The Emotionally Healthy Marriage: Growing Closer by Understanding Each Other

by David Stoop, Stoop

When it comes to a successful, satisfying marriage, it's not about how many workshops you've attended, how many counseling sessions you've experienced together, or which conflict resolution tools you've been taught. What it really all comes down to is emotions--understanding your own and your partner's, and then walking hand in hand through those inevitable situations where emotions run high.

In The Emotionally Healthy Marriage, Drs. David and Jan Stoop take you and your spouse through a 5-step process of developing the emotional intelligence you need to stay strong and stay together. With personal inventories that help you discover where you are doing well and where you need improvement, as well as practical action steps you can take now to implement what you've learned, this book is perfect for couples, counselors, and pastors.

Genres: Marriage, Relationships

208 pages, Paperback

Published May 19, 2020

About the author

David Stoop, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist in California. He received a master's in theology from Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate from the University of Southern California.
He is frequently heard as a cohost on the nationally syndicated New Life Live! radio and TV program.
David is the founder and director of the Center for Family Therapy in Newport Beach, California. He is also an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and serves on the executive board of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
David is a Gold Medallion-winning author who has written more than thirty books, including Forgiving the Unforgivable, and Rethink How You Think.
He resides with his wife Jan in Newport Beach, California, and has three sons and six grandchildren.

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Reviews

[Rachelle Cobb · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very dry and almost clinical writing. Lots of actionable steps but none that excited me. Needed more illustrations and success stories.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

So oversimplified and generic. The book treats men and women as if they were two simple groups with the exact same strengths and pitfalls and could be easily advised. If only life was that simple. The authors were so churchy and unaware that it baffles you. I also found the authors to have a frustrating lack of vulnerability. Every personal example is how they are just KILLING IT in marriage. Even the “bad” examples have really pretty bows on them. If you want a book like this do yourself a favor and read How We Love instead.