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“I’m a big fan of utilizing technology to improve our lives.  This is especially true in our relationships where it’s so easy fall into patterns where we rely too heavily on our electronics and let it have a negative impact on our roles as spouse and parent.  I am excited to share the work of a friend who “gets it” and has found a way to combine her abilities as a therapist with the power of online availability to help many couples – from engagement through marriage refresher.I had the privilege of reviewing a copy of The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook, and I definitely recommend it for couples who are looking for a therapist-led refresher on the big issues that are impacting their relationship.

This workbook is intended to help couples:

• Remember Why You Married in the First Place
• Strengthen Your Communication Skills
• Increase Your Emotional Safety
• Explore Your Relationship Balance
• Identify Problematic Family of Origin Issues
• Explore Your Marriage Logistics and Roles
• Develop or Revisit Your Personal, Couple, Family Goals and Marriage Vision
• Learn Tips about How to Work Through Three Common Marriage Problems

As you can see by the topics listed, The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples is really intended to get back to the basic (and vitally important) foundational issues in your marriage and strengthen your relationship from there.  For many couples, this kind of focus will have a dramatic impact on the quality of their marriage and family life.”- Dustin Reichman, creator of EngagedMarriage.com

***Dustin is an affiliate of Therapy-At-Home Workbooks®

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“As a psychotherapist with a background in social work, I am always on the look out for new, innovative, and above all, cost effective ways of delivering therapy and being helpful to the greatest number of people.  With that in mind, I am pleased to promote The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples, written by my colleague List Kift, MFT…I believe it is a valuable resource for my readers who are in need of do-it-yourself marriage counseling.  In her clear, interesting, easy-to-read, easy-to-follow, do-it-yourself format, Lisa gives readers much the same therapy as they would get from going to her office and working with her in person.

Use The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples on its own or as an adjunct to therapy, with or without your spouse (of course you’ll get more out of it if you and your spouse use the workbook together), and I am sure that your marriage will reap significant benefits.”

- Ben Klemper, MSW, creator of EffectiveFamilyCommunication.com

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 ”I don’t usually find myself seeking to praise items that could make me obsolete. But that’s the case with therapist Lisa Kift’s Therapy-At-Home® Workbooks. They’re smart, succinct and easy to use…Even with my experience as a therapist, I still discovered something fresh from the workbook.  And don’t worry, it doesn’t really make us obsolete. Lisa is clear that any workbook cannot replace traditional therapy

The workbook I reviewed was the Therapy-At-Home Workbooks®: The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples.  (Lisa also wrote The Premarital Counseling Workbook for Couples.) The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples has 6 sections covering common issues like Communication and issues that aren’t so common, like Relationship Foundations. I really liked it that she went there with the book, because it focuses on where each partner came from and how each interacts with the other now. It’s essential, and many marriage resources (in my entirely subjective opinion) seem to overlook it.

Each section contains several goals, each with a brief introduction, an exercise, and a journal page for each member of the couple. It’s a combination of teaching and self-directed learning for the couple. Some of the worksheets were duplicated, one for Partner #1 and one for Partner #2. That could end up being redundant, but instead it creates less fuss for the couple, who can just press “print” out the whole book and not mess with the details.

She also recommended to me that therapists use it with their clients. It’s something we could assign them as additional homework between sessions, or make ourselves available to answer questions for certain exercises. And at $20 with instant download, it’s a lot cheaper to recommend than a marriage enrichment seminar.”

- Stephanie Adams, LPC, creator of Beginning Counselor 

*** Stephanie is an affiliate of Therapy-At-Home Workbooks®

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Learn more about The Marriage Refresher Course Workbook for Couples by Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT – and how to buy it.