"Fighting Fair" in Marriage When ignored or unresolved differences pile up, so do irritations and resentments. How well a marriage is working depends in part on how well a couple learns the skills they can use to negotiate and resolve their differences, and how satisfactorily they can close the emotional distance that has been created
10 Habits of a Loving Couple Romance is a way to express your love, the icing on the cake. But don't wait for special occasions to express your love. Make sure that you nurture your loving relationship by practicing these basic habits in your day-to-day life. These may seem very basic, but how many do you do? Don't despair... it's never too late to
Alliance for Marriage Dedicated to promoting marriage and reducing the epidemic of fatherless families in America.
American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy The American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) is the professional association for the field of marriage and family therapy. We represent the professional interests of more than 23,000 marriage and family therapists throughout the United States, Canada and abroad.
Americans Support Sexuality Education One of the most striking disparities between public opinion and public policy relates to abstinence-only education. Parents overwhelmingly support schools teaching responsible, comprehensive sexuality education
Australian Institute of Family Studies The Institute is a Commonwealth government research and information agency established in 1980 to promote the identification and understanding of factors affecting marital and family stability in Australia
B C Council for Families Here you'll find articles on the importance of marriage preparation, affair-proofing your marriage, why affairs happen, money issues, constructive divorce, predictors of divorce, preparing for parenting, the role of couple education in alleviating parent-teen conflict, and more.
Building Better Marriages At "help4couples", we still believe in God, we believe in marriage, and we believe in you. It is our desire to be of help as you attempt to make your relationship all that it can be.Please take a moment to consider the suggestions and offers posted on this site. They are based on Christian principles and are designed with you in mind.
Catholic Engaged Encounter Catholic Engaged Encounter (CEE) provides quality marriage preparation primarily for couples who are planning to marry in the Catholic Church. However, couples who are not Catholic are also welcome to attend one of our weekends. The program is available in most dioceses in the United States and in many locations internationally.
Commitment in Relationships It took me about 45 years to arrive at my present values regarding commitment in male-female relationships. The end of 1997 marked a turning point for me, and my understanding has continued to deepen since then. I grew up in a religious home, and I was a Christian most of my life until about 1985. During those theistic years, I believed that marriage was forever. In 1974 I got into a marriage that was quite unhappy from the very beginning.
Communicating About Money Money is a common problem for a family, regardless of income, age and education of family members. Sometimes a lack of income to meet basic needs causes the money hassle. But, more often, inadequate communication about money is the root of financial problems
Couple Counselling Scotland Couple Counselling Scotland (formerly Marriage Counselling Scotland) is a Scottish charity which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998. It is established for the public benefit and its objectives are to:- promote develop and co-ordinate a confidential counselling service throughout Scotland for people in marriage and other intimate personal relationships; ensure the maintenance of high standards of practice and quality assurance of the couple counselling service as delivered by member organisations; provide and publish information and conduct research on aspects of marriage and family life; and develop working relationships with persons and organisations concerned with marriage and family life.
COUPLES OFFERED FREE PRE-MARRIAGE EDUCATION VOUCHERS Today I launched the Perth pilot of the Government's pre-marriage education voucher program, which aims to prevent relationship breakdown by giving marrying couples the skills to deal with the challenges life will throw at them. Couples involved in the 12-month pilot program, which will also run in Launceston, will receive a voucher that entitles them up to $200 worth of pre-marriage education.
Creating Sustainable Families This NebGuide discusses strategies for strengthening interpersonal family relationships.
Families Under Construction Welcome to the Families Under Construction Web Site where you will find a wide selection of tools that have been carefully crafted to provide practical solutions for building, maintaining, and repairing families.
Flame A voluntary network within the Church of England, working in a variety of ways to enhance family life . .
Focus on the Family The official site of Focus on the Family offers practical helps for your marriage and parenting role. Recent magazine articles, letters from Dr. James Dobson, news, RealAudio broadcasts and much more.
