{"product_id":"the-happy-stepcouple-rachelle-katz-9781538130643","title":"The Happy Stepcouple: How Couples with Stepchildren Can Strengthen Their Relationships","description":"\u003cb\u003eNavigate the challenges of a blended family with children to fortify your marriage for lasting happiness and understanding. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Happy Stepcouple\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive and practical self-help book designed to help couples with children from prior relationships thrive despite the complexity of stepfamily life. More than two thirds of stepcouple relationships break up within the first few years of committing to each other. With these terrible odds, every stepcouple needs an arsenal of tools necessary to sustain a loving relationship. \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Stepcouple\u003c\/i\u003e gives them everything they need to navigate complex stepfamily dynamics with confidence and kindness, allowing them to build a happy, fulfilling life together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDrawing\u003c\/i\u003e on the insights and strategies developed from the author's 30 years of working as a marriage and family therapist specializing in treating stepfamilies, this work also includes the personal accounts of many stepcouples who describe their stepfamily problems along with how they handled them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUtilizing the most current research in attachment theory, psychology, communication, and marriage and family therapy, \u003ci\u003eRachelle Katz\u003c\/i\u003e offers a grounded approach to overcoming problems stepcouples experience by examining the two primary reasons why so many of these relationships get in trouble: Partners' inability to understand, agree to, and fulfill each other's unspoken needs and expectations, and communication styles during conflicts that increase each partner's insecurity levels and weakens their emotional connection to each other. Both of these factors fray emotional bonds--bonds that already are stressed by stepfamily challenges. Here, stepcouples learn how to establish realistic stepfamily expectations as well as identify and modify harmful communication patterns, essential elements needed to strengthen their emotional bond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rachelle Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538130645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538130643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2020 pg. 8","brand":"Rachelle Katz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980003639551,"sku":"9781538130643","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1cf236a-2dad-4578-b217-33419744885e.jpg?v=1683247816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-happy-stepcouple-rachelle-katz-9781538130643","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}