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The Marriage Manual: Becoming One, by Dr. Carletta Artis, is a self-help guide that offers practical strategies for healing and strengthening marital relationships. The book's approach is centered on increasing a couple's conscious and unconscious awareness of themselves, their partner, and their family system. It is based on the pillars of psychoeducation, spirituality, and identifying relational strengths. Key Themes and Concepts:
- Self-awareness and emotional healing: The book teaches individuals and couples to become more aware of themselves, which serves as a foundation for healing wounds from within their relationship and family systems.
- Communication skills: It provides tools for both verbal and non-verbal communication, which are essential for effective conflict management and deepening intimacy.
- Managing expectations: Artis addresses the difference between healthy expectations and unhealthy demands, offering strategies for navigating and managing them to reduce marital stress.
- Identifying strengths and weaknesses: The book guides couples in recognizing both their individual and relational strengths and weaknesses, offering a roadmap for growth.
- Challenging societal norms: It encourages couples to re-evaluate societal and cultural norms that may restrict or inhibit healthy relationship behaviors.
- Spiritual growth: The Marriage Manual incorporates a spiritual component, blending psychological principles with faith-based concepts to help couples find peace and purpose.
- Psychoeducation: Artis translates psychological knowledge into actionable strategies, teaching couples tangible skills for communication, conflict resolution, trust-building, and coping.
- Strengths-based: The book focuses on leveraging existing individual and relational strengths rather than dwelling on weaknesses. It aims to empower couples to build on what is already working well.
- Spirituality: The guide has a spiritual and inspirational tone, reflecting Dr. Artis's background as a Christian counselor and speaker. She views life coaching as a ministry, encouraging couples to pursue their purpose.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Artis, Carletta N.
- ISBN: 9798262919505
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 11.00 x 0.35
- Number Of Pages: 162
- Publication Year: 2025
Language:
English