The 7 Best Things Happy Couples Do...plus one
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Publisher Description
Psychologists and best-selling authors John and Linda Friel have written an enormously readable and infinitely practical book that delves into what makes a relationship enduringly successful. Wherever readers are in their own relationships, this book can improve those relationships dramatically, bringing them immediate and lasting benefits.
In the tradition of their bestseller, The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do, the authors examine the behaviors that happy, effective couples display continually. After careful investigation, the Friels synthesized years of clinical work into a manageable list of the most significant patterns of behavior couples must address and embrace if they want to become truly great couples. Recognizing that other patterns and behaviors certainly do exist, when patients come the Friels for help, the core issues illustrated in this book are discussed as the couples move boldly toward improving their relationships—with consistently outstanding results.
The authors found that they had not seven, but eight, key items to identify. Here are a few:
• Be Sexual
• Be Willing To Divorce
• Manage Your Fear, Hurt, Shame, And Loneliness
• Own Your Part (be responsible for creating a great relationship)
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Although they reportedly go together like a horse and carriage, the two are not inevitably entwined. These books offer advice and praise for coupledom on getting there, staying there and learning from experiences that just didn't work out.The 7 Best Things (Happy) Couples Do... and MoreJohn C. Friel and Linda D. Friel. Health Communications, paper (320p) Family therapists Friel (The 7 Worst Things (Good) Parents Do) give tips for a healthy relationship. With their usual wit and incisiveness (and plenty of real-life examples from their years of clinical practice), the authors explain key psychological principles that underpin successful partnerships and also probe the unscientific element of "magic" that happy couples report. They describe how to avoid common pitfalls and nudge readers toward a better understanding about how early experiences influence romantic relationships. This is a useful resource for anyone in a relationship be it a healthy or an unhealthy one.
