“We just don’t feel as close to each other as we used to and we are having such a hard time communicating,” is how couples who are struggling often begin when they talk about their marriages. During his 30 years as a clinical psychologist working with couples, Dr. Doug Golden has developed a keen understanding of what helps relationships thrive. In Golden’s Rules and Tools, Dr. Golden presents practical information that can be used right now for relationship improvement. He has discovered that:
Using his extensive knowledge and experience Dr. Golden has empowered and helped hundreds of couples and individuals to develop and maintain satisfying relationships with spouses, friends and co-workers. The down-to-earth-explanations, practical tools and easy to understand exercises that Dr. Golden has developed over the years are presented in Golden’s Rules and Tools
Many relationship problems are solvable.
Good marriages have a variety of strong feelings, but without rules, strong feelings can destroy a marriage.
Listening without reacting defensively can be difficult, especially when talking about “hot button” topics, but it is critical to the health of a relationship.
For relationships to improve, each partner has to take personal responsibility for their contribution to the difficulties and be motivated and committed to increasing the positives and decreasing the negatives in the relationship.
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