Great Family Resources This site provides information on Relate (marriage and relationship education) services run by 46 community organisations approved and funded by the Commonwealth Government of Australia. The services offer information and skills to help you improve your relationships and better manage the day-to-day difficulties that may arise.
Imago Therapy The Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy, co-founded by Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt, has 1800 therapists internationally who help couples become conscious partners in the intimate relationship and in parenting. Harville Hendrix authored the international best seller, Getting the Love You Want, and co-authored with his wife, Helen, Giving the Love that Heals: A Guide for Parents.
Marital Success Seminars This program focuses on prevention of divorce and relationship enhancement. It is based upon 20 years of research, most of which has been conducted at the University of Denver. While most people want a satisfying marriage that lasts a lifetime, couples today have about a 50% chance of getting divorced. Many other couples wind up staying together but end up unhappy for years. The PREP Approach is for all couples, from the newly involved to the long time partners, who want to learn the specific skills essential to a lasting love. Unlike other programs, PREP is NOT therapy or an encounter group experience. You will not be asked to share personal concerns with the class. PREP is a straightforward educational approach that teaches couples the skills and attitudes associated with good relationships.
Marriage Builders In this Marriage Builders site, you will be introduced to some of the best ways to overcome marital conflicts and some of the quickest ways to restore love. Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr. has saved thousands of marriages from the pain of unresolved conflict and the disaster of divorce. His successful approach to building marriages can help you build yours.
Marriage Burnout Marriage burnout is a painful state of physical, emotional and mental exhaustion which afflicts people who expect their marriage to give meaning to their lives. It occurs when they finally realize that, despite all their efforts, their marriage does not and will not do that. The problem, then, combines unrealistic expectations of a spouse and marriage with the stresses and realities of life.
Marriage Care Marriage Care is currently devising a programme of relationship education in the broadest sense. To date, wherever feasible, the organisation has responded positively to invitations from schools and colleges to help teachers deliver presentations on relationship skills and to facilitate relationship workshops. Recognising the potential uptake of its education service, Marriage Care is now running out an emotional literacy pilot which involves teams of trained facilitators using purpose-designed materials with teenagers in a variety of educational settings.
Marriage Care As we all know, marriage is a huge subject! Whether your interest in marriage is professional or personal, we hope that you will discover amongst our pages, something new to add to your knowledge or viewpoint. We have relaunched our site to help browsers navigate their way around more easily. At the same time, we are hoping to demonstrate the exciting dynamic of marriage and the committed adult relationship via the multimedia console inserts which you will find amongst the sections illustrated on the left-hand button menu.
Marriage Conflict Dr. Akiva G. Belk director of Jewishpath discusses Jewish marriage conflict issues, conflict management, intermarriage issues, separation issues, separation agreements, Jewish divorce, Jewish get, conflict tools and how to avoid difficulties.
Marriage Education Online Marriage Education Online (MEO) is for people who contemplate marriage and also for individuals who have been married some time. It is a copyrighted program developed by Rudolf E. Klimes, PhD, and Anna Klimes, EdD. It provides a written framework for discussions between two members in a relationship for the purpose of strengthening that relationship step by step over time. It is based on the assumption that where two individually honestly face and record the factual and emotional components that make up their persons and relationship, they improve their chances for a good marriage and of overcoming the barriers that may hinder their relationship
Marriage Encounter Marriage Encounter weekends give married couples the tools to make Good marriages GREAT marriages! Why settle for a ho-hum relationship when you can have a dynamic and exciting one?
Marriage Enrichment A site devoted to Relationship Enrichment, includes a computerized relationship counseling program.
Marriage Magazine Marriage magazine helps enrich, enhance and enliven your relationship! Marriage provides couples proven advice, resources and information to easily build better marriages and create the relationship of your dreams.
