the effectiveness of gottman couple therapy on intimacy and marital adjustment of couples with marital problems

Background: it is necessary to help couples to solve problems related to marital life and identify the factors affecting intimacy and marital adjustment of couples, which can be improved using different approaches. objectives: this study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of gottman couple therapy on intimacy and marital adjustment of couples with marital problems methods: this applied quasi-experimental study was conducted based on pretest-posttest control group design and follow-up. the statistical population of this study consisted of all couples referring to counseling clinics in district 1 of tehran, iran, in 2020. the samples (n=30) were selected by the convenience sampling method. the instruments used in this research for data collection were questionnaires, namely the marital intimacy scale (thompson and walker, 1983), and marital adjustment questionnaire (spanier, 1976). the gathered data were analyzed in spss software (version 22) using repeated measure analysis of variance. results: the results showed that gottman couple therapy was effective in increasing intimacy (p<0.001) and marital adjustment (p<0.001) of couples with marital problems. conclusion: based on the findings of this study, it can be said that gottman couple therapy was effective on the intimacy and marital adjustment of couples with marital problems. therefore, gottman couple therapy could improve couples' relationships and reduce their marital problems.