Easy Marriage Counseling: 52 Self-Guided Exercises to Deepen Your Relationship Paperback – April 21, 2020

The way the book and scenarios are written make this book more fun to read. My spouse and I like doing the questions at the end of each chapter.

Awesome marriage counseling book. Looks very helpful. Can't wait to finish all lessons

I think the idea of this book is really good. Who doesn't have 20 minutes a week you can spend working on your relationship with your spouse? The book starts off with an introduction and instructions on how to use the book with some ground rules to help with communication. It is broken down into 52 weekly exercises that cover many topics such as parenting, open relationships, intamacy, roles and expections, parenting and finances to name just a few. Each exercise starts with a reading that you read together and questions to discuss with your spouse.Several of the topics are things that you already know about your spouse, but sometimes we disconnect from our spouse and even going through things you think you know, we find out something we have gotten wrong, or maybe ours or our spouses views have changed over time. So, I don't think it is fair to say that this is meant for newlyweds. There is always something new to learn about your spouse. Also, maybe there are topics in this book that you didn't know how to discuss with your spouse and now the book gives you a great opportunity to do that.I don't believe this is a cure all for stressed marriages, but I think it could help open up communication that has maybe started breaking down with couples. The author does give advice that if any of the topics are uncomfortable or you feel it is too much for you, you definitely need to explore these with a counselor. I do not see myself using this book with my spouse, but believe that it could be a great resource for others.I was given an advanced copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

When my partner and I began using this book we were both so pleased with the focus on inclusivity in the language and the content. I appreciated that this book felt super accessible to all types of partnerships or couplings. The skills being looked at also relate to my life outside of my partnership, and I have been able to apply communication tools and personal reflection tools to other areas as well as in my relationship. The length of the exercises felt easy to manage, and I loved that there were guidelines and tools for how to best move forward if things started to feel too challenged. The book offered a really holistic guide for exploring our relationship at a deeper level. I have known my partner for three years and definitely felt as though I knew them in a closer way after moving through this book. It gave us a chance to talk about and explore things that either did not come up that often, or in some cases had not really come up at all. I know myself better as well after working through this book, and feel like I have some new parts of self-awareness that can help me be a more effective and supportive person in general. Would definitely recommend to others that are seeking some tools for self reflection, and who are interested in growing in their couplings or partnerships. Would also recommend this to readers who have noticed and been impacted by the lack of inclusivity that is so prevalent in most counseling books that focus on topics such as these. A truly helpful and refreshing book to see out there!

This book is gender neutral and has 52 exercises that can be used at your own pace: whether that's spread out through a year, or done in a few months. The topics came from clinical experience with couples, other clinicians, family, and friends.The first pages of the book explain to you how to use the book and how to start each exercise as if you were going to a counselor.The book is also organized into different topics including parenting, intimacy, friends, finances, and 13 others with at least 3 exercises to work on with that topic.For all 52 exercises, there is a question, case study, and activity for the couple to do. These are intended to last about 20 minutes or longer if needed/wanted. 20 minutes a week is definitely do-able and worth it to help strengthen your relationship with your partner.Whether you are a happy married couple, or a struggling married couple, I think this book can help create connections and also help you understand your partner better. These exercises help you realize how they view the world and different situations.I received a complimentary copy of this book from Callisto Publishers and was under no obligation to post a review.

This would be a great book for premartial counseling, but a lot of what is contained in here is stuff you probably already know about your spouse. It has useful prompts and I really like the idea of the book, but if you are looking for a way to deepen your marriage, this probably isn't the best. Maybe this is just how I feel and your marriage might be different, but I have only been married 3 years and most of the prompts did not elicit deep conversation, but were rather rehashing of things I already knew about my spouse. But, I think this would be great for couples to go through before marriage or engagement. That is why I am giving the book 3 stars. It is helpful, but probably not for couples who have been married longer than a year or have been together for a while.

I guess this book would be fab if my husband hadn’t lost it! Do you see why we need marriage counselling? Ffs if he wasn’t so scatterbrained we probably wouldn’t need a marriage counselling book!