Zach Brittle

About Zach Brittle

I\'m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Gottman Therapist with a focus on marriage and relationship counseling. My zeal for this work – and for writing and speaking about these topics – has ignited a variety of activities and content platforms:• Book author – The Relationship Alphabet: A Practical Guide to Better Connection for Couples (2015), Marriage Therapy Journal (2020), and How to Happily Ever After (forthcoming) • Speaker on improving relationships and marriages to a wide variety of audiences including community groups, faith-based audiences, and corporate events • Podcast producer host of Marriage Therapy Radio and the Gottman Institute’s podcase pilot-named “We Need to Talk” Please learn more at or reach out at z•••@zachbrittle.com. I’d love to hear from you.Finally, here’s a sampling of what my clients-patients say:Zach has been instrumental to our marriage over the past several years. He is a phenomenal listener, a very fast read of people, and is genuinely on both our sides wanting us to be the very best couple that we can be. Zach is practical in his approach, meaning he will not bullshit you, yet at the same time he makes it clear what we both need to be working on. I admire his approach to only taking couples, because it takes two to tango even if one is a bad dancer! He is truly our “marriage mechanic.”While we recognize that we have plenty of progress to make together as we fix old habits and improve our communication, we have been able to work through a lot of our issues. A lot of it is thanks to your perspective and tools. You were patient and effective at sharing things in a way that made sense even if I didn\'t want to agree with it at the time. You showed a lot of patience when I was being dense, dismissive and difficult. We are now at a new point in our relationship where we are both very happy with the relationship, how we communicate, support each other and love one another. Thank you!Alex and I almost certainly wouldn’t be together today if it weren’t for you. To this day we regularly invoke some of your phrases and ideas. We are doing great, which I never could have imagined back when we were working with you and we literally disagreed about everything. By hanging in through the hard times and having some tools to navigate the tough stuff, our marriage seems to get better and a little easier each year. You truly you gave us a solid foundation to build on and I’m deeply grateful. Thanks for all you do, Zach!

Experience

1. Certified Gottman Therapist & Staff Writer

   The Gottman Institute

   Feb 2014 — Present

   As a Certified Gottman Therapist, I provide counseling and consulting services to couples and clinicians. Additionally, I contribute regularly to the Gottman Relationship Blog and am a recognized trainer in the Gottman 7 Principles Program & Bringing Baby Home.

Education

• William & Mary

  B.A., English

• The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

  M.A., Counseling

Skills

• Volunteer Management
• Budgets
• Direct Mail
• Community Outreach
• Public Speaking
• Strategic Planning
• Blogging
• Recruiting
• Analysis
• Integrated Marketing
• Marketing Communications
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Fundraising
• Consulting
• Public Relations
• Nonprofits
• Media Relations
• Leadership
• Integration
• Organizational Development