Books On Couple Counseling

1. Everett L. Worthington, Jr. provides an intensive manual to assist the couples through serious problems. His approach is hope-focused which makes the couple believe that change is possible in their lives. It helps them to have a new outlook towards their future. His counseling session includes training, teaching, exercise, modeling, forgiveness and motivation. His books contain number of exercises and interventions that includes: changing your thought patterns, developing intimacy, strengthening communication and drawing on the central values.

2. The Use of Dreams in Couple Counseling- The writer of this book Jung observes dreams as a way for establishing a homeostatic balance and to create a proper equilibrium in the psyche. In this book, he has given a number of examples to explain the effectiveness of interpreting the dreams while working with the couples either in groups or individually. This is very effective to treat the couples who are emotionally disturbed. According to him, dreams create a bridge between the conscious and the unconscious world.

3. How to Counsel a Couple in 6 Sessions or Less- H. Norman Wright, the author of this book says that it is the marriage of the couples that should last life-long and not their counseling. This book makes couple counseling easy in a short period of time. It also deals with major problems of marital life like family issues, communication, decision making, etc. this is a very practical book. It is specially designed to be used as a tool to diagnose your problems faster and refer the couples to the counselor, if it is found to be necessary.

4. The Premarital Counseling- The writer of this book comments that marriage is not an exception. Premarital counseling can make your marriages last forever which may be fulfilling as well as God-honoring. An improper planning and preparation results in failure or marriage break-ups.

5. Family History Analysis- This book is considered as an excellent tool for premarital counseling. There are about 8 pages of some specific questions that are specially designed for the couple to evaluate themselves thoroughly. It gives you the most valuable information and thus the couple can be helped to improve their marriage in future.

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