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Author: Lee Raffel
Until now, couples facing the dilemma of deciding whether or not to stay in an unhappy marriage had three options: individual or couples therapy, separation, or divorce. "Should I Stay or Go?" provides these couples with a fourth option - the Controlled Separation (CS). "Should I Stay or Go?" explains CS and shows how it can be used as a tool to help couples make the best decision for both partners.
Author: Willard Harley
Marriage works best when couples appreciate that men and women have different relational and emotional needs. This book will help you understand these distinctive needs, and will help you build intimacy and make you irrestible to your partner.
Author: Rick Johnson
What woman hasn't taken a look at her man and decided he could use some improvement? There are some things we can change and some things we can't. Rick Johnson helps women identify the strengths in their men and the things that hold them back. He shows women how they can use their considerable influence in positive ways - without nagging or laying on the guilt trips. A man whisperer is a woman who can use her subtle powers of persuasion to help her man become his very best. With humor and plainspoken common sense, Johnson helps women deal creatively with those annoying little habits while focusing on building his strong points. He also shows women why some tactics just don't work. Any woman who wants her marriage to be stronger will benefit from this enlightening book.
Author: Fisher, Bruce, Joint Author Hart, Nina Bruce Fisher's work has renewed the lives of hundreds of thousands of divorced men and women around the world. Now the author of Rebuilding has created a powerful, personal, practical, and provocative guide to building new and lasting loving relationships. Loving Choices is packed with insights, exercises, and examples to help you get to know and develop a better relationship with yourself, discover how relationships can be your most valuable teachers, and learn how to turn life's challenges into loving choices. Offers improved self-understanding, communication skills, and intimacy. Useful for those who've been through painful relationships and divorce.
Author: Gary D. Chapman, Jennifer Thomas "I said I was sorry!" Real life involves real people who make real mistakes. Sometimes saying "I'm sorry" just isn't enough. The need for apologies impacts all human relationships. The good news is that you can learn the art of apology. Through their research and interactions with hundreds of individuals, counselors Dr. Jennifer Thomas and Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the revolutionary "The Five Love Languages," have discovered five fundamental aspects or "languages" of an apology: Expressing regret -- "I am sorry." Accepting responsibility -- "I was wrong." Making restitution -- "What can I do to make it right?" Genuinely repenting -- "I'll try not to do that again." Requesting forgiveness -- "Will you please forgive me?" In "The Five Languages of Apology," you will learn how to recognize your own primary apology language while speaking the languages of those you love. Understanding and applying the five languages of an apology will greatly enhance "all" of your relationships. Includes the Apology Personal Profile and a Group Study Guide.
Author: Hendrix, Harville, Joint Author: Hunt, Helen, Introduction by: Hu Bestselling author Harville Hendrix and his wife, Helen Hunt, use their understanding of unconscious desires and needs to help parents encourage emotional wholeness in their children - and nurture their own development.
Author: Francis, Alan Based on years of research and interviews with thousands of men; the most complete picture ever revealed of men's knowledge of women. (All 128 pages are blank)
Author: Farrell, Warren A groundbreaking book shows couples how to break through the invisible barriers that block men from expressing their feelings and love from reaching its fullest potential. Dr. Farrell provides a communication strategy to assist in moving beyond gender-based conflict.
Author: Trevor Dolby, Allan Pease, Barbara Pease Barbara and Allan Pease travelled the world collating the dramatic findings of new research on the brain, investigating evolutionary biology, analysing psychologists research, studying social change and annoying the locals. The result is the sometimes shocking, always illuminating, frequently hilarious look at where the battle line is drawn between the sexes, why it was drawn and how to cross it.
Author: Gray, John The classic guide to understanding the opposite sex is finally in paperback with an all new look and a new Foreword by the author.
Author: Gray, John The author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" addresses the particular relationship concerns of all those who are starting over--newly single after a death, a divorce, or other serious breakup.
