Global InformationStan Tatkin information
Stanley Joseph Tatkin | |
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| Born | November 4, 1954 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | Antioch University, Los Angeles Ryokan College |
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| Notable work | Wired for Love, We Do |
| Spouse(s) | Tracey Boldeman-Tatkin, Ph.D. |
Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT, is a clinician, researcher, teacher, and developer of A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT[1]).
PACT is a polytheoretical, non-linear approach to dyadic systems that integrates developmental neuroscience, arousal regulation, and attachment theory. Psychobiology centers on early attachment and its effect on the developing brain and autonomic nervous system.[1] PACT encourages partners to adopt secure-functioning principles of behavior apart from their actual attachment organization.[2]
Tatkin created the PACT Institute in 2010 with his wife, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, PhD, to train mental health professionals to think and work through a psychobiological lens in their clinical practice. Tatkin's work, based on a social-emotional capacity model, focuses on what partners can and cannot do to mitigate threat reactions during stressful interactive sequences. The clinician pays particular attention to each partner's moment-by-moment implicit and explicit behaviors, such as microexpressions, micromovements, and other non-verbal and verbal cues. Sessions are commonly video recorded, and portions may be played back to the couple for feedback and interpretation. Video recorded sessions may also be examined by the clinician for post-inquiry and research by means of digital frame analysis in order to study a couple's behavior more precisely. The goal of the PACT Institute is to help couples and individuals reduce interpersonal stress and threat consequences through secure-functioning principles of fairness, justice, sensitivity, collaboration, and cooperation. Through the PACT Institute, Tatkin has trained thousands of therapists to integrate PACT into clinical practice throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Norway, Turkey, Australia, and Spain.[1] He also co-leads Wired for Love Couple Retreats[3] with his wife, Tracey.
Tatkin's clinical practice is in Calabasas, California. He teaches and supervises family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, California, and is an associate clinical professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine.
Tatkin is known for integrating various theories and models to form the foundation of the comprehensive principles and methodologies he teaches. As a result, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, California, honored Tatkin with the Educator of the Year award 2014.[4]
Tatkin is on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Institute and serves as a member on the Relationships First Advisory Board, a nonprofit organization founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt.[5]
- ^ a b c "The PACT Institute". www.thepactinstitute.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Stan Tatkin on Psychobiological Couples Therapy". www.psychotherapy.net. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Retreats". www.thepactinstitute.com. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "AAMFT-CA Fundraiser | American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy – California Division". 2014-05-20. Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
- ^ "Initiatives". Harville and Helen. Retrieved 2020-11-09.