Stan Tatkin

Stan Tatkin is the founder of the PACT Training Institute[1] and the developer of PACT—A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy.[2][3] PACT is an integration of neuroscience, arousal regulation, and attachment theory.[4] This therapy modality centers on early attachment and its effect on the development of the brain and the nervous system.[1] Also, PACT encourages couples to participate in secure-functioning relationships, even if the individuals themselves do not have secure attachment.[5]

Stan Tatkin
Alma materRyokan College
Scientific career
InstitutionsFounder and Developer of PACT Training Institute

Tatkin is the author of Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate, Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship,[6] and Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships, as well as the co-author with Marion Soloman of Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy.[7] He has a private practice in Calabasas, California, and works as an assistant professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. Tatkin also teaches and supervises first-year family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.[8]

Biography

Tatkin is a licensed marriage and family therapist.[9] He studied at Antioch University Los Angeles, where he earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees. He received his Psy.D in clinical psychology from the online Ryokan College in 1994. In 1989, Tatkin joined the team at the Bradshaw Center as a primary inpatient lead group therapist, where in addition to leading groups, he taught Vipassana meditation to patients and the staff.[10] His early training was in a variety of different modalities including developmental object relations from the Masterson Institute, psychodrama, family systems, and Gestalt theory about working in the here-and-now. Additionally, Tatkin studied personally with Allan N. Schore.[11][12]

Tatkin specialized in the treatment of adolescents and adults with personality disorders at the beginning of his career.[4] More recently his clinical interests expanded to include several psycho-neurobiological theories involved in interpersonal relationships and integrating principles of early mother-infant attachment with adult intimate relationships.[13][14] Reflecting his shift in interests, he currently teaches PACT trainings through the PACT Institute to clinicians in Austin; Berkeley; Boulder; Los Angeles; Westchester, NY; and Seattle. He also travels internationally to Australia, Canada, Turkey, and Spain, teaching PACT to mental health professionals.[15] He has been published internationally about his theories, methods, and interventions about the PACT approach to couple therapy.[5][16]

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.[4] The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists CA awarded Tatkin with the Educator of the Year award in 2014.[17]

Publications
Journals
  • Tatkin, S. (2011). Ten commandments for relationship essentials. In J. Zeig & T. Kulbatsk (Eds.), For couples: Ten commandments for every aspect of your relationship journey (pp. 29–30). Phoenix, AZ: Milton Erickson Foundation.
  • Tatkin, S. (2011). Allergic to hope: Angry resistant attachment and a one-person psychology within a two-person psychological system. Psychotherapy in Australia, 18(1), 66–73.
  • Tatkin, S. (2010). Infidelity, Affairs, and Reparation. New Therapist Magazine, 69(September/October), 7.
  • Tatkin, S. (2009). A Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy: Integrating Attachment and Personality Theory as Interchangeable Structural Components. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, 29(3), 7-15.
  • Tatkin, S. (2009). I Want You In The House, Just Not In My Room... Unless I Ask You: The Plight Of The Avoidantly Attached Partner In Couples Therapy. New Therapist Magazine, 62(July/August), 10-16.
  • Tatkin, S. (2009). Addiction To "Alone Time" - - Avoidant Attachment, Narcissism, And A One-Person Psychology Within A Two-Person Psychological System. The Therapist, 57(January–February), 37-45.
  • Tatkin, S. (2006). A Synopsis of My Approach to Couples Therapy. The Therapist Magazine.
  • Tatkin, S. (2005). Psychobiological Conflict Management of Marital Couples. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, XXV(No. 1), 20-22.
  • Tatkin, S. (2005, January/February). Marital Therapy and the Psychobiology of Turning Toward and Turning Away - Part 2. The Therapist, 16, 64-86.
  • Tatkin, S. (2004). A Developmental Psychobiological Approach to Therapy. Psychologist-Psychoanalyst: Division 39 of the American Psychological Association, XXIII(No. 4), 20-22.
  • Tatkin, S. (2003). Marital Therapy and the Psychobiology of Turning Toward and Turning Away - Part 1. The Therapist, 15, 75-78.p
Books
  • Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate (New Harbinger Publications, 2016) ISBN 9781626253032
  • Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships (Sounds True, 2013) ISBN 1-60407-968-1, ISBN 978-1-60407-968-5
  • Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship (New Harbinger Publications, 2012) ISBN 978-1-6088-2058-0
  • Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy with co-author Marion Soloman (Norton & Company, 2010) ISBN 978-0-3937-0575-1

References
  1. Stan Tatkin official website
  2. Amazon author biography
  3. Interview with Tami Simon published by Sounds True
  4. Shrink Rap Radio listing Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Psychotherapy.net interview
  6. Defender Network article Archived 2013-06-30 at Archive.today
  7. Esalen bio page Archived 2013-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Counseling California listing
  9. Norton Publishing listing
  10. The Dr. Pat Show listing
  11. UCLA Workshop presentation Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Body Mind Spirit blog Archived 2012-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  13. Official website bio
  14. Soulful Relating article
  15. Training locations Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  16. Show Her Your Good Side by Anna Davies
  17. "AAMFTCA's official website". Archived from the original on 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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