Books

Books, tapes and resources of presenters at the annual Smart Marriages Conference and/or of providers
listed in the CMFCE Directory of Programs.

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Books to help you create a satisfying, skillful marriage and a happy family!

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MP3, Audio,Video tape, CD, DVD, Games & Resources

Children of Divorce

This video should be shown to any couple who is even contemplating divorce -- or to any couple who has kids. Join host Fred Barnes as he exposes the myth of the "Me Generation" that "if divorce is good for the parents, it’s good for the kids." Taking a no-holds-barred approach, this 60 minute tape seeks out the leading authorities and both young and now-adult children of divorce to prove - with their thoughtful, stirring first-person accounts - that divorce is ultimately very damaging to children. Features Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Judith Wallerstein, etc. (Note: currently unavailable! You used to be able to order it from PBS for $25, but they no longer carry it and won't/can't direct us to a supplier or to info. It was produced by Whidbey Island Films and I've been unable to contact that company. Any help in tracking this down would be greatly apprecaited. Here is the OLD order info - no longer works: $24.98 (plus shipping, and sales tax in three states.) ITEM CODE: A3275-WEBHV Order 1-800-645-4PBS, or from http://shop.pbs.org/tuqKmdPAPQ/products/A3275)

We purchased the video, "Children of Divorce," and I cried at the end. I think every couple who decides that they want to have children should be made to watch this video when they have the child, 6 months later, and esp. during those pre-adolescent years. We are wrecking our nation! - Tami Tami, Don't tell me you didn't cry till the end! I'll never forget the little boy crying about not going fishing with his dad anymore but saying as the big tears rolled down his cheeks that it was OK. I cried all through this one. - Diane
Children: The Experts on Divorce

$25. Winner of the 1995 Best in Media award from the Children's Rights Council (CRC) in Washington D.C. The children speak from their own experience of going through their parents' divorce.

Order : Mediation and Divorce Center, Salt Lake City, Utah: 801-268-2800 or from CRC 202-547-6227.

Couples Arguing
$150. Filmakers Library 212-808-4980.
"I've been using this video with my class. Some guy asked couples, without any promise of compensation, to let his film crew know right away when they started arguing. The crew would speed on over to film them going at it. The arguments are surprisingly realistic (he obviously picked the best of the bunch) and a great springboard for class discussion. We've watched the same couples over and over, applying different marital perspectives - cognitive, behavioral, attachment, insight-oriented etc. Interesting how the info the class interpretations change as a functionof the "lens" through which they view the interactions." Kristi  Gordon.

In this new video from Active Parenting Publishers, men and women from different backgrounds speak about the importance of marriage to themselves and to their children. They discuss the benefits of their marriage, how they strengthen their relationship, how to handle conflict, and more. Discussion questions are included with the video. In English or Spanish. Comes with public performance rights. 18:50 minutes. Part I: The Challenge of Marriage Part II: Support Systems Part III. Marriage and Children Part IV: Marriage and Community Part V. Keeping Marriage Strong

