Books Recommended by Relate...

Marriage & Relationships

The Relate Guide To Better Relationships
Sarah Litvinoff - Vermillion
£9.99
Everyone who falls in love hopes it will be forever. The truth is that relationships inevitably change - and few things in life cause more distress than when problems develop. A highly readable and practical guide.


The Relate Guide To Staying Together

From Crisis to Deeper Commitment
Susan Quilliam - Vermilion
£9.99
The fourth guide dealing with relationships in crisis and showing how, despite problems and doubts it is possible to save a threatened relationship and make it even stronger.


Stop Arguing: Start Talking

Susan Quilliam - Vermilion
£6.99
The first title in a new series from Relate tells you everything you need to know about identifying your personal trigger points, stopping the misunderstandings before they start and turning heated rows into constructive discussion.

How To Love and Be Loved
Dr. Paul Hauck - Sheldon Press
£5.99
In order to love and be loved you need more than kindness, patience and tolerance. This book explains that relationships work better when you assert yourself and both partners can 'give and take'.

You Just Don't Understand
Deborah Tannen - Virago
£7.99
Explains why men and women find it difficult to talk to each other.

That's Not What I Meant
Deborah Tannen - Virago
£6.99
How conversational style makes or breaks your relations with others.

Men Are From Mars- Women Are From Venus
John Gray - Thorsons
£9.99
A practical guide for improving communication and getting what you want in your relationship.

Families and How To Survive Them
John Cleese(Actor & Comedian) & Robin Skynner(Psychiatrist & Family Therapist)
£7.99
This book achieves what it sets out to do - explains in ordinary language to ordinary people just how relationships work.

Making Love Work For You
Julia Cole - Hodder & Stoughton
£6.99
When both partners work, great pressures can be put on the relationship, usually because of stress, different work patterns and complexities of child care. This book shows that dual careers can be rewarding if the issues are addressed posiively.

The Dance Of Anger: A Guide To Changing The Pattern of Intimate Relationships
Harriet G. Lerner - Thorsons
£6.99
For many women anger is a destructive force which perpetuates all the harmful dynamics of intimate relationships. In this text the author shows how women regardless of age, background or experience can turn anger into constructive force.

Women Who Love Too Much
Robin Nowood - Arrow
£5.99
Many women find themselves drawn into unhappy and destructive relationships. This book helps you understand the problems caused and gives a specific programme for recovery.

After The Affair
Julia Cole - Vermilion
£6.99
Finding out that your partner has had an affair can feel like the end of the world: The Ultimate Betrayal. This book takes a frank yet sensitive look at why people embark on affairs, explores the devastating effects on the person who has been betrayed, and shows how individuals and couples can recover.

Divorce And Remarriage


Don't Divorce Your Children
Jennifer Lewis & William Sammons - Contemporary Books
£9.50
Diary entries from both parents and children to illustrate that understanding your child's point of view is an essential step in dealing with divorce.

What To Tell The Kids About Your Divorce
Darlene Weyburne - New Harbinger
£11.99
Parental divorce threatens a child's most basic sense of trust and security and can have long-term effects on their relationships with themselves and others. Contains advice on details of divorce, visiting schedules and future problems.

The Relate Guide To Staying Together
Susan Quiliam - Vermilion
£7.99
The fourth guide dealing with relationships in crisis and showing how despite problems and doubts it is possible to save a threatened relationship and to make it even stronger.

Children Feelings & Divorce
Heather Smith - Free Assoc. Books
£15.95
Enlivened throughout by comments made by children and parents themselves. The book is written to increase parents' understanding of their children's feelings and how they express their feelings.

But I Want To Stay With You…talking with children about separation & divorce
Jill Burrett - Simon & Schuster
£8.99
Explains how to discuss separation & divorce with your children & establish a different type of happy family.

To & Fro Children
Jill Burrett - C.P. Australia
£7.50
A positive guide offers a constructive approach to effectively managing children's contact with both their parents after they separate and re-partner. Shows how many of the pitfalls of estranged parenting can be avoided by being prepared and emotionally detached.

Children Don't Divorce
Rosemary Stones - Happy Cat Books
£3.99
This sensitively written story looks at separation and divorce from the child's angle and offers a good opportunity for children to express their feelings.

How Do I Feel About My Parents Divorce
Julia Cole - Watts
£8.99
For 5 - 11 year olds. Well illustrated and easy to read.
Dad's Place: A New Guide For Fathers After Divorce
Jill Burrett - Wardlock
£10.99
With plenty of encouragement the author shows how you can maintain and build strong, loving relationships that will be at the centre of your children's lives.

How To Succeed As A Single Parent
Carole Baldock - Sheldon
£6.99
A guide to the problems and challenges of bringing up children on your own. The book focuses on the difficult issues faced by divorced parents. Issues covered include feelings of guilt and responsibility, receiving adequate support and dealing with work pressures.

Relate Guide To Starting Again
Sarah Litvinoff - Vermilion
£7.99
The third book in this successful series show how people of all ages have survived the misery of failed relationships and used the experience to construct lives that are fulfilled and content.

Second Time Around
Anne Lovell - Sheldon
£6.99
This is an advice manual for anyone starting a new relationship following a divorce or separation. Author offers advice on how to heal wounds of the past and learn from them. Also suggests ways to listen and to communicate, in order to start afresh.

Rebuilding
Bruce Fisher - Impact
£11.99
A sympathetic yet challenging book which examines the feelings experienced by those going through divorce.

The Relate Guide To Step Families
Suzie Hayman - Vermilion
£7.99
Living successfully with other people's children. This is the fifth book in the very successful series of Relate Guides.

Step-parents And Their Children
Stephen Collins - Souvenier
£6.95
This practical and refreshing book presents a viewpoint that encourages a more relaxed and clear -sighted attitude to step-parenting - a situation that can seem fraught with hazards.


Other subjects:

  • Stress and Depression
  • Sex and Sexual Problems
  • Self Esteem
  • Children and Teenagers
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Books for Men
  • Books For Women

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