"Do you ever feel like your romantic partner is on a completely different page? Are your arguments becoming more frequent and difficult to recover from emotionally? Do you feel disconnected, and long for that trust, intimacy, and connection you once shared? Despite our culture's obsession with effortless, fairy tale romances, the real truth is that most relationships take work. Written by a psychologist and based on the most effective couples therapies,...

"The Golden Couple is the next electrifying novel from Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, the #1 New York Times bestselling author duo behind You Are Not Alone, An Anonymous Girl, and The Wife Between Us. If Avery Chambers can't fix you in 10 sessions, she won't take you on as a client. Her successes are phenomenal--she helps people overcome everything from domineering parents to assault--and almost absorb the emptiness she sometimes feels since...

Let's face it--modern life is stressful. With constant demands on your time and attention, it's not surprising that you've neglected what used to be your North Star: your relationship. You might feel disconnected from each other and stuck in a cycle of go-nowhere arguments. Perhaps you miss the spark that made you excited to see one another at the end of the day. You might long for the time when the two of you were in sync on most things and could...

Schema Therapy for Couples represents the first practitioner guide to detail effective Schema Therapy techniques in couple and relationship therapy. • Shows how the distinctive features of ST make it ideal for addressing the cognitive and emotion-focused problems typical in couple relationships • Presents and integrates a series of innovative tools and interventions such as Schema Therapy with Needs versus Wants, Mode Cycle Clash Cards,...

A practical, down-to-earth guide to using the world's most successful approach to couple therapy. One of the most successful therapeutic approaches to healing dysfunctional relationships, emotionally focused couple therapy provides clients with powerful insights into how and why they may be suppressing their emotions and teaches them practical ways to deal with those feelings more constructively for improved relationships. Unlike cognitive-behavioural...

Starting in spring 2006, journalist Laurie Abraham sat in with five troubled couples as they underwent the searing process of group marriage therapy. Published as "Can This Marriage Be Saved?" the resulting article generated intense reader response. While space limitations allowed Abraham to focus only on one couple in her article, this book, which grew out of it and the reaction it inspired, tells the moving, fascinating story of all five.Writing...

10 guiding principles to spark lasting trust, intimacy, and connection. We're all wired for love differently - with our own unique habits, needs, and reactions to conflict. While love is not an exact science, having a greater understanding of what makes your partner feel loved and appreciated can help you create that close, intimate relationship you desire. This go-to guide will show you how. This fully revised and updated edition of Wired for Love...

"Couple Therapy: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to couple therapy. Taking both a general overview and a psychoanalytic focus, it addresses the basic questions which both couples and those interested in becoming couple therapists can expect to ask. Using jargon-free language, this book summarises the range of approaches available to those seeking couple therapy - from behavioural to psychoanalytic. It covers topics such as: what defines...

"This book gives couples who want to break the patterns that sabotage their happiness the ability to find their answers"-- Provided by publisher.

There's a problem with couples therapy: How can you trust a therapist to help you improve your relationship when most therapists aren't specially trained to help couples? Keith Miller reveals the hazards that cause many couples to stumble blindly through couples therapy-or never consider it a viable option in the first place. Love Under Repair takes the guesswork and confusion out of finding professional help that can save your marriage. It also provides...