12 Hours to a Great Marriage - Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg, Natalie H. Jenkins, Carol Whiteley

12 Hours to a Great Marriage

A Step-by-Step Guide for Making Love Last
Buch | Softcover
304 Seiten
2003
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7879-6800-7 (ISBN)
15,50 inkl. MwSt
Lets you discover the simple, effective strategies that have helped thousands of couples - happily married, having issues, or planning to marry - to develop and protect their love, easily and at your own pace. This book covers one of the key ingredients of the program, like Being Best Friends, and Having Fun Together.
For the past twenty-five years, the internationally renowned marital researchers from the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver have been helping couples around the globe replace loneliness with connection, frustration with understanding, fear with confidence, instability with commitment, revenge with forgiveness, and monotony with passion. Their program is called PREP®, short for the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, and it's been so successful that its creators have been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, and 20/20, and its benefits have been documented in The New York Times, USA Today, Womans Day, and Redbook. Until now the only way you could experience this winning twelve-hour program was to attend a weekend workshop. But now, with 12 Hours to a Great Marriage, you can discover the simple, effective strategies that have helped thousands of couples— happily married, having issues, or planning to marry— to develop and protect their love, easily and at your own pace. Each chapter covers one of the key ingredients of the program, like Being Best Friends, Having Fun Together, and Protecting and enhancing Your Love Life, and shows you how to take the steps that research shows are the basis for a long-term, healthy, loving marriage. By practicing the simple skills, taking the thought-provoking self-tests, doing the fun and innovative exercises, and reading real-life couples' inspiring and informative stories, you'll find that in twelve short hours you'll be well on your way to having that great marriage you've always dreamed of.

Howard J. Markman, PhD, is the lead author on our best-selling Fighting For Your Marriage. Dr. Markman is professor of Psychology and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver, co-author for many of our other PREP books and one of the best known, most respected experts in the world on marriage enhancement and divorce prevention. Scott M. Stanley is lead author of our best-selling Christian marriage book A Lasting Promise, co-author of Fighting For Your Marriage, and co-director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver. Susan L. Blumberg is a co-author of Fighting For Your Marriage and director of Interpersonal Communications Options. Natalie H. Jenkins is the lead author of You Paid How Much For That and vice-president/marketing director of PREP; All four authors live in Denver, Colorado. Carol Whitley is the author of The Everything Creative Writing Book and lives in Los Altos, California.

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Stepping Up to the Plate 1

Part I Getting to First

Hour 1: Taking a Positive Attitude 19

Hour 2: Simple Techniques for Talking Safely and Clearly 43

Hour 3: Handling Your Issues 63

Hour 4: Solving Your Problems 83

Hour 5: Great Ground Rules for a Great Relationship 107

Part II Reaching Second

Hour 6: Having Fun 125

Hour 7: Enhancing Your Love Life 143

Hour 8: Sharing Values and Core Beliefs 163

Part III Rounding Third

Hour 9: Meeting Expectations 185

Hour 10: Forgiving 205

Part IV Safe at Home

Hour 11: Being Friends 227

Hour 12: Making the Commitment 243

Epilogue: Keeping the Program in Play 263

Getting More Help When There Are Serious Problems 265

Resources and Training 269

Selected Research and References 271

About the Authors 277

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.10.2003
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 226 mm
Gewicht 363 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Partnerschaft / Sexualität
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Psychologie
ISBN-10 0-7879-6800-5 / 0787968005
ISBN-13 978-0-7879-6800-7 / 9780787968007
Zustand Neuware
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