To order: 800-825-0060

1 used from $19.99, VHS Tape, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, ISBN: 0802891004
Marriage: Just a Piece of Paper? Hour-long PBS documentary narrated by Cokie Roberts, featuring Wallerstein, Doherty, Horn, Waite, Brown, plus dozens of intimate, revealing interviews with adults and children about the complexities of their loves, hopes, disappointments and heartbreaks to get beyond conservative and liberal battles over the state of the American family to address the difficult question of marriage itself. Has the "M" word become a subject unfit for polite company, neglected… perhaps shunned… in the halls of government, family-related professions and even houses of worship?
1 used from $59.95, VHS Tape, a&e
This major documentary project by Michael Apted director of the 7-Up series will follow couples over the course of a decade. This first installment follows couples through the weeks preceding their weddings - busy young professionals planning a traditional southern wedding; a same-sex couple who plan to have a family through artificial insemination; a couple working to weave their Jewish, Catholic and Filipino traditions into a new life together; childhood sweethearts, an interracial couple who both work in the performing arts. Their stories--along with those of the other five couples, provide a fascinating look at what it means to be MARRIED IN AMERICA today. 3 hrs. $29.95 PLUS S/H, TAX. 888-423-1212
The Real Deal about Love, Relationships and Marriage DVD series/Richard Panzer
Richard Panzer
Ninety minute DVD 9-part series for discussion groups of teens, unmarried singles, as well as couples. Key issues and top experts on marriage and relationships including: Maggie Gallagher, Pat Love, Michael & Harriet McManus, Steve Stosny, Michelle Weiner-Davis, Nisa Muhammed, Rozario Slack, Tom & Beverly Rodgers, John Van Epp. Study questions for each section. View clips at: http://www.freeteensusa.org/publications.html   3 Video set- $10 each. DVD: Organizations $79 (includes study guide) + $4 S&H, Individuals, $29 + $4 s&h. To order, 800-221-6116 or email info@freeteensusa.org 
An emotional and triumphant journey through the perspectives of those involved -- the betrayed wife, misunderstood husband, wounded children, "other woman",  friends & family members who want to offer comfort. There is much to be learned from someone who writes as though she is speaking to you in person and who offers all kinds of ideas for healing from infidelity - or avoiding it in the first place. This audio book includes songs that capture the feelings, and Anne, Brian, and daughter, Danielle Bercht all tell the story in their own voices.  $27 as a download, Ipod, or CD.  Order: http://www.beyondaffairs.com/order_my_husbands_affair_audio_version.htm
Claudia & David Arp

Video curriculumfor empty nesters and all long term marriages, based on their award winning book -now in soft cover with study guide. Easy-to-lead, flexible format,great for small groups, seminars, retreats and encouraging your mentoring couples.A timely study as baby boomers turn 50!

DVD Curriculum Kit $79.99 available at Marriage Alive International, Inc (preview at www.marriagealive.com & order at 888-690-6667)

Jon Carlson & Pat Love

This new video program hosted by Pat Love and Jon Carlson presents eight of the field's top experts -- John Gray, Harville Hendrix, Michele Weiner-Davis, William and Carleen Glasser, Gay and Kathleen Hendricks, and Richard Stuart -- helping couples to master a range of practical, marriage-enhancing skills.

VHS, Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc. Toll-Free 877-850-0442

2 new from $19.95, Audio CD, Dynamic Resources, ISBN: 0967290015
Diana & Richard Daffner
Lessons in Intimacy: The Lover's Touch This 1-hour audio CD provides instruction in Tantra, the Art of Sacred Love to guide you and your partner to experience a deep sense of intimacy and connection. If you have yearned for soulful loving, this CD belongs in your bedroom! You will learn to touch each other's hearts - physically, emotionally and spiritually. For couples of all ages.
7 STEPS to Stepfamily Success
Ron Deal
DVD seminar ($19.95) available from available from Successful Stepfamilies (www.SuccessfulStepfamilies.com). A humorous and practical presentation that captures the key aspects of Christian stepfamily integration and growth. Great for groups/classes or individual use.
Bernard Guerney

2-tape audio set $24.95

An audiotape equivalent of the Relationship Enhancement Program Manual chapters which describe in detail the 9 skills that make up the Relationship Enhancement Program: Empathic, Expressive, Discussion/Negotiation, Problem/Conflict Resolution, Self-Change and Other-Change, Partner Facilitation, Generalization and Maintenance.

To order, please call 301-986-1479 or go to www.nire.org

Bernard Guerney

Program includes a manual, an audio demonstration tape, and 4 hours of telephone coaching. Total package price: $285.

Now in the comfort of your own home, and with the assistance of your own telephone coach, you can complete the couples skill-buildingprogram that an award-winning study at Purdue University demonstrated to be far more powerful at increasing relationship satisfaction than anyother program studied anywhere in the country. Skills include: Empathic, Expressive, Discussion/Negotiation, Problem/ConflictResolution, Self-Change and Other-Change, Partner Facilitation,Generalization and Maintenance.

To order, call 301-986-1479 or visit www.nire.org.

18 used and new from $4.15, Audio CD, Listen-to-Learn Audiotapes, ISBN: 1884998070
Susan Heitler
Conflict Resolution for Couples

You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll learn from these lively demonstrations of the skills that make love last. Part I: The building blocks of cooperative communication. Part II: Replacing conflict with collaborative decision-making. Part III: Learning from upsets.

