MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03846cam a2200385 i 4500
001 2013041027
003 DLC
005 20141219094505.0
008 131031s2014 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013041027
020 $a9781608682232 (pbk.)
020 $a1608682234 (pbk.)
020 $z9781608682249 (ebook)
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042 $apcc
050 00 $aHQ10$b.B47 2014
082 00 $a616.89/1562$223
084 $aFAM030000$aSEL031000$aFAM013000$aFAM029000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBerger, Marcia Naomi,$d1944-
245 10 $aMarriage meetings for lasting love :$b30 minutes a week to the relationship you've always wanted /$cMarcia Naomi Berger ; foreword by Linda Bloom.
264 1 $aNovato, California :$bNew World Library,$c2014.
300 $axviii, 211 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Instructions for Marriage Meetings -- Chapter 1: Marriage Meeting Basics: Overview and Techniques -- Chapter 2: Debunking Marriage Myths -- Chapter 3: Appreciation is #1 on Agenda -- Chapter 4: Chores is #2 on Agenda -- Chapter 5: Plan for Good Times is #3 on Agenda -- Chapter 6: Problems and Challenges is # 4 on Agenda -- Part II: Communication Skills for Effective Meetings -- Chapter 7: I-statements -- Chapter 8: More Communication Skills for Marriage Meetings -- Part III: Transforming Relationships with Marriage Meetings -- Chapter 9: Opposites Attract, and Then What? Ken and Lauren -- Chapter 10: Resolving an In-law Issue - Ned and Amy -- Chapter 11: Handling a Money Conflict: Sally and Michael : -- Chapter 12: Transform a Relationship with Marriage Meeting Techniques -- Kate and Zack -- Chapter 13: Restoring Trust: Oliver and Robin -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Annotated Marriage Meeting Agenda -- Feelings and Needs Inventories -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
520 $a"Because they are the product of failed marriages and watch so many of their peers divorce, most couples don't have many successful long-term relationship role models. Parenting and communication issues are perennial while some challenges - like increasingly 24/7 work lives and economic hardships - mark the current decade. Despite all this, psychotherapist and clinical social worker Marcia Naomi Berger asserts that most couples can make love last, they just need to learn how. Berger answers that need with a deceptively simple prescription: have an interruption-free 45-minute (or shorter) meeting each week and follow an agenda that includes the kind of appreciation and planning for fun that fosters intimacy and paves the way for collaborative conflict resolution. Berger has refined these techniques while working with hundreds of couples - with results that are both practical and profound"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a""Outlines a simple format for spouses, partners, or members of a couple to use to meet weekly, facilitating good communication about schedules, finances, and parenting, as well as love, trust, and shared goals. The meeting elements are appreciation, responsibilities, planning for good times together, and working through challenges. Author is a psychotherapist with more than 25 years' experience"--Provided by publisher"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMarriage counseling.
650 0 $aCouples therapy.
650 7 $aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Conflict Resolution.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Love & Romance.$2bisacsh