Description
The Couples Therapy Workbook is a series of guided questions to promote meaningful couple conversations and build ongoing, connected communication. The core of this unique guide is 30 guided conversations of the most critical relationship struggles. For each of the 30 topics, there is an introduction, goal-setting strategies and 10 scripted questions to ask each other—all presented in an easy-to-use mindful style. Set in a weekly format over 30 days but can be tailored to any timeframe. Designed to be used to couples, and also by therapists working with couples (bonus clinician prep included with each conversation).
- Week 1—Who Are We? Falling in Love, Friendship, Caring, Acceptance, Empathy, Emotional Intimacy, Rituals
- Week 2—Who Am I? Childhood, Family Origin, Temperament, Influences, Spirituality, Values, How I Think
- Week 3—How Do We Work? Communication, Conflict, Defensiveness, Intimacy, Trust, Fidelity and Boundaries, Parenting, Staying in Sync
- Week 4—What Do We Want? Romance, Joy and Gratitude, Respect, Apologies and Forgiveness, Challenges, Relationship Savings Account, Past, Present & Future, Keeping Connected
That mostly comes from practicing having conversations in a judgement free zone and being honest about who we are. Could we have done that without this book? Absolutely. But having the book forced us to have difficult conversations consistently and grow from them.
You both have to commit to engaging, though. Because otherwise things will turn sour quite fast. There's a good reason this is a counselor's resource - as a couple's guide, it's possible, but very challenging.