Preview at www.TherapyHelp.com or order at 1-800-919-8899.

21 used and new from $2.19, VHS Tape, ISBN: 1567844065
Susan Heitler

Used nationally as a training tape for marriage therapists, this absorbingly dramatic video offers an engaging, non-threatening introduction to marriage skills for couples who want to improve their relationship. Watching someone else's therapy can be surprisingly helpful.

Preview: www.TherapyHelp.com or order at 1-800-919-8899

Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks
An Audio CD Set of everything Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks have learned about creatining and sustaining thriving relationships. Conversations, Activities and the revolutionary new technology, The Relationship Harmonizer, that harmonizes brain waves between partners.
Pat Love

Ten important areas are addressed providing you with an opportunity to assess and correct personal imbalance. A positive approach to changing your life.

4 tapes $40.00 www.patlove.com or 512-891-0610

Pat Love

A series which helps you examine the choices you make every day and shows how unconscious choices can prevent personal progress.

4 tapes $40.00 www.patlove.com or 512-891-0610.

Pat Love

A program for couples who desire to understand and improve their relationship. Taped before a live audience, full of helpful information and real-life stories.

4 tapes $40.00 www.patlove.com or 512-891-0610.

Pat Love

Take a close look at how men and women are socialized in this culture and how this experience affects their ability to connect to one another.

5 tapes $50.00 www.patlove.com or 512-891-0610.

Pat Love

A moving look at the consequences of raising children without secure attachment. Personal as well as social implications are discussed.

1 tape $10.00. www.patlove.com or 512-891-0610.

Pat Love

A thorough explanation of family tension, healthy family roles, and how to make hope out of hopelessness.

2 tapes $20.00 www.patlove.com or 512-891-0610.

6 used and new from $33.25, Audio CD, Penton Overseas, ISBN: 1591251524
Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg
Fighting for Your Marriage

Discover how to talk, how to listen, how to solve problems, and how to heighten intimacy as real couples learning how to work together as a team. Include key communication skills along with the latest information on commitment, fun, friendship, and forgiveness.

Also available: Six Tape Audio Series/'$39.95 (1992) or Four Tape Video Series/$99.95 (1991 & 1994) PREP Educational Products, Inc. (800-366-0166)

Fighting for Your Marriage: Audio and Video tape series for couples
Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, & Susan Blumberg

Discover how to talk, how to listen, how to solve problems, and how to heighten intimacy as real couples learning how to work together as a team. Include key communication skills along with the latest information on commitment, fun, friendship, and forgiveness.

$39.95 /Six Tape Audio Series (1992) or $99.95/Four Tape Video Series (1991 & 1994) PREP Educational Products, Inc. (800-366-0166)

8 used and new from $3.82, Audio Cassette, Sound Ideas, ISBN: 0671580736
Evelyn Moschetta, Paul Moschetta
The MARRIAGE SPIRIT FINDING PASSION JOY OF SOUL CE: Finding the Passion and Joy of Soul-Centered Love

Vaguely discontented? More like roommates than lovers? Learn seven easy steps to renew in-love feelings and created a more soul centered, joyful, passionate marriage.

