text: Books About Marriage and Family - Relationship Books
  Selected Self-help Books on Marriage & Family
  Marriage Fitness is an innovative step-by-step relationship-changing system. In this groundbreaking book, Mort Fertel teaches you to neutralize your problems and put into practice 20 positive relationship habits that will shift the momentum of your marriage. And the best news is�you don't have to dig into your past, dredge up your problems, or practice communication techniques. This is not marriage counseling; it's Marriage Fitness. Will this work for you? Marriage Fitness is designed for relationships suffering from:
  - A Stubborn Spouse
  - Silent Treatments
  Are any of these your issues? If so, then read Marriage Fitness. You will create a breakthrough in your relationship and restore your marriage. Available in unabridged audio CD and paperback.
  by Jonathan Goodman-Herrick, CSW, Forward by Jan Chozen Bays
  Jonathan Goodman-Herrick, CSW, has been in practice for over 20 years, and has extensive experience working with clients to help them develop richer relationships and repair those that are failing.
  The Heart of Relationship offers "5 Ultimate Truths for Understanding the Couple Relationship, and 25 Suggestions for Making Your Relationship Work."Jonathan is also in private practice in the state of New York.
  Books on Family:
  Sins of the Family : Becoming the redemptive generation
  by Beverly Hubble Tauke, LCSW
  Ms. Tauke, a clinical social worker, has written an easy to read, informative book that focuses on turning individuals' loveless experiences into cherished lives by applying eight positive time-tested habits. What makes her book different from many others in this category is the confluence of traditional family therapy with religious writings and practice. Ms. Tauke wants more for her readers than liberation from negative, life destroying traits; she wants them to experience healing through a "vibrant, authentic, God-driven, metabolized faith" (p.11).
  Read our full review by Dr. Sarah Kreutziger here, or purchase online using the above button.
  by John M. Gottman (Author), Nan Silver
  Gottman, the director of the Gottman Institute, has found through studying hundreds of couples in his "love lab" that it only takes five minutes for him to predict--with 91 percent accuracy--which couples will eventually divorce. In this book, he shares the four not-so-obvious signs of a troubled relationship that he looks for, using sometimes amusing passages from his sessions with married couples. (One standout is Rory, the pediatrician who didn't know the name of the family dog because he spent so much time at work.)
  Books on Relationships:
  by: Drs. Hal and Sidra Stone
  Partnering is cooperative and replaces the classic hierarchical, patriarchal relationship where dominance was the main theme. Partnering means many things, but most of all we see it as a joint venture in the exciting business of life. It means that you move from a life in which you were the "sole proprietor" to one in which you are a full and equal partner with someone else.
  As a result of his research, Hendrix created a therapy he calls Imago Relationship Therapy. In his books, he combines what he's learned in a number of disciplines, including the behavioral sciences, depth psychology, cognitive therapy, and Gestalt therapy, to name just a few. He expounds upon this approach in Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples. His purpose in writing the book, he says, is "to share with you what I have learned about the psychology of love relationships, and to help you transform your relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship."