The Marriage Mender: A Couple's Guide for Staying Together - Softcover

WHERE DID THE ROMANCE GO? WHAT HAPPENED TO THEPASSION? WHY ISN?T OUR MARRIAGE LIKE IT USED TO BE? Remember howyou felt on your wedding day? You were happy and in love andplanned to stay that way for the rest of your life. But when wasthe last time you felt like that? "Did I make a mistake and marrythe wrong person?" you wonder. Marriage is more than just findingthe "right" person-it?s about working with your spouse through thenatural stages of your marriage and growing into a loving,life-long relationship. But when things are rough and don?t seem tobe getting any better, wouldn?t it be easier to call it quits andstart from scratch? If you?re looking for a fresh start, TheMarriage Mender will give you the solution-based tools you need tobegin rebuilding your marriage. With illustrations and exercises,it will teach you how to look to the future of your relationshipinstead of focusing on the past with its problems. You?ll buildemotional safety and then learn to communicate more effectivelywith your spouse, resolve conflict creatively, fight fairly, andmuch more. Your marriage is worth saving and The Marriage Menderwill show you how.

THOMAS A. WHITEMAN, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and the founder and president of Life Counseling Services. He helps direct Fresh Start Seminars, a non-profit organization that conducts over fifty divorce recovery seminars a year for both adults and children throughout the United States. He has authored or coauthored several books, including The Marriage Mender (NavPress), Adult ADD, Victim of Love?, Stress Test, and Starting Over (all Piñon Press). He earned his doctorate from Bryn Mawr College and lives with his wife and three children in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.