Time for a Better Marriage

Return of a classic! A systematic, practical model for building marriage skills, newly revised and updated. Invaluable tools to help make marriages more rewarding, effective, and satisfying by showing couples how to encourage each other, resolve conflict, communicate effectively, maintain equality in the relationship, and make better choices. Packed with usefull examples and exercises--including communication exercises, "marriage meetings, " self-evaluation questionnaires, planning charts, review questions, and lists of key "points to remember." A special feature, twenty-four walletsize "Daily Focus" and "Marriage Skills" cards are bound into the book, giving partners all-day-long access to the program's skill-building tools. This is a book for couples who want to enrich their relationship, couples planning to be married, and couples classes in churches, schools, community groups. Marriage and family therapists wil find this a particularly valuable resource as a supplement to couples counseling. Chapters include: Encouragement in the Marital Relationship; Understanding Your Relationship; Honesty and Opennes: Communication Skills; Choice in the Marital Relationship; Conflict Resolution: Self-help Procedures for Maintaining Your Marriage.