Navigating Your Relationship: A Voyage for Couples

by H. Laurence Schwab, M.F.T.

''This unique look at what intimacy really means is rich and compelling. For couples struggling, this book offers valuable tools to take a fresh look at their relationship.''--Daniel Gottlieb Ph.D., family therapist, radio host, and author

''Everyone's relationship sails through choppy waters at some point. If couples learn to see each other as co-captains--both needing to be in control of their emotional destinies--even the toughest storms can be weathered. Author H. Laurence Schwab, M.F.T., offers some of his most imaginative tools and techniques from nearly three decades of marriage and family therapy to help you and your partner make it through stormy seas. Within this informative and entertaining book, you'll learn:
-- Why a boat is a perfect relationship metaphor
-- How to better understand what your partner is going through
-- Why it is not always bad to get lost in the FOG
-- How to define your goals--and how to know when you reach them
Navigating Your Relationship: A Voyage for Couples offers a journey full of helpful wisdom and advice as couples navigate the challenges of partnership. A fresh, current and supportive array of tools awaits anyone ready to face the normal disappointments and complications of co-captaining a vessel together. Readers can expect surprises, distinct lessons and original ways of charting progress as a couple.

336 pages, Paperback

First published June 23, 2015