The Love Book for Couples: Building a Healthy Relationship


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Single or married, this engaging book of case studies and their analyses will help you achieve the satisfying love relationship you want. Dr. Lillibridge discusses various problems affecting love relationships and presents clear, successful strategies for rebuilding intimacy, achieving sexual compatibility, altering neurotic roles, and improving communication. Learn to recognize and improve self-defeating relationships while enhancing your own self-image. What others are saying about this book: I highly recommend The Love Book for Couples. If you are interested in learning more about your relationship with your spouse, or looking for ways to improve your self-image and self-esteem, Dr. Lillibridge's book is likely to be the most helpful reading you do - Marriage Encounter Magazine




The Love Book


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The Love Book is an exciting and inspirational non-fiction writing dealing with the challenges and rewards of love, family & relationships. With answers, solutions and formulas, singles and couples can benefit from proven techniques. Filled with quotes that will inspire you, poems that will refresh your spirit and stories that will delight your soul, heres a book you will not want to lay down. The Love Book is for the couple, the single, the gay, the lesbian, the abused, the depressed, the single parent and the divorced. Whether you are happily married, single and satisfied or divorced and dating, this book is for you! This book is one of the greatest investments you can make in your life. Readers review: Enticing, thought provoking, And not gender bias. Mary Chicago A refreshingly honest book, I wish I had it before my divorce. Sharon Washington It made me laugh, it made me cry, It made me think, something most Books I read do not do. Kim Florida




Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition


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The New York Times bestselling guide to transforming an intimate relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship, now fully revised with a new forward and a brand new chapter. Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of people experience more satisfying relationships and is recommended every day by professional therapists and happy couples around the world. Dr. Harville Hendrix and Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt explain how to revive romance and remove negativity from daily interactions, to help you: · Discover why you chose your mate · Resolve the power struggle that prevents greater intimacy · Learn to listen – really listen – to your partner · Increase fun and laughter in your relationship · Begin healing early childhood experiences by stretching into new behaviors · Become passionate friends with your partner · Achieve a common vision of your dream relationship Become the most connected couple you know with this revolutionary guide, combining behavioral science, depth psychology, social learning theory, Gestalt therapy, and interpersonal neuroscience to help you and your partner recapture joy, enhance closeness, and experience the reward of a deeply fulfilling relationship.




Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy


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Preventive Approaches in Couples Therapy is the first thorough overview of the leading approaches to preventing marital distress and dissolution. Written for professionals, paraprofessionals, and lay people involved in the development and implementation of preventive programs, the editors have created a resource accessible to all those in the field of couples therapy. The volume serves as an important resource for programs that the therapist may already use and as an insightful introduction into new programs that can strengthen and invigorate these existing therapeutic approaches.




The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling


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The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family and Couples Counseling is a new, all-encompassing, landmark work for researchers seeking to broaden their knowledge of this vast and diffuse field. Marriage and family counseling programs are established at institutions worldwide, yet there is no current work focused specifically on family therapy. While other works have discussed various methodologies, cases, niche aspects of the field and some broader views of counseling in general, this authoritative Encyclopedia provides readers with a fully comprehensive and accessible reference to aid in understanding the full scope and diversity of theories, approaches and techniques and how they address various life events within the unique dynamics of families, couples and related interpersonal relationships. Key topics include: Adolescence Adoption Assessment Communication Coping Diversity Divorce and Separation Interventions and Techniques Life Events/Transitions Parenting Styles Sexuality Work/Life Issues, and more Key features include: More than 500 signed articles written by key figures in the field span four comprehensive volumes Front matter includes a Reader’s Guide that groups related entries thematically Back matter includes a history of the development of the field, a Resource Guide to key associations, websites, journals, a selected Bibliography of classic publications, and a detailed Index All entries conclude with References/Further Readings and Cross References to related entries to aid the reader in their research journey




How To Make Your Relationship Work


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Falling in love is not something we actively do; it happens. Once in love, however, there's a lot we can do to keep that love healthy, fulfilling and very much alive. In fact one of the most powerful ways to improve the quality of our love lives and relationships is to take care of the love itself. This book describes how to find out what your relationship needs and how to provide for those needs in a series of practical exercises. It also explains why there are fights and difficulties in every relationship, and why frequently, the more deeply we have fallen in love, the more intense the conflict. This book also tells you how you can use the struggles of a relationship to discover more about your own love and what it needs. Learning how to love and be loved is one of the greatest adventures we humans can undertake. How to Make Your Relationship Work is an original and valuable guide on this journey.




Crash Course on Sex for Christian Couples


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A crash course to a great sex life and happy relationship in marriage. In this book, you will discover the keys to designing and living your vision of a great sex life. You will discover the answers to why Christians struggle with the idea of sex and how you can change that and make the rest of your married life the best of your married life. Contained in these pages are tips on how to improve connection with your spouse, insights into sex positions, and how to keep the fire of passion burning among other things. You will also get insights into one of the most taboo subjects for Christians without disregard for your purity and biblical world-view.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Healthy Relationship


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Reveals secrets for maintaining a good relationship, with tips on keeping the passion alive, coping with barriers, recognizing a bad relationship, and knowing when to call it quits




The Relationship Coach


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My real goal in writing this book is for you the reader, especially if you are experiencing difficulties in your relationship, to come away knowing that you are not crazy, and that there is hope. The tools are available in today’s world to have the relationship of your dreams. What are those tools? Your playbook explains the four key pieces for unlocking the combination to a successful relationship. Your relationship has to be safe. Your old reptilian brain has a 500 million year history; you are not going to change it. If you don’t feel safe you will defend yourself. You must eliminate any negativity in the Space-Between. Think of your relationship as the two of you plus the Space- Between you. It is a real energy field and you can tell when there is tension in the Space-Between. It is either tension free or it is not. There is no middle ground. Negativity in the Space-Between causes disconnect and what you want is connection. You want to refill the Space-Between with positives. If your old brain hears affirmations and appreciations on a daily basis, it can relax. You feel connected. This is not the enemy over there; it is my ally, my friend; we are on the same team. You must learn to talk to your partner in a safe way. There will always be things to discuss in your relationship. The Safe Conversation process gives you a system and structure to do just that. To love well is a skill, but like any skill, it needs practice. You now have the playbook to create the relationship you want. It is up to you to put these ideas into practice.




Couple Skills


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Couple Skills will show you how to work smarter in your relationship. You'll learn to improve communication, cope better with problems, and resolve conflicts with the one you love in healthy and creative ways. Each chapter teaches you an essential skill that supports greater relationship satisfaction and deeper intimacy.