Preview and Order at www.marriagespirit.com

23 used and new from $7.94, VHS Tape, Child Management, Inc., ISBN: 0963386131
Thomas Phelan
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 It’s not easy being a parent—and handling the disrespectful outburts of children in a reasonable, unemotional manner when they’re acting like "little monsters." Parents need help, but not help that requires that they be a genius, saint or professional psychotherapist. Learn how your silence can speak louder than your words.
$$39.95, DVD, Child Management, Inc.
Thomas Phelan
Living with a teenager is no picnic. There are times when you must bite your tongue as your kids push towards independence. Or—if you sense there is trouble—there are times when you must take charge. Discover how to tell normal teenage behavior from problem behavior, and learn the relationship between parent/teen communication and adolescent safety.
1 used from $39.95, Audio CD, Schleifer and Associates
Hedy Schleifer
Crossing the Bridge - Transforming Your Relationships In the four part audio interview Hedy Schleifer explains:  What you need to know to get back on track - How to keep the excitement alive over time - Transforming conflict into connection - Fear and Anger are guides to relationship fulfillment - Getting what you want by giving what they need - Achieving Relational Maturity
$$25.00, Audio CD, Schleifer and Associates
Hedy Schleifer
The Miracle of Connection - Transforming You Relationships Hedy Schleifer teaches couples about the initial romance stage of relationships, and how to keep the excitement alive over time. These CDs are audio interviews with Hedy as she talks about the Power Struggle stage of relationships and how to use our differences to deepen intimacy and connection.
Sex & Romance in the Biblical Marriage
Jim Sheridan
A practical, easy-to-teach, 6-hour, Bible-based video series for churches and Christian counselors for use in premarital education, marriage enrichment, couples' Bible Study, married couple's retreats and for couples having problems. Includes Leader and Participant Discussion Guides that can be used repeatedly without ever having to purchase additional participant materials.
"These tapes are fantastic. I highly recommend them to everyone -- the religious and the non-religious. Sheridan gives us a compelling new understanding of love, intimacy, sex and marriage that is funny and compassionate, eloquent and logical, transforming and inspiring. Your view of the Song of Solomon, Barbie dolls, and sticky notes will never be the same. And, if you're the kind of person who eats dessert first, here's a hint -- start with tape # 2." - Diane Sollee
4 used and new from $14.69, Audio CD, ISBN: 0975500562
David Steele
Discover how singles can find their life partner and live happily ever after. Learn the fourteen dating traps and how to avoid them, ten principles for conscious dating, four steps for finding your life partner, and dating tips gleaned from 10 years of research with thousands of singles.
Carri & Gordon Taylor

Educational and inspirational. Seasoned stepfamily professionals present and illustrate communication collisions, relationship development, discipline, money and "stuff" and stages of stepfamily development. Designed for those in stepfamilies, considering remarriage, divorced with children, and professionals. Ready-to-use for workshops, conferences, small groups.

Eight-part VHS or DVD series includes a secular or Christian Study Guide. $99.95 plus S/H, tax.

Leon Webber and Linda Olsen Webber

A communication game that guides you on a voyage of discovery about yourself and others. The spirit of the game includes play, problem solving, and poetics - a gentle, playful way of changing habitual patterns of communication, creating new ways of talking. The Wellness Edition includes 34 card decks, including Couples Communication, Mutual Respect, From the Heart, Giving and Receiving, and Couples Communication Repair. The Family Edition contains 11 decks, including Family Meeting, Stepfamilies, Parent-Teenager Communication, and Parenting Skills.

Intuitive Eye Press, Inc. $14.95 per deck

Fire Your Shrink: (former title- Change Your Life and Everyone In It)
Michele Weiner-Davis

Abridged audiobook on two audiocassettes. This tape offers simple methods for effecting change in every aspect of your life. It's for people who are tired of analyzing things to death and are ready for immediate solutions to relationship challenges of all sorts.

The Divorce Busting Center 1-800-6-Michele, 815-337-8000. $9.95

Getting Unstuck
Michele Weiner-Davis

Working with real couples, Michele Weiner-Davis presents a series of exercises couples can perform at home to begin to effect change right away. Leavened with lively anecdotes, useful metaphors, and genuine wisdom.

The Divorce Busting Center 815-337-8000. $39.95 2-hour instructional video.

Getting Unstuck
Michele Weiner-Davis

Working with real couples, Michele Weiner-Davis presents a series of exercises couples can perform at home to begin to effect change right away. Leavened with lively anecdotes, useful metaphors, and genuine wisdom.

2-hour instructional video. The Divorce Busting Center 1-800-6-Michele, 815-337-8000. $39.95

Keeping Love Alive: A Breakthrough Method for Creating the Relationship You Want
Michele Weiner-Davis

This six audio cassette/guidebook program teaches couples a step-by-step program for creating change in their relationships. Keeping Love Alive is goal oriented, male friendly, works quickly, and can be effective if only one spouse participates.

The Divorce Busting Center 1-800-6-Michele, 815-337-8000. $59.95  

Keeping Sex Alive: Turn On's, His & Hers
Michele Weiner-Davis

Practical tips for keeping the passion alive in your sex life.

The Divorce Busting Center 1-800-6-Michele, 815-337-8000. $10.00