Recommended Reading: Books and Articles on Healthy Relationships

To further assist an individual or couple in understanding how to improve their relationship and other concerns, the following material may be useful.                             

• Baker Miller, M.D. and Irene Pierce Stiver, PhD. (1997) The Healing Connection: How Women Form Relationships in Therapy and in Life. Boston, Massachusetts. Beacon Press.

• Gottman, PhD. John M.(1999) The Marriage Clinic; A Scientifically-Based Marital Therapy.  New York, W.W.Norton & Co.

• Gottman, PhD. John M.and Nan Silver.(1995). Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Crown Publishing Group.

• Gottman, PhD. John M. (1993). What Predicts Divorce?. Lawrence Erlbaum.

• Gottman, PhD., John M. (1995) Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: and How You Can Make Yours Last. Simon & Schuster Adult.
  
  
• Livingston, Judith A., “Love and Illusion” Psychoanalytic Quarterly LXV, 1996.

• Livingston, Judith A., “Something old and something new: Love, Creativity, and the Enduring Relationship. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 63(1), 40-52.

• Vaillant , George  (2002) Aging Well. Boston. Little Brown.

• Vaughn, Diane (1986) Uncoupling: How Relationships Come Apart. New York. Random House

•  Wallerstein, Judith. The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts. New York.

• Wallerstein, Judith S., Lewis Julia E., Blakeslee, Sandra. (2000) The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce. New York. Hyperion.

For more information or to discuss relationship concerns please contact Partners Employee Assistance Program at 1-866-724-4EAP.

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