Nine Critical Mistakes Most Couples Make: Identify the Pitfalls and Discover God's Help

by David Hawkins

Drawing from many years of experience as a licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. David Hawkins shows that complex relational problems usually spring from nine destructive habits couples fall into, and he offers practical suggestions for changing the way husbands and wives relate to each other. Thoroughly scriptural and eminently up-to-date, this handbook for healthy relationships gently but clearly shows how to Married men and women, pastors, and counselors will find helpful insights into the challenges all marriages face as well as the strategies for breakthroughs.

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2005

About the author

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The Relationship Doctor

Dr. David Hawkins is a Christian Clinical Psychologist who is a speaker for the American Association of Christian Counselors and has been writing an Advice Column for Crosswalk.com and CBN.org for several years and is now writing for Believe.com. He is a weekly guest on Moody Radio and Faith Radio and is the author of over thirty books. He is happily married to Christie, an Interior Designer, and lives on Bainbridge Island, outside Seattle.

Reviews

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

The minister that married my wife and I gave us this book prior to our marriage and encouraged us to read it. Well, I did, it just took me 4 years to get to it. I didn't read this book because I felt like we needed any help, and having read it, I got a few good pointers, but I still have a hard time seeing where it could help us learn to be a better married couple. I guess that's the nature of self-help type books; they can give advice, but it's up to the reader to realize that the situation described matches their own. It's also up to the reader to figure out how to apply broad-reaching advice to their particular situation.

I'm giving the book three stars because even though I started reading it with no expectations, I grew to hope that I'd learn something that we could use in our marriage. If nothing else, I learned to be more cognoscente of the words you use in an argument, how they can be interpreted, and how they might make your spouse feel. So far, it hasn't been easier to filter what I say, but at least I have a better appreciation for the impact of my words, now having read the book.