Fighting for your marriage positive steps for preventing divorce and preserving a lasting love 1st Edition by Howard Markman, Susan Blumberg, Scott Stanley ISBN 978-0470580561 0470580569

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ISBN 10:  0470580569

ISBN 13:  978-0470580561

Author:  Howard J. Markman, Susan L. Blumberg,  Scott M. Stanley

This new and revised edition of Fighting for Your Marriage is based on the widely acclaimed PREP(r) (Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program) approach. Groundbreaking studies have found that couples can use the strategies of this approach to handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up.
Based on twenty years of university research, this popular book will show you how to:
* Talk more and fight less
* Deepen and protect your friendship
* Have a more intimate, sensual relationship
* Keep the fun alive
* Clarify and act on your priorities
* Develop a vision for your future together

Table of contents: 

Part One: Understanding the Risks on the Road to Lasting Love

1. Four Hallmarks of a Great Relationship: PREP in a Nutshell

2. Destructive Patterns: Signs of Danger Ahead

3. Changing Roles, Changing Rules: Men and Women in Conflict

Part Two: Teaming Up to Handle Conflict

4. When What You Heard Isn’t What I Said: Understanding Filters in Communication

5. Talking Safely Without Fighting: The Speaker-Listener Technique

6. Controlling the Home Fires: Handling Issues and Events Well

7. New Perspectives on Problems and Problem Solving

8. Keeping Conflict Under Control: Ground Rules for a Great Relationship

Part Three: Enjoying Each Other

9. Safe Harbor: Preserving and Protecting Friendship

10. Playing Together: How to Succeed in Fun Without Really Trying

11. Sense and Sensuality: Enhancing and Protecting Your Sex Life

12. Sacred Places: Core Beliefs and Spiritual Intimacy

Part Four: Staying the Course

13. Why You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Unraveling the Mysteries of Expectations

14. Forgiveness: Restoring Hope

15. Sticking, Stuck, or Stopped: On the Path to Commitment

16. What to Do Now

Some Thoughts on Domestic Violence

Resources and Training

Selected Research and References

About the Authors

Index

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