Couples Resources

My name is Elaine Korngold, LPC. Below are various couples resources – books and video clips that I share in sessions with my Couples Counseling clients:

Books Referenced in Couples Counseling

  • Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life – by M. B. Rosenberg
  • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – by J. M. Gottman
  • The Love Prescription: 7 Days to More Intimacy, Connection, and Joy – by Gottmans
  • Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – by Gottmans and Abrams
  • Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connections – by Gottmans
  • Bring Yourself to Love: How Couples Can Turn Disconnection Into Intimacy – by M. Barbera
  • You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For: Bringing Courageous Love To Intimate Relationships – by R. C. Schwartz
  • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love – by S. Johnson
  • Sexual Intelligence: What We Really Want from Sex – by M. Klein
  • For Better: The Science of a Good Marriage – by T. Parker-Pope
  • The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness – by R. Waldinger, M. Schulz
  • The Secret Life of Secrets: How Our Inner Worlds Shape Well-Being, Relationships, and Who We Are – by M. Slepian
  • I Didn’t Sign Up for This: A Couples Therapist Shares Real-Life Stories of Breaking Patterns and Finding Joy in Relationships…Including Her Own – by T. Dalgleish
  • Stop the Fight!: An Illustrated Guide for Couples: How to Break Free from the 12 Most Common Arguments and Build a Relationship That Lasts – by M. Brody

Attachment Styles

  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love – by A. Levine & R. Heller
  • Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate – by S. Tatkin & H. Hendrix
  • Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship – by S. Tatkin & H. Hendrix
  • The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships – by D. P. Heller

Infidelity

  • NOT “Just Friends”: Protect Your Relationship From Infidelity and Heal the Trauma of Betrayal – by S. Glass (with J. C. Staeheli)
  • What Makes Love Last? how to build trust and avoid betrayal: Secrets From the Love Lab – by J. M. Gottman & N. Silver
  • The Science of Trust: Emotional Attunement for Couples – by J. Gottman
  • After the Affair: Healing the Pain and Rebuilding Trust When a Partner Has Been Unfaithful – by J. A. Spring
  • How Can I Forgive You? The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To – by J. A. Spring
  • The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity – by E.Perel
  • The Dangerous Passion: Why Jealousy Is as Necessary as Love and Sex – by D. M. Buss
  • How to Help Your Spouse Heal From Your Affair: A Compact Manual for the Unfaithful – by L. J. MacDonald

Neurodiverse Relationships

  • The ADHD Effect on Marriage: Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps – by M. Orlov
  • Married to Distraction: Restoring Intimacy and Strengthening Your Marriage in an Age of Interruption – by E. M. Hallowell, S. Hallowell, & M. Orlov
  • Loving Someone With Attention Deficit Disorder: A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Partner, Improving Communication & Strengthening Your Relationship – by S. Tschudi
  • ADHD After Dark: Better Sex Life, Better Relationship – by A. Tuckman
  • Love and Asperger’s: Practical Strategies To Help Couples Understand Each Other and Strengthen Their Connection – by K. McNulty
  • Marriage and Lasting Relationships with Asperger’s Syndrome (Autism Spectrum Disorder) – by E. A. Mendes
  • Asperger Syndrome and Long-Term Relationships – by A. Stanford
  • The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man’s Quest to Be a Better Husband – by D. Finch

Videos Referenced in Couples Counseling