"...sure to help couples learn the skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary for a successful and lasting marriage relationship."

"Every page offers a sound plan of action..."   

                                  -- John Gray, Ph.D.
Author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

"For those of you doing couples therapy and looking for a book to recommend or assign to your clients, Time for a Better Marriage is, in my view, an excellent choice. Time for a Better Marriage is, in my view, an excellent choice. The book emphasizes taking responsibility for one’s own behavior... provides examples of positive relationship skills, and especially communication skills."

"...clear, concise, well-written and informative...useful for couples working on their own or to augment on-going couples or marital therapy...the examples and skills suggested have a versatility and the profound ability to create a more honest and direct communication between individuals regardless of their relationship."  

-- Venus S. Masselam, Ph.D. 
Middle Atlantic Division, AAMFT, newsletter 
Winter 2003 

"...a practical tool to supplement marriage counseling/therapy...provides a well-organized integration of information, exercises and guidance that aids readers in ways to improve their relationship...easily understandable format full of examples, cartoons, and exercises, making it an interactive read. Each chapter is designed to help the couple learn new skills and understanding with exercises to help them incorporate what they have learned into their marriage. Its simple, interactive format...instructs the couple to work on themselves while they work on their marriage."  

-- E. Thomas Dowd, Ph.D., ABPP 
Interim Chair, Department of Psychology 
Kent State University 
from The Counselling Psychology Quarterly 

"... produced by two highly experienced and knowledgeable psychologists with a full awareness of the history and research in the marital field...solid, easy to read, easy to follow and replete with good examples, exercises, and guidelines that will serve both the educated and average couples as well...especially valuable to therapists who assign motivated clients homework and activities which extend into the other 167 hours of the week, following therapy sessions."

-- South Carolina Psychological Association newsletter