Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships
10 best books like Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships (David Schnarch): For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage, God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict, The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment, How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving, Undefended Love, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection, The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work, Meditations with Meister Eckhart, Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality, Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love
For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage
| Author | Tara Parker-Pope |
| ISBN | 0525951385 |
Groundbreaking scientific news about marriage. And, surprise: It's good news.
We've all heard the statistic: Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. It's enough to make many couples give up when the going gets rough, thinking that's what everybody else does. But what if it weren't true?...
God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict
| Author | Gregory A. Boyd |
| ISBN | 0830818855 |
In this bold and compelling work, Gregory Boyd undertakes to reframe the central issues of Christian theodicy. By Boyd's estimate, theologians still draw too heavily on Augustine's response to the problem of evil, attributing pain and suffering to the mysterious "good" purposes of God. Through...
The Erotic Mind: Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment
| Author | Jack Morin |
| ISBN | 0060984287 |
Challenging accepted theories about what makes for terrific sex, The Erotic Mind is a breakthrough exploration of the least understood dimensions of human sexuality—the psychology of desire, arousal, and fulfillment. Nationally known sex therapist Dr. Jack Morin offers a bold new perspective...
| Author | David Richo |
| ISBN | 1570628122 |
"Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships—one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing...
| Author | Jett Psaris |
| ISBN | 1572242086 |
This book precisely maps a unique journey that turns the problems and conflicts that inevitably arise in relationships into opportunities for deeper connection. Illuminating case studies, guided self-inquiries, and challenging exercises help you discover how to engage your partner in a deeper...
| Author | Sue Johnson |
| ISBN | 0415945682 |
Since its original publication in 1996, this volume has been a helpful guide to therapists in the practice of emotionally focused therapy. This second edition addresses the many changes in the field of couples therapy, including updated research results linked to clinical intervention and new information...
| Author | Terrence Real |
| ISBN | 1400064015 |
In his extraordinary new book, Terrence Real, distinguished therapist and bestselling author, presents a long overdue message that women need to hear: You aren't crazy-you're right!
Women have changed in the last twenty-five years-they have become powerful, independent, self-confident,...
| Author | Matthew Fox |
| ISBN | 0939680041 |
Meister Eckhart was a 13th-century mystic, prophet, feminist, declared heretic, and an early advocate of creation-centered spirituality. This tradition affirms humanity’s potential to act divinely, and it embraces life--living and dying, growing old and sinning, groaning and celebrating--as...
Soul Making: The Desert Way of Spirituality
| Author | Alan W. Jones |
| ISBN | 0060641797 |
A leading spiritual writer recovers "The Desert Way of Believing" -- the spiritual pathway discovered by early Christian monks who lived in the Egyptian desert that is still relevant to Christians today. Alan Jones distills the elements that made this fully orthodox way of inner transformation a...
Journey of the Heart: The Path of Conscious Love
| Author | John Welwood |
| ISBN | 0060927429 |
As men and women find that they can no longer rely on old roles and formulas to get along, intimate relationships call for a new kind of honesty and awareness, a willingness to let go of old patterns and cultivate new capacities. Journey of the Heart shows how we can rise to this challenge by learning to use...
Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love
| Author | Howard J. Markman |
| ISBN | 0787957445 |
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...
Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy
| Author | Pat Ogden |
| ISBN | 0393704572 |
Psychotherapists who have been trained in models of psychodynamic, psychoanalytic, or cognitive therapeutic approaches are skilled at listening to the language and affect of the client. They track the clients' associations, fantasies, and signs of psychic conflict, distress, and defenses....
And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives
| Author | John M. Gottman |
| ISBN | 1400097371 |
Having a baby is a joyous experience, but even the best relationships are strained during the transition from duo to trio. Lack of sleep, never-ending housework, and new fiscal concerns often lead to conflict, disappointment, and hurt feelings. In And Baby Makes Three Love Lab(TM) experts John Gottman...
Attachment in Psychotherapy
| Author | David J. Wallin |
| ISBN | 1593854560 |
This eloquent book translates attachment theory and research into an innovative framework that grounds adult psychotherapy in the facts of childhood development. Advancing a model of treatment as transformation through relationship, the author integrates attachment theory with neuroscience,...
Love Is Never Enough: How Couples Can Overcome Misunderstandings, Resolve Conflicts, and Solve Relationship Problems Through Cognitive Therapy
| Author | Aaron T. Beck |
| ISBN | 0060916044 |
Reading a number of books in preparation for my course in couples counseling - training graduate students to learn different models for working with couples. I also hope learning about these various models and theories, they can learn something to grow with, as we are all navigating relationships...
The Soul of Sex: Cultivating Life as an Act of Love
| Author | Thomas Moore |
| ISBN | 0060930950 |
A highly original approach from best selling author Thomas Moore, restoring sex to its rightful place in the human psyche as an experience of the soul.
In The Soul of Sex, Thomas Moore at last restores sex to its rightful place in the human psyche. Describing sex as an experience of the soul, Thomas...
Schema Therapy: A Practitioner's Guide
| Author | Jeffrey E. Young |
| ISBN | 1572308389 |
Designed to meet the formidable challenges of treating personality disorders and other complex difficulties, schema therapy combines proven cognitive-behavioral techniques with elements of other widely practiced therapies. This book--written by the model's developer and two of its leading...
Arousal: The Secret Logic of Sexual Fantasies
| Author | Michael J. Bader |
| ISBN | 0312302428 |
In this fascinating and provocative book, Dr. Michael Bader offers a groundbreaking new theory of sexual desire. Drawing on his twenty-five years as a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, Dr. Bader demonstrates that rather than being programmed by biology or society, sexual fantasies and preferences...
