Stan Tatkin
Couples therapist and clinician
Stan Tatkin is a clinician, researcher and teacher who developed a psychobiological approach to couple therapy. He wrote Wired for Love.
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American Born in Los Angeles, United States
About Stan Tatkin
Stan Tatkin has a clinical practice in Calabasas, California, and developed A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT). The approach combines attachment theory, developmental neuroscience and the regulation of arousal. In 2010 he and his wife, Tracey Boldemann-Tatkin, founded the PACT Institute to train mental health professionals in this method. Through the institute he has trained thousands of therapists in several countries. He has taught and supervised family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente in Woodland Hills, California. He also serves on the board of directors of Lifespan Learning Institute. In 2014 the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, California, named him Educator of the Year. His books include Wired for Love.