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Summary: What a help!
Review: Finally! Simple solutions to every-day communication problems. This book helped my husband and me become even happier with our marrage. We have been married 10 years, and we learned things from this book that we will help make the next 10 years even better! Thank you, Doctors, for a wonderful, helpful book.
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Summary: It has changed me!
Review: My husband and I have never been very good communicators. I get frustrated because he is the type of person to hold things in and although I am not as bad, I have a tendency to do this as well. But once there is a serious issue on the table I am ready to talk. By then he is totally closed off. This makes me angry and frustrated. This book has really helped me with my anger and frustration and has shown me better ways to deal with issues. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Excellent resource for learning to communicate
Review: Not a bunch of fluff, nor "getting in touch with the inner child". Solid, realistic and fair. This is the first resource to actually work for my marriage. After several rounds of live counseling, we had almost given up, but this book reassured us both of the fact that conflict is very common and can be resolved, appropriately. We have learned many new skills and how to apply them to our marriage.
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Summary: What I Didn't Learn In College
Review: Out of desperation, I pulled this book out of my closet when my boyfriend and I started arguing uncontrollably at the two-year mark of our relationship. When I bought this book, it was for a course I took in Psychology at the Catholic University of America, not surprisingly. Dr. Notarius is a professor there. At the time, I was busy sailing through college without reading most of the required reading, and I didn't bother to read this book either. I am so sorry that I didn't! It has been such a big help to us, not only in communication but also in finding out what is motiving our relationship anger. It has been a real eye-opener and a great tool we have used to "stop the fighting!" as we call it. We know our relationship is heading towards marriage, and we both want to work this out now so we know we can have a happy future together later. While this book is focused mainly on married couples, it applies to all other couples as well - as long as they are committed to each other. So don't be scared off by the title!
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Summary: A Must-Read for all
Review: Simple solutions based on actual research. Amazing! Gives insight into communication between any two people regardless of their relationship. (The rules of politeness are ones we should all use more often with everyone.) Contains a lot of information in just a few hundred pages, so you get your money's worth.Purchase if you want to do any of the following:
(1) assess your relationship and evaluate your happiness
(2) determine where you may be going wrong in your relationship and why
(3) find useful ways to improve happiness, communication and intimacy in your relationship. For more high-yield information about relationships and improving them I also recommend Make Up, Don't Break Up by Bonnie Eaker Weil and How One of You Can Bring The Two of You Together by Susan Page
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Summary: A Must-Read for all
Review: The key to this book is that these aren't just some college professors with their feet on the desk and a pencil in their mouths coming up with some theory about how marriages should work. These are researchers who have observed relationships that do and don't work and have summarized the differences in them - specifically, that happy, healthy relationships are those where conflict is resolved in a constructive way. They then go on to detail exactly how that occurs. This lends an air of credibility to a field where it is sorely needed. I have found this book extremely helpful in my own life, and I have recommended it to many, many people; both friends and patients. It's by far the best book on how to make a relationship successful that I've ever found.
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Summary: Research-proven approach to resolving conflict
Review: The key to this book is that these aren't just some college professors with their feet on the desk and a pencil in their mouths coming up with some theory about how marriages should work. These are researchers who have observed relationships that do and don't work and have summarized the differences in them - specifically, that happy, healthy relationships are those where conflict is resolved in a constructive way. They then go on to detail exactly how that occurs. This lends an air of credibility to a field where it is sorely needed. I have found this book extremely helpful in my own life, and I have recommended it to many, many people; both friends and patients. It's by far the best book on how to make a relationship successful that I've ever found.
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Summary: This is a must read for anyone in a relationship.
Review: The usefulness of the advice in this book surpasses that of virtually any "self-help" book on the market. As a psychologist in practice for over 20 years, I have never before encountered such a valuable resource, both professionally and personally. The writing is succinct and full of several examples of each idea presented. If ever there was a relationship "handbook", this is it. Moreover, the information presented has a strong research base, and the efficacy of the recommended strategies has been proven. I can't recommend this book highly enough. You will not even find anything this good in a therapist.
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Summary: Everyone should read this book!
Review: This book has changed my life! It was a very emotional read for me, I read so many examples of relationship communication problems I had throughout my life. I closed up or withdrew when relationship problems surfaced. I was afraid to talk and held everything inside. The book explains communication difficulties, it tells you how to effectively work through them and also how to prevent it from happening in the future. The book relates to any relationship you're in, whether you're married or dating. I wish I found this book years ago, I didn't seek help until it was too late. I recently dated someone for a little over two years, we broke up once and got back together, but we had the same problems, poor communication. If I knew about this book sooner, I know our outcome would have changed! I lost an exceptional person, she was my true love! Don't make the same mistake I did and think it'll get better, read this book now to become a better person and learn how to effectively communicate with your mate.
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