This CD contains a set of visual aides and diagrams from The Couple in a PowerPoint presentation. Available in both English and Spanish. (Author abstract)
The authors detail their adventures in travel through the years and the lessons learned along the way. They share the good, the bad and the ugly! The stories coupled with the exercises at the end of each chapter will help readers facilitate discussion with each other and with family and friends. This resource is intended […]
The Loving Couples Loving Children Single Parents curriculum consists of 11 modules and provides skills that help single parents build stronger, healthier connections with their children and outside relationships. Materials include: Facilitator Guide, Level 1 Workbook, and Level 2 Workbook.
Anger is humanity’s survival kit -a life-saving resource. It is an emotion that offers the raw material for growth and change. David Mace believes that anger can have positive functions. He calls his theory “”management of anger”” a way of dealing with the love-anger cycles all intimate relations go through, particularly the relationship of marriage. […]
The Alabama Department of Human Resources is exploring ways to promote Healthy Marriage Initiatives in the State of Alabama. Endeavoring to fulfill this mission, Alabama sought and received assistance from the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance (TA) Network to send a representative from the Family Assistance Partnership in Alabama. With the support of Ramona Warren, Team […]
A book and online profile that identifies a couple’s strengths to help them build a more vital relationship. Based on an unprecedented national survey of 50,000 marriages, The Couple Checkup presents the principles for creating a successful couple relationship. The free online profile includes fifteen to twenty categories that are customized based on the relationship […]
If you aren’t getting what you want from your marriage, it may have little to do with what’s happening now. Often, we are driven by our “familiars,” the feelings-good or bad-that we’ve grown accustomed to. The outcomes may be toxic, but unless we recognize that we are playing out old dramas, we may be helpless […]
Practical insight and hands-on exercises in a workbook format to help the user deal with conflict and anger in a way that strengthens your relationship. Includes 11 lessons, each with a written exercise. This is an excellent resource for individual couples as well as couple groups. (Author abstract)
Whether they realize it or not, couples get married for two reasons. First, they intuitively recognize a similarity of beliefs about how the world ought to be. This core values match is usually unconscious and unacknowledged, and yet has the potential to underpin a great relationship. They also get together because they recognize a wounded […]
This self-guided marriage enrichment course for couples was developed by Better Marriages leader couples. The four sessions include getting the most out of your marriage, communicating for understanding, the creative resolution of anger and conflict, and maintaining closeness in relationships and looking forward to the future. When used with the Right Steps Leader Guide, this […]