Books for Couples
A Beautiful, Terrible Thing
by Jen Waite
Attached
by Amir Levine, M.D. and Rachel Heller
Couples Communication Cure: When Trying Harder to Communicate Isn’t Working and What to Do Instead
Couples Therapy Workbook for Healing: Emotionally Focused Therapy Techniques to Restore Your Relationship
by Lori Cluff Schade PhD LMFT (Author)
Easy Marriage Counseling: 52 Self-Guided Exercises to Deepen Your Relationship
8-Week Couples Therapy Workbook: Essential Strategies to Connect, Improve Communication, and Strengthen Your Relationship
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy For Dummies
by Brent Bradley and James Furrow
Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection
By Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD and John Gottman, PhD
Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples: Third Edition
by Harville Hendrix Ph.D. (Author), Helen LaKelly Hunt PhD (Author)
Healing from Infidelity: The Divorce Busting® Guide to Rebuilding Your Marriage After an Affair
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
How We Love Workbook, Expanded Edition: Making Deeper Connections in Marriage
by Milan Yerkovich and Kay Yerkovich
It’s Not You
by Ramani Durvasula PhD
Love More, Fight Less: Communication Skills Every Couple Needs: A Relationship Workbook for Couples
Questions for Couples Journal: 400 Questions to Enjoy, Reflect, and Connect with Your Partner, Grow Closer & Build A Strong Partnership
by Maggie Reyes
Rebuilding Trust: Guided Therapy Techniques and Activities to Restore Love, Trust, and Intimacy in Your Relationship
The Art of Bringing Back the Intimacy: Learn to Avoid the Dead Bedroom, Eliminate the Resentment, and Relight the Libido in Your Relationship
The Five Love Languages: the Secret to Love that Lasts
By Gary Chapman
The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy, and Validation
by Alan E. Fruzzetti (Author), Marsha M. Linehan (Foreword)
The Hold Me Tight Workbook: A Couple's Guide for a Lifetime of Love
The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
by John Gottman PhD and Nan Silver
Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
By Terrence Real
Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections
Book · Couples · Desire & Intimacy · By Emily Nagoski, PhD (2024)
A New York Times bestseller focused specifically on sustaining sexual connection in long-term relationships; sex-therapy-adjacent in subject matter but not explicit, consistent with the site's content guideline. Complements Mating in Captivity (pending in Batch 4) with a more recent, research-forward take. Step coupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended Family
Book · Couples · Blended Families · By Susan Wisdom, LPC, and Jennifer Green (2002)
Written by a therapist who specializes in stepfamily counseling; keeps the focus on strengthening the couple's bond rather than general step-parenting advice. No blended-family-specific title currently appears on the couples page, so this fills a real gap. Tightwads and Spendthrifts: Navigating the Money Minefield in Real Relationships
Book · Couples · Financial Conflict · By Scott Rick, PhD (2024)
A behavioral scientist's research-based guide to the #1 source of relationship conflict — money — from a University of Michigan professor whose work has been covered by the NYT, WSJ, and NPR. No finance-focused title currently appears on either book page. The All-or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work
Book · Couples · Relationship Science · By Eli J. Finkel, PhD (2017)
A widely respected, research-grounded look at how modern expectations of marriage have shifted and what that means for building a satisfying one today; endorsed by both Gottman and Sue Johnson. Good general-audience anchor title alongside the more modality-specific books already on the page. And Baby Makes Three: The Six-Step Plan for Preserving Marital Intimacy and Rekindling Romance After Baby Arrives
Book · Couples · Transition to Parenthood · By John Gottman, PhD, and Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD
Directly addresses a well-documented gap: Gottman's own research found that roughly two-thirds of couples experience a decline in relationship satisfaction in the first three years of parenthood. This book translates their Bringing Baby Home workshop into a step-by-step guide for maintaining intimacy through that transition. From the same trusted source already well-represented on our Couples page. Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
Book · Couples · Communication & Relationship Milestones · By John Gottman, PhD, Julie Schwartz
Gottman, PhD, Doug Abrams, and Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD
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