Gay Couples Institute

Gay Couples Institute Great Gay Relationships, Fast. That's what we create. You just need to use a few tools. Then you can quickly build anything.

In 1965 a psychologist by the name of George Bach published this book called "The Intimate Enemy", detailing a new approach to couples therapy. Bach came up with this theory: The problem with couples is that they hold in their anger. He theorized that if you teach couples to air their resentments, they’ll get all the anger out, and feel better. As Bach’s ideas progressed he also decided that more resentment could be aired if couples hit one another over the head with soft foam-padded bats. Again, they'll get their anger out, and the relationship will last forever. Knowing that this premise was not only ridiculous, but that it encouraged domestic violence, a psychologist named John Gottman came along with a brand new idea. Rather than create a new theory, he watched other successful couples to learn their secret to happiness. Amazingly, no one had ever thought to do this. Dr. Gottman published over one hundred peer-reviewed research articles about his findings - they were that amazing. He learned how couples should talk to one another to solve disagreements. He learned how exactly couples last long-term. He learned how they maintain a great s*x life (which isn't easy for anyone, unless you know specifically what to do).

Wonderful interview with Jimmy Rhoades and The List, which we'll be on tonight starting in California!
06/30/2021

Wonderful interview with Jimmy Rhoades and The List, which we'll be on tonight starting in California!

Sam Garanzini and Alapaki Yee of the Gay Couples Institute share some lessons everyone can take away from same s*x-couples.

What are the three C's for the first year of a relationship? Grab some paper and let's discover how to set your new rela...
06/21/2021

What are the three C's for the first year of a relationship? Grab some paper and let's discover how to set your new relationship up for success now...

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Hi! Sam (Salvatore) Garanzini and Alapaki Yee here ....

We are Certified Gottman Method Couples Therapists, and the co-founders of the Gay Couples Institute, which now delivers couples therapy to over 300 couples per year across the United States.

We created the Gay Couples institute to give g**s and le****ns just like you access to great therapy. We disagreed with many of the things our friends were being told in their own relationship therapy. In fact, some of those things they were told by other clinicians were fundamentally inaccurate and not based on any research.

The Gottman Method seemed like a logical choice. Salvatore and Alapaki are one of about 300 therapists worldwide who can call themselves a Certified Gottman Therapist. Salvatore teaches this method to other therapists, and is a faculty member at the University of San Francisco. Alapaki works in individual and couples therapy with gay men having a relationship problems.