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Resources

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March 30, 2012 3:50 pm

Couples: Relationship
The Gottman Institute – Researching and Restoring Relationships
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Terry Real Relational Life Institute
PREPARE/ENRICH

Online course/workshop for couples offered by Terrence “Terry” Real:
Staying in Love: The Art of Fierce Intimacy

Books:

  • Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – John M. Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman et al.
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John M. Gottman and Nan Silver
  • Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex – John Gray
  • Getting the Love You Want – Harville Hendrix
  • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – Sue Johnson
  • How Can I Get through to You?: Closing the Intimacy Gap between Men and Women – Terrence Real
  • The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Marriage Work – Terrence Real
  • Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship – Terrence Real
  • Love Cycles Fear Cycles: Reduce Conflict and Increase Connection in Your Relationship – David and Deborah Woodsfellow


Couples: Intimacy

  • Sexual Intimacy for Women: A Guide for Same-Sex Couples – Glenda Corwin
  • Hot Monogamy – Patricia Love
  • Rekindling Desire: A Step by Step Program to Help Low-Sex and No-Sex Marriages – Barry W. McCarthy and Emily J. McCarthy
  • Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence – Esther Perel
  •  The Sex-Starved Marriage: Boosting Your Marriage Libido: A Couple’s Guide – Michele Weiner Davis

Couples: Infidelity
Books:

  • Getting Past the Affair: A Program to Help You Cope, Heal, and Move On–Together or Apart – Douglas K. Snyder, Donald H. Baucom, & Kristina Coop Gordon
  • After the Affair – Janis Abrahms Spring and Michael Spring
  • Not “Just Friends” – Shirley P. Glass
  • Private Lies – Frank Pittman

Couples: Verbal Abuse
Patricia Evans’ – Verbal Abuse Site

Books:

  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond – Patricia Evans
  • The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing – Beverly Engel

Self-Improvement
Books:

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance – Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley
  • The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook – Edmund J. Bourne
  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead – BrenĂ© Brown
  • Sex Matters for Women, Second Edition: A Complete Guide to Taking Care of Your Sexual Self – Sallie Foley
  • The Dance of Anger – Harriet Lerner
  • The Dance of Intimacy – Harriet Lerner
  • Self-Esteem – Matthew McKay and Patrick Fanning
  • I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of  Male Depression – Terrence Real
  • The Self-Esteem Workbook – Glen R. Schiraldi
  • The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognize It and How to Respond – Patricia Evans
  • The Emotionally Abusive Relationship: How to Stop Being Abused and How to Stop Abusing – Beverly Engel


Spirituality

Books:

  • To Love As God Loves – Roberta C. Bondi
  • Zen for Christians – Kim Boykin
  • Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living – Pema Chodron
  • The Wisdom of No Escape and the Path of Loving-Kindness – Pema Chodron
  • The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation – Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Invitation to Love: The Way of Christian Contemplation – Thomas Keating
  • Open Mind, Open Heart – Thomas Keating


Spirituality and Sexuality

Books:

  • The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart – Peter J. Gomes
  • What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality – Daniel A. Helminiak

Sexual Orientation / Coming Out

Books:

  • Outing Yourself: How to Come Out As Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers – Michelangelo Signorile
  • Living Two Lives: Married to a Man and in Love with a Woman – Joanne Fleisher
  • Dear John, I’m in Love with Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women – Candace Walsh & Laura Andre (eds.)
  • Loving Ourselves: The Gay and Lesbian Guide to Self-Esteem – Kimeron N. Hardin
  • Now That You Know: A Parents’ Guide to Understanding Their Gay and Lesbian Children – Betty Fairchild and Nancy Hayward

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