Fighting for Your Marriage
by Howard J. Markman, Scott M. Stanley and Susan L. Blumberg
The PREP program in book form: the speaker-listener technique, problem-solving steps, ground rules for conflict, and commitment. Research-based and skill-focused.
Read it if…
you want communication skills with evidence behind them.
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Skip it if…
you want insight into dynamics; see Gottman or Lerner.
Try instead: 10 Lessons to Transform Your Marriage →
Three things you will actually use
- Structure protects conversations.
- Danger signs predict divorce.
- Commitment is a decision renewed.
Do this first
Use the speaker-listener technique for your next disagreement.
Our verdict
PREP skills, on paper.
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