Marriage Psychology

When Dr. David Kirkpatrick's wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2007, their lives - and their marriage - would change forever. In an honest, uplifting, and sometimes heartbreaking account of loving a partner with dementia, Dr. Kirkpatrick creates a clear guide for others in similar circumstances. He shares his perspective both as a loving and grief-stricken husband coping with a profound change in his marriage, and as a geriatric psychiatrist doing everything he can for his wife while continually learning throughout that experience.

Very few families are perfect. But looking from the outside in, through conversations in the grocery store or clicking through social media, often times it seems we are the only ones struggling with raising our kids or aligning with our spouses on parenting. The reality is that so many families struggle. Vicki Hoefle, three-time author, parenting coach, and sought-after speaker, offers a fresh, practical roadmap for achievable family - and marital - harmony and happiness.

Whether you've been involved with a narcissist for years and are just realizing it, or have recently met someone you think might be one, this book - written by someone who’s seen and been through it all with narcissists - will help guide you back to safety and sanity.

Are you passionately dedicated to experiencing your full capacity for love? If so, you are in for a thrilling ride on the greatest journey imaginable. If that sounds like a tempting invitation, keep reading, and prepare to take in some life-altering truths: that as you get older, your love life can get better. That instead of fading, your relationships can flourish. That you can have more exquisite love and more passionate sex in the second half of life than you ever had before.

Navigating relationships is challenging enough—but when Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) enters the equation, it adds another layer of complexity. An OCD Life: OCD, Dating, and Marriage is an insightful and deeply personal guide for individuals struggling with OCD who want to build meaningful romantic relationships. Drawing from personal experience, research, and expert strategies, this book explores how OCD impacts dating, marriage, intimacy, and communication.

Are you in a mixed-orientation marriage where you or your partner identify as LGBTQ+? You’re not alone. Thousands of couples face similar challenges, and while it may feel overwhelming, there is a path to understanding, acceptance, and love. This guide offers practical tools and strategies for navigating the complexities of mixed-orientation marriage, whether you’re dealing with coming out, family dynamics, or legal and financial considerations.

In The Wake of My Sociopath features a real-life story of a woman whose life was twisted and distorted by a sociopath and her rise to victory through research, recovery, and the ability to help others through her prose. The story begins with her true story of her days on the road running for her life after her sociopath threatened her very existence. The goal is to bring awareness of this disease.

Whether you're seeking deeper intimacy, struggling with patterns of insecurity, or simply curious about why you love the way you do, this book offers insights that are both enlightening and transformative. Drawing from psychology, neuroscience, and real-life stories, Anxious Heart, Secure Soul unravels the complexities of attachment theory in a way that’s accessible, compassionate, and refreshingly practical. Discover how attachment styles—such as anxious, avoidant, and secure—shape our reactions, our emotional needs, and even the types of partners we attract.

Master Your Relationship Anxiety delivers a simple four-week program for overcoming the mental and emotional stresses that can stop us being our best selves in relationships. Exploring the four types of relationship anxiety, this book provides holistic, practical and highly relatable advice to help you feel better able to love others and create the deeper connections we all crave. You'll find valuable personal growth hidden in the anxiety, worry, insecurity and doubt that relationships inevitably bring to the surface.

We’ll talk about funny and serious topics such as the fragile male ego, the general differences in what men and women expect in the bedroom, how they compete with each other, how they want to feel, and general communication styles they tend to embrace. Finally, a list of ideas is given with creative dates and gifts, so that you have something to refer to when you’re trying to come up with the next romantic evening.

For too long, we've thought of fathers as little more than sources of authority and economic stability in the lives of their children. Yet cutting-edge studies drawing unexpected links between fathers and children are forcing us to reconsider our assumptions and ask new questions: What changes occur in men when they are "expecting"? Do fathers affect their children’s language development? What are the risks and rewards of being an older-than-average father at the time the child is born?

Deeply insightful and brimming with loads of practical advice, this exclusive book is the only resource you'll ever need to put an end to feelings of insecurity, get rid of needless jealousy, attachment, and possessiveness, as well as help you reconnect with your partner in a way that's healthy, grounded, and mutually beneficial.

Come Closer provides the tools and techniques to communicate effectively for a better sex life. Come Closer will include case studies from counselling sessions, offering an intimate view of the issues couples face and how they can be resolved. Practical exercises and 'homework' throughout the audiobook will help you take steps towards improved intimacy.

This book discusses the traits of the firstborn, middle born, last born, and only child.

From best selling author Barbara DeAngelis, the audiobook for both sexes that reveals everything women want men to know about loving and understanding the woman in their life.

Develop growth and harmony with The Mindful Relationship. It’s an easy guide that uses self-awareness to manage conflict, strengthen communication, and deepen intimacy between partners. The latest in research-based relationship books, it offers mindfulness tools that create a new path toward feeling more seen and loved. It’s one of the only relationship books based in using meditation and therapy to help you feel more grounded and attentive. Move beyond bias and judgment and keep happiness and understanding at the center of your partnership.

Why do some women get the attention of all the great guys, while others end up alone...or with "little boys" who can't commit and aren't emotionally available? If you're looking to attract the right man, keep him around as long as you want, and put an end to bad relationships, this audiobook is for you.

Jacob and Aliyah hope to treasure their newfound connection in private while he and Deanna seek legal counsel in settling their marital disputes. Meanwhile, Deanna must face the pain of buried childhood trauma, and Aliyah worries about an Arab friend’s secret relationship that her parents don’t approve of. This three-book edition of His Other Wife—Umm Zakiyyah’s popular online series turned novel—is a story about love and betrayal, faith and personal crisis, and withstanding deep emotional wounds.

Relationships fundamentally influence our health and happiness - and family is the only relationship that we cannot leave, however much we might like to. But we think too narrowly about the impact of our families on our lives. Every Family Has a Story sees best-selling psychotherapist Julia Samuel turn from her work with individuals to sessions with a wide variety of families.

Nach 20 Jahren in einer Ehe, in der sie vor allem "funktionierte", verliebt sich Sonja R. Hals über Kopf. Emotional ausgehungert wie sie ist, gibt Frank ihr alles, was sie jahrelang vermisst hat. Doch Sonja ist an einen Narzissten geraten, der sie ganz für sich vereinnahmen will und ihr Selbstwertgefühl systematisch zerstört. Sieben Jahre dauert diese narzisstische Beziehung, von der sie hier ungeschönt erzählt, dann schafft Sonja R. nach vielen Versuchen den Absprung.