Marriage Matters at 2-in-2-1 Marriage, from planning your wedding, to enriching and enhancing your couple relationship, support through marital problems, and even the challenges of breakdown and divorce - advice, resources and services.
Marriage Support To help people succeed at marriage and other couple relationships by providing information, skills-training, and encouragement and by offering a confidential learning community where people can share openly and benefit from each other's experience.
Marriage Wise MarriageWise Organization - marriage preparation and research on prevention of marital discord and divorce.
Marriage Work Marriage Works is a six-month program built around the information, support and technology that Life Works, since 1986, has provided women who want a successful, fulfilling partnership with a man. This limited enrollment, fast-track for women who are willing to do what it takes to have the relationship they want will take time, committment and strong intention. We know how to support people to make the discoveries, choices and actions that change their lives. We are looking forward to watching each participant flower into a new role - wife.
MarriagePrep.com MarriagePrep.com is an online educational resource centered around the couple. Our initial program is the Getting Married marriage preparation course. The course is comprised of five sections, with the initial section currently being the course presented by Brian Murray.
Maryland area HomeBuilders Group The HomeBuilders Couples Series® is a non-denominational, small-group Bible study series designed to provide a solid plan for building a stronger marriage.
Men are From Mars Women are from Venus Seminars "Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to earth and amnesia set in. They forgot they were from different planets." In a non-confrontational way you will discover much more about yourself, the opposite sex, and how to truly understand the differences with love, honor, and respect.
More, Better Marriage Education Needed in Schools, Study Says New York City, September 20, 2000/Researchers at the Institute for American Values today released a major report calling for a new and better model of marriage education in junior and senior high schools. "A new generation of school-based marriage education curricula should expand its vision of what marriage is and what marriage education can be," says David Blankenhorn, President of the Institute for American Values. Good marriage education would balance relationship and communication skills with scientifically valid information on the benefits of marriage, and use the power of stories to help students explore the larger meaning of love, courtship, and marriage as a shared ideal and social institution.
National Institute of Relationship Enhancement (NIRE) NIRE specializes in providing couple, pre-marital, marital and family counseling, with a special focus on relationship skills training and marriage education. NIRE also offers a Couples Relationship Enhanceemnt Weekend almost monthly. Details available at our website.
National Marriage Encounter The mission of National Marriage Encounter is to promote and encourage marriage and family life by offering Marriage Encounter weekends and a support community. National Marriage Encounter enables people to discover God's vision of marriage and family life and spiritual diversity, thereby leading them to a clearer understanding of their relationship with each other and with God.
National Marriage Project The mission of the National Marriage Project is to strengthen the institution of marriage by providing research and analysis that informs public policy, educates the American public, and focuses attention on a problem of enormous scope and consequence. Simply stated, the problem is this: marriage is declining as an institution for childbearing and child rearing, with devastating consequences for millions of children.
One Plus Links These sites provide further resources for professionals working in the field of couple and family research, including practical work aimed at supporting partnerships, and relevant funding organisations.
PAIRS FOUNDATION Imagine yourself living in a smart, passionate, lasting relationship
Preparing for Relational Effectiveness in Marriage This is an online course or, more accurately, a marriage preparation experience designed for and available to all couples who are thinking about getting married and would like to be better prepared for the demands of marriage and family life.
Preventing Divorce. Preventing Divorce .com is a portal to many of the most effective ministries and resources available in healing problem marriages.
Relationship Success Here at Relationship Success! we know that all relationships require attention. Research shows there to be common pitfalls that get in the way of a successful relationships. We are trained to offer several nationally renowned seminars, relationship coaching, and will soon offer counseling programs to combat the most prominent reasons for relationship failure.
Relationships Australia Relationships Australia is an organisation that offers resources to couples, individuals and families to help enhance and support relationships.
