Take Back Your Marriage: Sticking Together in a World That Pulls Us Apart

I am a graduate student, this book was an assignment that required me to design a marriage enrichments program. So I approached this book with a very critical eye, wanting to find all the pros and cons. With that being said, I loved this book. The author William J. Doherty does an excellent job addressing issues and attitudes in marriage in a way that I have never thought of. The concept of a consumer attitude is a profound idea, and better yet it makes sense. The book is well written (but on a level that anyone can read and understand), with great examples, and ideas to apply the concepts presented in this book. This is a book that everyone should read; it is not just for marriages that are struggling. I feel that I have a very healthy and happy marriage, yet this book has helped me improve a relationship that I thought did not need improvement. It can also help newly weds who are juts starting out on their journey together. Over all this is a great book that will help any marriage as much as the reader is willing to allow it.

In our culture that tells us that we should get what we want and get it right now, we often apply that principle to our marriages. This is why 50% of them end tragically in divorce! Doherty challenges the "consumerism" of our outlook on marriage, and what a challenge it is! This book, if you let it change your heart and mind, will reform your marriage!

A wonderful exposé on the current trend of friends, marriage counselors, etc., encouraging those in marriages to leave "if you aren't getting your needs met." He skillfully shows that with a small change in both partners' (and sometines just one), many divorces could be avoided. He is careful to point out there are still cases that would require a divorce, such as abuse and repeated infidelity. But great hope is given that many can take back their relationships and enjoy each other.

If you`re either struggling to improove your marriage or experiencing a marital crisis of any kind; if you want to find tips on how to re-bond with your spouse or if you are about to get married or to make a commitment with someone, this book will absolutely help you find a PRACTICAL way to do so. It`s easy and enjoyable to read, it`s practical, non-preaching, but at the same time profound. William J. Doherty mainly focuses on commitment and how external forces might separate us and how to deal with them. Make yourself, your spouse and your kids (in case) a favor, get this book and find again your way to happiness (Doherty`s "The intentional Family", is a GREAT choice too).

Plenty of titles provide marital advice; but few so clearly outline the outside forces which tend to drive couples apart as William Doherty's Take Back Your Marriage, which tells how to stick together in a world which pulls people apart. Family therapist Doherty says today's divorces are the result of conflicting demands on time and money - troubles which can be overcome by determined couples. This tells how.