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Empty Nesting
Reinventing Your Marriage When the Kids Leave Home
"Bravo! This book is brimming with practical suggestions and good advice for couples who want to make the second half of their marriage the best half." "This book is the step-by-step, can't miss, user-friendly guide to having it all-to sharing the happiest time of any marriage with the love of your life. It should be required reading for all those about to embark on the empty-nest journey." "A team of top-notch marriage savers offers first aid for marriages facing one of life's most disorienting transitions. Their advice is practical and up-beat. It is refreshing to read a book about marriage written by people who don't just believe in marriage but actually understand how it works."
— David Blankenhorn, president, Institute for American Values, and author, Fatherless America
— Diane Sollee, founder and director, Coalition for Marriage, Family and Couples Education
— Frank Pittman, M.D., author of Private Lies and Grow Up
David H. Arp (Author), Claudia S. Arp (Author), Scott M. Stanley (Author), Howard J. Markman (Author), Susan L. Blumberg (Author)
9780787960414, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 14 January 2002
384 pages
23.1 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.524 kg
Fighting forYour Empty Nest-Marriage offers clear-cut instructions for dealing with one of the most difficult periods in any marriage. . .the transition period when the children leave home. Based on the Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program (PREP) and the results of a national survey of long-term married couples, this warm and helpful guide is brimming with practical suggestions and wisdom for learning to let-go of the kids and preserving the sense of commitment, love, partnership, sensuality and fun within a marriage.
Acknowledgments ix Before You Begin: A Personal Note from David and Claudia Arp xiii Part I: Understanding Your Empty Nest Marriage 1. Meet the Second Marriage of Your Marriage 1 2. Letting Go and Moving On 21 3. Becoming Partner Focused 41 Part II: Handling Conflict in the Empty Nest 4. Communication and Conflict: Four Danger Signs 59 5. Talking It Out: The Speaker-Listener Technique 81 6. Getting Beneath the Surface: Issues Versus Events 105 7. Problem Solving 131 8. Ground Rules for Handling Conflict 159 Part III: Dealing with Empty Nest Issues 9. When What We Want Isn't What We Get 183 10. Applying the Glue of Commitment 203 11. Core Beliefs and Developing Siprtual Intimacy 225 12. Relating to Adult Children and ging Parents 241 Part IV: Feathering Your Own Empty Nest 13. Becoming Empty Nest Lovers 265 14. Building Your Friendship 283 15. Having Fun When the Nest Empties 297 16. Keeping Your Relationship Strong 311 Research References and Further Reading 327 Finding a Counselor When You Need One 333 Resources and Training 337 Survey Results and Problem Ranking 341 The Authors 343 Index 345
Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]
