RECONNECT: A MARRIAGE COUNSELING WORKBOOK

In RECONNECT, couples therapy authors Zach Brittle, LMHC, and Laura Heck, LMFT, offer skills, conversation prompts, and exercises to help you and your partner rebuild your emotional connection and reignite the passion that once brought you together.

Couples can drift away from each other over time. When obligations and responsibilities pull you in other directions, you and your spouse may find yourselves on different paths, moving away from each other without realizing it. But couples can transform from disconnected and distant to vibrant and thriving by focusing on one core skill: having meaningful conversationsthe lifeblood of lasting and loving relationships. PRINCIPLES OF A HEALTHY CONNECTION, based on curiosity, accountability, and vulnerability, guide you through the workbook to foster communication with less emotional reactivity and judgment, and more trust and intimacy 45 MEANINGFUL THEMES TO EXPLORE with scripted questions that help you dive deeper into your identities, beginnings, shared history, responsibilities, and pleasures as well as plans for your future together ENJOYABLE RITUALS AND EXERCISES that work hand-in-hand with topical themes to prepare and get you excited for conversations EXPERT MARRIAGE COUNSELING GUIDANCE from licensed psychologists and Gottman-certified therapists that is easy to understand and implement into your daily lives Zach Brittle, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor, certified Gottman therapist, and certified relational life therapist. He is also the author of The Relationship Alphabet and Marriage Therapy Journal. Laura Heck, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified Gottman therapist, and sex therapist in private practice, working exclusively with couples to manage conflict and deepen intimacy and pleasure. Zach and Laura are the cohosts of the podcast Marriage Therapy Radio, where, with wit and wisdom, they tackle the most common complaints every relationship experiences