Until you’ve consumed all of the best Marriage Counseling books, can you even claim to be a true fan?
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert (2015)
- The Marriage Counseling Workbook: 8 Steps to a Strong and Lasting Relationship (2018)
- The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (2015)
- Communication in Marriage: How to Communicate with Your Spouse Without Fighting (2017)
- Couples Therapy Workbook (2014)
- I Do!: A Marriage Workbook for Engaged Couples (2019)
- No More Fighting: The Relationship Book for Couples: 20 Minutes a Week to a Stronger Relationship (2018)
- Getting Ready for Marriage Workbook (2015)
- Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages (2018)
- Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (2015)
- Emotional and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage: How to Connect or Reconnect With Your Spouse, Grow Together, and Strengthen Your Marriage (2017)
- The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God (2013)
- Marriage and Family Therapy: A Practice-Oriented Approach (2018)
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert (2015)
John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage. Here is the culmination of that work: the seven principles that guide couples on a path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.
The Marriage Counseling Workbook: 8 Steps to a Strong and Lasting Relationship (2018)
With exercises and examples from real-life marriage counseling sessions―The Marriage Counseling Workbook will reconstruct how you and your spouse think about, communicate with, and show love for one another.Many people want stronger marriages―but few know how to create them. This dilemma is at the crux of Dr. Emily Cook’s marriage counseling work. In her private practice, Dr.
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts (2015)
Falling in love is easy. Staying in love—that’s the challenge. How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands, conflicts, and just plain boredom of everyday life?In the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages, you’ll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, Dr.
Communication in Marriage: How to Communicate with Your Spouse Without Fighting (2017)
Do you find it difficult communicating with your spouse? Are you tired of arguing and fighting with your spouse whenever you try to communicate? Is your spouse not talking to you anymore? Many couples (including us) have had to deal with these communication problems at some point in marriage, and it’s not fun! The . It can definitely be overwhelming. It could even destroy your ability to only communicate effectively with your spouse, but also enjoy your marriage.
Couples Therapy Workbook (2014)
Couples Therapy Workbook is a series of guided questions to promote meaningful couple conversations and build ongoing, connected communication. The core of this unique guide is 30 guided conversations of the most critical relationship struggles. For each of the 30 topics, there is an introduction, goal-setting strategies and 10 scripted questions to ask each other – all presented in an easy-to-use mindful style. Set in a weekly format over 30 days but can be tailored to any timeframe.
I Do!: A Marriage Workbook for Engaged Couples (2019)
Strengthen Your Bond, Strengthen Your MarriagePlanning a meaningful wedding is important. Planning for a happy and satisfying marriage is critical. Through in-depth, thought-provoking exercises, I Do!
No More Fighting: The Relationship Book for Couples: 20 Minutes a Week to a Stronger Relationship (2018)
No More Fighting offers fast strategies to stop fights now and build a stronger relationship long-term.All couples fight―but a little guidance goes a long way to tackling the issues that trigger fights in the first place.
Getting Ready for Marriage Workbook (2015)
Pulling off a successful wedding is one thing but fortifying a lifelong relationship is an entirely different endeavor.
Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages (2018)
When you said, “I do,” you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended it to be miserable.Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn’t have to end there. Dr.
Sacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? (2015)
In this popular bestselling book (with more than 500,000 copies sold), Gary Thomas uncovers how your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God and each other.Happy is good. But holy is better. Your marriage is more than a sacred covenant with another person. It is a spiritual discipline designed to help you know God better, trust him more fully, and love him more deeply. What if God’s primary intent for your marriage isn’t to make you happy . . .
Emotional and Sexual Intimacy in Marriage: How to Connect or Reconnect With Your Spouse, Grow Together, and Strengthen Your Marriage (2017)
Do you feel something is missing in your marriage? Do you feel like ? Are you worried about Do you ever miss the you once had? Do you want to fall again so you can rekindle intimacy in your marriage? The truth is, we all want to feel loved and desired by the person we have committed to spend the rest of our life with. Somewhere along the journey, life gets in the way; etc. Your spouse is physically present with you, but it feels like they are miles away.
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God (2013)
Based on the acclaimed sermon series by New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller, this book shows everyone—Christians, skeptics, singles, longtime married couples, and those about to be engaged—the vision of what marriage should be according to the Bible.Modern culture would have you believe that everyone has a soul mate; that romance is the most important part of a successful marriage; that your spouse is there to help you realize your potential; that marriage does not mean…
Marriage and Family Therapy: A Practice-Oriented Approach (2018)
This text provides students of family therapy with a unique opportunity to understand and compare the inner workings of 14 traditional and non-traditional family therapy models. The book demonstrates, through innovative “guiding templates,” how the different therapeutic models are applied in an actual family therapy situation.
Best Marriage Counseling Books that Should be on Your Bookshelf
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Gospel-Centered Marriage Counseling: An Equipping Guide for Pastors and Counselors
Author(s): Robert W. PhD Kellemen
ID: 3589391, Publisher: Baker Publishing Group, Year: 2020, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Marriage, Family, and Couples Counseling
Author(s): Jon Carlson (editor), Shannon B. Dermer (editor)
ID: 3253789, Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, Year: 2016, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
The Secrets of Success in Marriage: A Book for Marriage Enrichment and Premarital Counseling
Author(s): John G. Githiga
ID: 3605445, Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC, Year: 2015, Size: 11 Mb, Format: epub
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are really chart-busters according to Washington Post, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.