around in circles' without solving anything;
- you feel criticized, belittled, or not taken seriously by your partner;
- you avoid conflict or explode in an aggressive and disrespectful form of each other;
- you are uncertain or ambivalent about wanting to continue the relationship;
- you have repeatedly considered divorce/break-up, with or without having spoken to your partner;
- there has been a betrayal and/or another important incident that has broken the trust between you and you do not know how to rebuild it
- you have different attachment styles: one perceives the other as too distant, and vice versa the other feels the former as too dependent/attached
- you have difficulty managing parenting and the changes associated with the arrival of a new child
- you disagree in matters of economic/financial management;
- the conflict involves a high intensity of physiological activation (e.g. your heartbeat accelerates noticeably);
- you argue periodically and you feel like that you are dealing with a 'stone-wall';
- you feel emotionally distant and alone when you are together;
- you feel that you are not listened to by the other when making decisions;
- your sexual intimacy is reduced and/or there are problems;
- you have the feeling that you are repeating the same behavioural pattern already acted out with other partners and/or in your family of origin;
FAQ
Individual sessions are 60’ long. Couple sessions are 90’ or 120’ long. Length varies depending on agreements and needs.
individual sessions: 60’/105€ couple sessions: 90’/160€
Some sliding scales slots could be provided. Subjected to availability.
Testimonials
Online couples therapy and coaching
Gottman Method Couple Therapy
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT, Sue Johnson)
Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT, Stan Tatkin)
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Coaching
After you book your call, I’ll be in touch.
Dr. Angelo Mussoni – Psicologo Psicoterapeuta, Ordine Psicologi Regione Emilia-Romagna n. 2813
P. IVA/VAT Number IT03256950407
Main Office: Via Euterpe n. 3 47921 Rimini ITALIA
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