Mastering E-Motions, Richard Whitfield

Mentoring Marriages, Harry Benson

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work,  John Gottman, Nan Silver:  Orion Books

Main researchers on dangers from negative communication styles, especially withdrawal from arguments and Danger Signs – Escalation, Negative Interpretation, Withdrawal and Invalidation which we have repackaged into STOP – Scoring Points, Thinking the Worst, Opting Out, Putting Down

Fighting for Your Marriage:  Howard J Markman, Scott M Stanley, Susan L Blumberg, Jossey Bass (A Wiley Imprint)

PREP: Scott Stanley & Howard Markman:  http://www.prepinc.com/main/about_us.asp

Key researchers on importance of commitment and forgiveness.  Also, developed PREP course and done the evaluation.

Human Givens Institute (Emotional Needs):  http://humangivens.com/hgi/archive/human-givens.htm

What Interventions,   Harry Benson 2003:  www.bcft.co.uk/research.htm

Relationships Education 2007, Harry Benson 2007:  www.bcft.co.uk/research.htm

Best Practice in Couple Relationship Education, W Kim Halford (Griffith University), Howard J Markman, Galena H Kline, Scott M Stanley (University of Denver)  http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3658/is_200307/ai_n9254968

Preventive Education: Distinctives and Directions, Markman, Stanley, Jenkins, Petrella, Wadsworth (University of Denver):  From “12 Hours to a Great Marriage – San Francisco: Jossey Bass), pp 25-27, 86-87

The Five Love Languages:  How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, Dr Gary Chapman

Helpful book on increasing positive feelings in a relationship.

Biddulph S:  The secret of happy parents, Thorsons, London, 2004.

Galinsky, E:  The six stages of parenthood, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1987

Hunt, C:  The Parenting Puzzle, family Links 2003.

James, O:  They F*** you up, Bloomsbury, London, 2002.

Johnson S.M., Whiffen V.E., (Eds):  Attachment processes in couple and family therapy, Guildford Press, NY, 2003

Meggitt C:  Child Development: An Illustrated guide, Heinemann, 2006.

Skynner, R & Cleese, J:  Families and how to survive them, Cedar,1995

Sutherland, M:  The science of Parenting, Dorling Kindersley, London 2006.

Other References

Barret. H: Attachment and the Perils of Parenting, NFPI, London, 2006

Bowlby J: A secure base: Clinical implications of attachment theory, Routledge, London, 1988.

Chess S. and Thomas A:  Temperament: Theory and Practice, Brunner/Mazel, NY, 1996.

Coleman J.C., & Hendry, L:  The Nature of Adolescence (2^nd Ed) London, Routledge (1990)

Elias, J.M., Tobias, S.E., & Friedlander B.S:  Emotionally intelligent parenting. Three Rivers , New York, 1999.

Faber, A., Mazlish W:  How to talk so Kids will listen and Listen so kids will talk. Piccadily Press, London 2001

Faber, A., Mazlish W:  How to talk so Teens will listen and listen so Teens will talk, Piccadily Press, London, 2005

Goldberg S:  Attachment & Development, Arnold, London, 2000

Gerhardt S:  Why love matters, Routledge, Sussex, 2004

Green, C:  Toddler Taming, Vermillion, 1992.

Kuczynski (ed):  “Beyond bi-directionality: Bilateral conceptual framework for parent-child relations,” in Handbook of dynamics in parent-child relations, 2003.

Lindon, J:  Understanding Children and Young people  5-18 years, Hodder Arnold, 2007.

A range of resources for working with parents of adolescents are available from the Trust for Study of Adolescence. Look on www.tsa.uk.com