Marriage & Relationships
Learn how to strengthen and enhance your relationships through these collection of books.
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Learn how to strengthen and enhance your relationships through these collection of books.
This is the story about how God intervened in one woman’s life to transform her despair into renewed hope. This book will unveil the powerful message of the Sanctuary and its transformative power on intimacy within relationships.
I have not professionally vetted this book yet but it’s on my list to read.
As a trauma-informed therapist, these are books I cannot support or endorse in good conscience.
Many of these books:
are not edifying in seeking a healthy intimacy
overlook accountability necessary in abuse recovery
dismiss the power of sanctification in overcoming addictions and abuse
lack a trauma-model perspective
Numerous clients have reported damaging and harmful effects in response to these books and in some cases have reported their abusive circumstances worsened upon reading them.
Every Man’s Battle (any edition, any version) by Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker
Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs by Emerson Eggerichs
Our culture is steeped in pornography and the sexual exploitation of women. It changes the way we view human beings, sexuality, their value, and the nature of relationships. This book will unpack the impact of pornography on the brain and discusses what can be done about it. Viewing pornography impedes healthy intimacy and attachment.
“Struthers exposes false assumptions and casts a vision for a redeemed masculinity, showing how our sexual longings can actually propel us toward sanctification and holiness in our bodies. With insights for both married and single men alike, this book offers hope for freedom from pornography.” ~Amazon
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Find resources to help identify abuse of all kinds and navigate your way to find true healing, recovery, and freedom from abuse.
Find resources to help identify addictions, understand their impact on loved ones, and find hope for healing and recovery.
This book is practical and insightful as it reveals 5 different ways you can express love to your spouse while also understanding which ways you desire love to be expressed to you.
Dr. John Gottman presents a new approach to understanding and working with couples: as he educates the reader on a fundamental social skill called “emotional attunement”. Dr. Gottman teaches couples to “cultivate attunement through awareness, tolerance, understanding, non-defensive listening, and empathy. These qualities, he argues, inspire confidence in couples, and the sense that despite the inevitable struggles, the relationship is enduring and resilient.”
This book is a crucial follow-up to his 1999 The Marriage Clinic and is a great tool for not only couples but therapists and counselors.
Psychologist John Gottman uses his twenty years of research studying marriages to expose methods to evaluate, strengthen and enhance your marriage. This book includes practical exercises, quizzes and techniques to help make the most of your marriage.
Relationship expert, John Gottman shares his research about love, how to develop a trusting, intimate, and emotionally fulfilling bond. Includes strategies for repairing lost and broken relationships.
EXCELLENT book about how to repair, strengthen, and guide your marriage into a long-lasting, harmonious relationship. A highly recommended read for engaged couples or those in pre-marital counseling! John Gottman is one of the nation’s leading relational experts in the field of psychology today. His ground-breaking research has created these principles that will teach couples new approaches for how to resolve conflicts and achieve higher levels of intimacy.
From courtship to marriage to counsels in parenting, this book will guide you with how to make your home a little piece of heaven on earth.
Psychologist John Gottman gives an insightful five-step program, based on his twenty years of innovative research, educating the reader how to enhance all relationships in your life; spouses, children, siblings and even co-workers. This book includes questionnaires and exercises Dr. Gottman has developed in his therapy.
In this book the authors outline 10 laws of boundaries while giving you biblically based answers on how to set appropriate boundaries with your spouse, children, friends, coworkers, and even yourself.
Discover and learn how to communicate better; avoid manipulation, learn when to say no and how to listen more effectively. A great sequel to Telling Yourself the Truth.
I’ve seen many clients find healing through the corrective messages in this book. There were even misbeliefs and misconceptions I grew up believing that made me stop in my tracks when reading.
Sheila, Rebecca, & Joanna’s research of over 20,000 women backs up their theory that the evangelical church has, with no intention to harm, spread some harmful messages about sexuality over time. Especially in best-selling Christian books.
The Great Sex Rescue highlights and refutes harmful messages while underscoring a healthy, sacred, biblical sexuality. I couldn’t recommend this book more!
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