The Marriage Checkup : A Scientific Program for Sustaining and Strengthening Marital Health

The Marriage Checkup is designed to help couples assess the strengths and weaknesses of their relationship and to develop strategies for strengthening its health. Like physical health, the health of a relationship can be developed to greater levels of fitness and resilience to illness. Thus, even healthy couples can benefit from a marital health perspective by developing exercises for optimizing their health and fitness. This book primarily serves couples interested in improving the health of their relationship. Counselors and therapists may recommend that their couples-patients use the book. Additionally, the book may be of interest to professors of marriage and family counseling. Scientific research over the course of the past several decades has found that marital health is inextricably connected to all the other areas of our lives, including physical health, mental health, the health of our children, the quality of our work lives, and our satisfaction with life in general. Like our bodies, our marriages need proper care and attention to be healthy, vibrant, and resilient. The Marriage Checkup is designed to help couples assess the strengths and weaknesses of their relationships and to develop strategies for strengthening their marital health. Covering such topics as intimacy, sexuality, coparenting, managing money, and communication, James V. Cordova offers recommendations for improving vulnerable marriages, but even healthy couples can benefit from a marital health perspective by learning how to optimize their marital health and fitness

this Book Is Designed To Help Partners Assess The Most Important Domains Of Their Marriages Using Information Gathered From Decades Of Marital Research And Therapy. The Theme Is About Health, How To Take Your Marital Temperature, How To Celebrate Your Strengths, And How To Effectively Attend To Areas Of Concern.

" ... Designed to help couples assess the strengths and weaknesses of their relationships and to develop strategies for strengthening their marital health. Covers topics of intimacy, sexuality, coparenting, managing money, and communication ..."--Page 4 of cover