Smart Marriages In fact, successful couples have the same number of disagreements as the couples who divorce. Even more interesting, all couples disagree about all the same basic issues - money, kids, sex, housework, in-laws and time. The difference between successful and unsuccessful couples is how they handle their differences. Successful couples disagree in a way that makes their relationship stronger. They also have other skills and attitudes which help them build long-term happiness and satisfaction. The good news is that anyone can learn to do it better and smarter. Couples can unlearn the behaviors that destroy love and ..........replace them with behaviors that keep love alive. This Site is a warehouse of positive information on how to keep a marriage strong.
The Centre for Research on Family, Kinship and Childhood The Centre was established to forge interdisciplinary links with researchers and practitioners from a varied range of disciplines with a principal focus on family life structure, kinship patterns and the changing nature of childhood.
The Gottman Institute The Gottman Institute helps couples and families directly, and it provides state-of-the-art training to mental health professionals and other health care providers. The Gottman Institute applies leading-edge research on marriage in a practical, down-to-earth therapy and trains therapists committed to helping couples.
The Marriage Makers Marriage, the most embattled of all human relationships, is also the most fulfilling and exciting. In this fascinating yet practical book, Dr. Freed gives insightful and down to earth help to all people. He shows how vision, understanding and dedication can lead not only to joy in the reader’s marriage but also a strengthening ability to everyone around us
The Untold Secrets of a Long, Happy Marriage After seven years of marriage, writer Karon Thackston still feels like a newlywed. She shares with us the seven cornerstones to a long, happy marriage, based on personal experience.
To Have and To Hold A pre-marriage education program of the UCA in NSW Are you and your partner thinking seriously about getting married? Do you wonder what you should talk about before making a commitment to marriage? Do you want to deepen your relationship with each other? Would you like to learn helpful skills to keep your marriage "alive"?
United Church of Christ ~ Founding Churches/Christian Church Marriage Encounter A Marriage Encounter weekend is an opportunity for a married couple to take time off from daily pressures and responsibilities to search out and discover a warmer, closer, more joyful relationship with each other. The weekend provides a comfortable, relaxed environment for a couple to learn a communication technique designed to help them share more intimately with each other. It’s not a retreat or a marriage clinic, but a unique approach aimed at re-vitalizing a marriage. It’s a chance for a couple to rediscover one another and focus on their relationship in a loving encounter.
Welcome to Marriage Encounter in the UK We offer you the opportunity to discover the full potential of your marriage in just one weekend. 2.5 million couples in over 80 countries worldwide have taken the "time out" and found what they were looking for!! Do you want that possibility for your marriage??
Welcome to the PREP® Website. Whether you're looking for resources to help you create a lasting and fulfilling marriage, you're a professional or lay-leader who counsels couples, or you're a reporter looking for the latest from the most respected Marriage Enhancement Program around, PREP has something for you.
World Family Connections World Family Connections' mission is to foster healthy, strong family living for all people around the globe reaching beyond boundaries-- In support of justice, peace, unity, service & solutions, To encourage spiritual growth and gratitude in families, To increase respect for the sacredness of the family unit, whether united or separated, and to To advocate for the preciousness of childhood.
Marriage Transformation Project The Marriage Transformation Project site is committed to providing practical resources and publications to support, sustain and enrich healthy, lasting and spiritually-based marriages, which creates a strong foundation for a healthy, happy family.
One Plus One One Plus One is an independent research organisation whose role is to generate knowledge about marriage and relationships – how they work, why they can sometimes run into difficulties and how couples cope when they do. Its research findings are the basis for working projects created by One Plus One’s development team to support couples and families.
RelationshipLearning Center Give your children and family the best possible gift . . . a healthy, happy, and lasting marriage or relationship between their parents! We offer Getting the Love You Want weekends for couples, counseling, and coaching. Free articles on our site.
Scientology Marriage Solutions Scientology marriage counseling gives solutions to marriage problems. See your local Scientology marriage counselor.
The Family & Marriage Counseling Directory Find marriage counselors and family therapists in the US and Canada, as well as articles written by professionals in the field.
