Publisher's Synopsis
SOLUTION-FOCUSED MARRIAGE focuses on enrichment and minor repairs, seeing that major building is necessary when timely repairs are neglected-you repeat what you don't repair. Marriage Enrichment is generally more effective for couples who have basically healthy relationships but want to continue learning, growing, and developing relationship skills. However, research also documents that significant numbers of troubled marriages stabilize and improve when enrichment strategies are practiced. This book is a valuable resource to promote marital harmony and will shift relational momentum to more desirable and favorable outcomes. Building on relational strengths and drawing out undeveloped potential result in better, happier, and more satisfying relationships. Chapter Titles: Running the Race Side by Side; Dissolving Relational Roadblocks; Equal Distribution of Power; Reframing Unrealistic Expectations; Challenging the Myths of Romance; Honeymoon Doesn't Last Forever; Steep Learning Curve for Cueless Man; Affirming Non-Sexual Nurturance; Love is the Answer; Embracing Multiple Levels of Love; Perceptual Differences are Real; Communication is a Learned Skill; Daring to Forgive; Appendix A: Achieving Tenure in Marriage; Appendix B: Romantic Potential Questionnaire; Appendix C; The Trust Scale; Appendix D: Marriage Agreement; Appendix E: Maintaining Courtship Behaviors; Appendix F: Love in Action Assessment; Appendix G: 100+ Marriage Quotes Guaranteed to Evoke Laughter.
