Centering and the Art of Intimacy Handbook: A New Psychology of Close Relationships, Gay Hendricks, and Kathlyn Hendricks
Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks are a husband and wife team that have been practicing psychotherapists for more than twenty years. Their work is both powerful and life-changing, and yet uncluttered with complexities.
"As you move from the first stage of a relationship toward a deeper commitment, an essential question arises, 'Can we be close and be ourselves at the same time?' While we all yearn for unity with another person, we also yearn for complete freedom and autonomy. Having helped approximately 1500 couples work their way successfully through relationship transitions, Gay and Kathlyn can say with certainty that making the transition from one stage to another is one of the greatest challenges you will ever face. Negotiated successfully, there is no limit to how much love and creativity can be expresssed in a commited relationship".
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, John M. Gottman
There are a lot of books on Marriage Counseling and Relationships. Many theories have been espoused, but this book relies on 1000’s of clients seen and the subsequent research coming from them. It is practical and straightforward, and highly recommended.
“In order to make a good marriage even better, to ensure that a good marriage will last, or to save a failing one, people need to at least familiarize themselves with the facts about what long-lasting marriages have in common, and what marriages that end in divorce don't have. This is what John Gottman's The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work provides in an engaging and totally useful way”.
