Stan Tatkin
AUTHOR

Stan Tatkin

Health & Wellness
Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy® (PACT). He has a clinical practice in Calabasas, CA, and developed the PACT Institute for the purpose of training other psychotherapists to use this method in their clinical practice. In addition, Dr. Tatkin teaches and supervises family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA, and is an assistant clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Tatkin is on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Institute and serves as a member on Relationships First Counsel, a nonprofit organization founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt. Books/CDs by Dr. Tatkin include: * Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships, 6 CD set published by Sounds True * Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship, published by New Harbinger. * Love and War in Intimate Relation-ships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy, with coauthor Marion Solomon, available through W. W. Norton's Interpersonal Neurobiology Series. Dr. Tatkin received his early training in developmental object relations (Masterson Institute), Gestalt, psychodrama, and family systems theory. His private practice specialized for some time in treating adolescents and adults with personality disorders. More recently, his interests turned to psycho-neurobiological theories of human relationship, and applying principles of early mother-infant attachment to adult romantic relationships. Dr. Tatkin was a primary inpatient group therapist at the John Bradshaw Center, where among other things, he taught mindfulness to patients and staff. He was trained in Vipassana meditation by Shinzen Young, and was an experienced facilitator in Vipassana. He was also trained by David Reynolds in two Japanese forms of psychotherapy, Morita and Naikan. Dr. Tatkin was clinical director of Charter Hospital's intensive outpatient drug and alcohol program, and is a former president of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Ventura County chapter. He is a veteran member of Allan N. Schore's study group. He also trained in the Adult Attachment Interview through Mary Main and Erik Hesse's program out of UC Berkeley. Stan Tatkin and his wife, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, Ph.D. developed the PACT Institute to train clinicians in A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT®). A fusion of attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and arousal regulation, PACT is has gained a reputation for effectively treating even the most challenging. The PACT Institute hosts trainings in seven US cities as well as in Australia, Canada, Spain, and Turkey.
Read less

The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

You can’t beat a good story. Luckily, humans are great at storytelling, and the best fiction podcasts are all the proof that the modern listener requires. Get the popcorn ready; it’s storytime.

Featured Article: The Best Fiction Podcasts for Listeners Who Love a Good Story

Best Sellers

Product list
  • We Do cover art

    • We Do

    • Saying Yes to a Relationship of Depth, True Connection, and Enduring Love
    • Written by: Stan Tatkin PsyD MFT
    • Narrated by: Matthew Boston
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 2019-02-12
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

    Price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00
  • Baby Bomb cover art

    Price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

    Sale price: $22.26 or 1 Credit

    Try for $0.00