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Recommended reading

Browse a list of recommended books about various relationship issues compiled by the RAV librarian.

Communication and relationship issues
Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work McKay, Fanning and Paleg New Harbinger 2006
The Couple's Survival Workbook David Olson & Douglas Stephens New Harbinger 2001
Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work John Gottman Orion 2000
Getting The Love You Want: a Guide for Couples Harville Hendrix Schwartz & Wilkinson 2005
Getting it Right the First Time: Creating a Healthy Marriage Barry and Emily McCarthy Brunner-Routledge 2004
Wired for Love: how understanding your partner's brain and attachment style can help you defuse conflict and build a secure relationship Stan Tatkin New Harbinger 2011
Ten lessons to transform your marriage: America's love lab experts share their strategies for strengthening your relationship John Gottman Crown 2006
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognise It and How to Respond Patricia Evans Adams Media Corp 2010
The Dance of Anger: a Woman's Guide Harriet Lerner Harper & Rowe 2005
The Dance of Intimacy: A woman's guide to courageous acts of change in key relationships Harriet Lerner Harper Collins 2003
The Dance of Connection: How to talk to someone when you are mad, hurt, scared, frustrated, insulted or desperate Harriet Lerner Harper Collins 2001

Sexual matters
Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships David Schnarch, Norton 2012
Resurrecting Sex: Resolving Sexual Problems and Rejuvenating Your Relationship David Schnarch, Scribe Publications 2002
Sex-Life Solutions Janet Hall Finch Publishing 2005
Perfectly normal: living and loving with a low libido Sandra Pertot Rodale 2005
Rekindling desire: a step-by-step guide. Barry & Emily McCarthy Brunner-Routledge 2003
The sex-starved marriage: a couple's guide to boosting their marriage libido Michelle Weinter Davis Simon & Schuster 2003
Becoming orgasmic:a sexual and personal growth program for women Judith Heiman & Joseph Lo Piccolo Piatkus 2008
Wired for love: how understanding your partner's brain and attachment style can help you defuse conflict and build a secure relationship Stan Tatkin New Harbinger 2011
Coping with erectile dysfunction: how to regain confidence and enjoy great sex Michael E Metz New Harbinger

2004

Infidelity
Not just friends: protect your relationship from infidelity and heal the trauma of betrayal Shirley Glass Free Press 2003
After the affair: healing the pain, rebuilding trust Janis Abrahams Spring Harper 2006
Getting past the affair: a program to help you cope, heal and move on - together or apart Douglas K Snyder Guilford Press

2007
Intimacy after infidelity: how to rebuild and affair-proof your marriage Steven D Solomon New Harbinger 2006

Separation and divorce
Rebuilding when your relationship ends (includes workbook). Bruce Fisher Impact 2001
Coming apart: why relationships end Daphne Rose Kingma Conari Press 2000
Changing hearts: making good decisions about relationships and separating. Jill Burrett Allen & Unwin 1993
Splitting up JJudy Hogg Jane Curry 2010
Good parenting through your divorce: how to recognise, encourage and respond Mary Ellen Hannibal Marlowe and Co. 2007
Surviving separation Celia Conlan Scribe 2006

Children and separation
Helping children cope with divorce Edward Teyber Jossey-Bass
 2001
Mom's house, dad's house: making shared custody work Isolina Ricci Simon & Schuster
 1997
Mom's house dad's house for kids Isolina Ricci Simon & Schuster
 2006
Making divorce easier on your child Nicholas Long McGraw-Hill
 2002
Good parenting through your divorce: the essential guide to helping your children adjust and thrive Mary Ellen Hannibal Marlowe & Col 2007
Getting your children through divorce: a parent's guide to separation Anne Hooper Robson Books 2005
Creative parenting after separation Elizabeth Seddon Allen & Unwin
 2003
Parenting after separation: making the most of family changes Jill Burrett Finch Publishing
 2002
Putting children first: proven parenting strategies for helping children thrive through divorce JoAnne Pedro-Carroll Avery 2010

Stepfamilies
Active parenting for stepfamilies: for parents and step-parents Michael H Popkin Active Parenting 2007
Be a great step-parent Suzie Hayman Teach Yourself 2010
The RELATE guide to second families: living successfully with other people's children Suzie Hayman Vermilion 2010
Making molehills out of maintains: a practical guide to stepfamilies Margaret Howden Stepfamily Assoc of Victoria 2004
Stepfamilies: surviving and thriving in a new family Suzie Hayman Simon & Schuster 2005
Stepfamily therapy: a 10-step clinical approach Scott Browning APA 2012
Healing a child's heart after divorce: 100 practical ideas for families, friends and caregivers Alan D Wolfelt Companion Press 2011

Some titles for children

  • Dinosaurs divorce
  • Two homes
  • Mama and daddy bear's divorce
  • My stick family
  • My family's changing
  • Sam's Sunday dad
  • It's just different now
  • The big bag of worries
  • I don't want to talk about it
  • The visitors who came to stay
  • At daddy's on Saturdays
  • Mom and dad break up
  • When my parents forgot to be friends

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