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Recommended Reading

The following is a list of recommended books about various relationship issues that were compiled by the RAV librarian.

Communication and relationship issues

Couple Skills: Making Your Relationship Work McKay, Fanning and Paleg New Harbinger 1994
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 1988/08
Really Relating: How to Build an Enduring Relationship Jansen, Newman, and Carmichael Random House 1993
Living and Loving Together Bob Montgomery and Lynette Evans Penguin 1983/95
Getting it Right the First Time: Creating a Healthy Marriage Barry and Emily McCarthy Brunner-Routledge 2004
Divorce Busting Michele Weiner-Davis Simon & Schuster 1992/93
The Verbally Abusive Relationship: How to Recognise It and How to Respond Patricia Evans Adams Media Corp 1992/96
The Dance of Anger: a Woman’s Guide Harriet Lerner Harper & Rowe 2005
The Dance of Intimacy     1991
The Dance of Connection     2001

Sexual matters

Passionate Marriage: Love, Sex and Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships David Schnarch, Norton 1997
Resurrecting Sex: Resolving Sexual Problems and Rejuvenating Your Relationship David Schnarch, Scribe Publications 2002
Sex-Life Solutions Janet Hall Finch Publishing 2005
Good Loving, Great Sex : Finding Balance When your Sex Drives Differ Rosie King Random House 1997
Rekindling Desire: a Step-by-Step Guide. Barry & Emily McCarthy Brunner-Routledge 2003
Hot Monogamy: How to Achieve a More Intimate Relationship with Your Partner Patricia Love Piatkus 1994
Becoming Orgasmic: Judith Heiman & Joseph Prentice Hall 1988
Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women LoPiccolo    
It’s Up to You: Self-help for Men with Erectile Problems Warwick Williams MacLennan & Petty 1985

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 J.Spring Hodder 1996
Infidelity : a Survival Guide. Don-David Lusterman New Harbinger 1998

Separation and Divorce

Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends (includes Workbook). Bruce Fisher Impact 1993/02
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
If Divorce is the Only Way : an Emotional and Practical Guide. John Bieber Penguin 1995/98
Good Parenting Through Your Divorce: How to Recognize, Encourage and Respond. Mary Ellen Hannibal Marlowe and Co. 2002

Children and separation

Helping Children Cope with Divorce. Edward Teyber Jossey-Bass
1992/96
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
Helping Your Child Through Separation and Divorce. Glenda Banks Collins Dove
1994
But I Want To Stay With You…: Talking with Children about Separation and Divorce. Jill Burrett Simon & Schuster 1999
Creative Parenting After Separation. Elizabeth Seddon Allen & Unwin
2003
Parenting After Separation: Making the Most of Family Changes. Jill Burrett Finch Publishing
2002

Stepfamilies

Stepfamily Realities: How to Overcome Difficulties and Have a Happy Family Margaret Newman New Harbinger 1994
Living in a Step-family: a Step-Parents’ Handbook. Ruth Webber ACER 1994
The RELATE Guide to Second Families: Living Successfully with Other People’s Children. Suzie Hayman Vermilion 1997
Split Ends: Teenage Stepchildren. Ruth Webber ACER 1986

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

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