12 Hours to a Great Marriage: A Step-By-Step Guide for Making Love Last

By Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg

Book Overview

For the past twenty-five years, the internationally renowned marital researchers from the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver have been helping couples around the globe replace loneliness with connection, frustration with understanding, fear with confidence, instability with commitment, revenge with forgiveness, and monotony with passion. Their program is called PREP(R), short for the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program, and it's been so successful that its creators have been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, and 20/20, and its benefits have been documented in The New York Times, USA Today, Womans Day, and Redbook. Until now the only way you could experience this winning twelve-hour program was to attend a weekend workshop. But now, with 12 Hours to a Great Marriage, you can discover the simple, effective strategies that have helped thousands of couples-- happily married, having issues, or planning to marry-- to develop and protect their love, easily and at your own pace. Each chapter covers one of the key ingredients of the program, like Being Best Friends, Having Fun Together, and Protecting and enhancing Your Love Life, and shows you how to take the steps that research shows are the basis for a long-term, healthy, loving marriage. By practicing the simple skills, taking the thought-provoking self-tests, doing the fun and innovative exercises, and reading real-life couples' inspiring and informative stories, you'll find that in twelve short hours you'll be well on your way to having that great marriage you've always dreamed of.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787968005
• ISBN13: 9780787968007
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Great Book for Couples

I am a PREP instructor and use this book in my classes. I find that my couples enjoy the book and find it easy to understand. It is in simple english and has exercises for couples to complete to have an opportunity to practice what they have learned. I recommend the book for couples that are struggling in their relationship and for those who want to make it even stronger.

Great Information

I was asked to teach a class at church on marriage so I needed a couple of books to research. This was my most useful tool. The information is relevant to modern day marriages and offers practical solutions to potential problems. If you can only purchase one book to help improve your relationship, this book is my recommendation.

Excellent book!

For anyone wishing to enhance their marriage experience, this is the book for you. Very well written with no psychobable to confuse and confound the reader. I highly recommend it.

Great Book Especially for Men

My wife and I have enjoyed this book so much we have bought dozens of copies and provide them for couples with whom we counsel in the Marriage and Family Institute of Tulsa. It is well researced and has great illustrations. It's condensed, but powerful approach to the marriage relationship is something that men seem to enjoy. Where we've had trouble getting men to read other books, they seem to benefit by this one. Easy to read. Well researched, good illustrations. Best thing I liked was the help for speakers and listeners. Terry Bell (Author of "The Love Ethic")The Love Ethic

12 Hours to a Great Marriage

This book is for couples that want to improve their realtionship. All the skills taught have been tested with research over the last 30 years. My relationship with my husband has improved greatly with these skills and so have couples I've worked with privately teaching these skills.