Relationship Resources
“Happily ever after” doesn’t just happen! It takes hard word, patience, and commitment. The Hold Me Tight workshop is our favorite resource in support of or instead of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. Here are other great relationship resources to help you improve your relationship.
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Relationship Books
Hold Me Tight
by Dr. Sue Johnson
Strengthen and deepen your relationships with revelatory practical exercises, seven profound conversations, and sage advice from “the best couple’s therapist in the world” (John Gottman, PhD, bestselling author)
Are you looking to enrich a healthy relationship, revitalize a tired one, or rescue one gone awry? We all want a lifetime of love, support, and companionship. But sometimes we need a little help.
Love Sense
by Dr. Sue Johnson
Love Sense: The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships
The bestselling author of Hold Me Tight presents a revolutionary new understanding of why and how we love, based on cutting-edge research.
Every day, we hear of relationships failing and questions of whether humans are meant to be monogamous. Love Sensepresents new scientific evidence that tells us that humans are meant to mate for life. Dr. Johnson explains that romantic love is an attachment bond, just like that between mother and child, and shows us how to develop our “love sense” — our ability to develop long-lasting relationships.
Hold Me Tight Workbook
by Dr. Sue Johnson
A companion workbook to Dr. Sue Johnson’s million-copy bestseller Hold Me Tight, packed with exercises, conversation prompts, and activities to help couples strengthen their bond, deepen their intimacy, and cultivate a lifetime of love.
Dr. Sue Johnson’s landmark book Hold Me Tight has helped more than 1 million readers strengthen and repair their romantic relationships. Now, finally, comes a companion workbook designed to help couples open up, reestablish safe emotional connection, and renew their bond.
An Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples
An Emotionally Focused Workbook
for Couples (2nd Ed)
Incorporating new developments in EFT and decades of research in the field of attachment, Veronica Kallos-Lilly and Jennifer Fitzgerald include chapters that explore concepts such as attachment bonds, the three cycles of relationship distress, how to make sense of emotions, relationship hurts and more. The workbook follows the familiar and accessible format of the first edition, Read, Reflect, and Discuss, and weaves fresh, illustrative examples throughout, with updated content considering the impact of gender, culture, and sexual orientation on relationship dynamics.
Did you know the last fight you had with your spouse began long before you even met?
Are you tired of falling into frustrating relational patterns in your marriage? Do you and your spouse fight about the same things again and again?
Relationship experts Milan and Kay Yerkovich explain why the ways you and your spouse relate to each other go back to before you even met. Drawing on the powerful tool of attachment theory, Milan and Kay explore how your childhood created an “intimacy imprint” that affects your marriage today. Their stories and practical ideas help you.
Attachment
Unlock the secret to loving and lasting relationships! This book is for anyone who desires closeness, especially in the most intimate relationships: marriage, parenting, close friends, and ultimately with God.
The answer to why people feel and act the way they do lies in the profound effect of a child’s bonding process with his or her parents. How successfully we form and maintain relationships throughout life is related to those early issues of “attachment.”
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Web Resources
Dr. Sue Johnson
There are various podcasts and interviews that Sue had recorded and we plan to be able to release them over the summer and fall of 2024. For more information about Sue and the celebration of her life, please scroll down near the bottom of this page.”
Dr. Brene Brown
Keeping it awkward, brave, and kind.
The official line: I’m a research professor at the University of Houston, where I hold the Huffington Foundation Endowed Chair. I am also a visiting professor in management at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business. I’ve spent the past two decades studying courage, vulnerability, shame, and empathy. I’m the author of six #1 New York Times bestsellers, and I’m the host of the original podcasts Unlocking Us and Dare to Lead.
Podcast Resources
Connecting Couples with the real Imhoffs
Dr. Chad Imhoff, also known as The EFT Guy, and his wife Angela, a Certified Life Coach and Speaker, have created this podcast for couples. With real conversations designed for a real connection, the Imhoffs describe concepts from Emotionally Focused Therapy, then share how those concepts might show up in a relationship. They use practical examples from their own relationship and then set you up to have a successful conversation with your partner that is designed to help you feel more connected. You can listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch the video version on their YouTube Channel at The Real Imhoffs.
Video Resources
Sue Johnson on Hold Me Tight
Hold Me Tight conversation with Dr. Sue Johnson about how the new science of love helps us create, nurture, and protect our most precious relationships. Based on scientific studies involving thousands of couples, her focus on establishing secure attachments for couples and families is nothing short of remarkable. Her new book, Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, sets the new standard for successful relationships. If you are tired of the pop-psychology and personality driven approaches for relationship advice, watch this video for truly helpful, empirically validated information on love and personal connections that will endure.
The Power of Empathy
What is the best way to ease someone’s pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.