Better life Counseling Center has created a marriage enrichment library that is available to everyone in Northeast Arkansas. Books, CDs, and DVDs on marriage enrichment, parenting skills, financial resources, communication, and other topics are available as resources to utilize at home.

Materials are generally checked out two weeks at a time unless it is being used as a text for a class. 

Come by our office to request a resource.

Book Recommendations:

Marriage General:

7 Principals for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas
Take Back Your Marriage by William Doherty
Feeling Good Together by David Burns
And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman

Marriage Crisis/Infidelity:

Not Just Friends by Shirley Glass
Hope After Betrayal by Meg Wilson
Infidelity by Don Lusterman
Divorce Busting by Michelle Weiner Davis
Aftermarriage: The Myth of Divorce by Anita Robboy

Addiction Issues:

How to Recover Your Family From Addiction by Craig Nakken
The Game Plan: 30 Day Plan to Overcome Sexual Addiction by Joe Dallas
Out of the Shadows by Patrick Carnes
Living with Your Husbands Secret Wars by Marsha Means (Spouse)
Every Heart Restored by Fred and Brenda Stoker (Spouse)

Parenting:

Parenting With Love and Logic by Jim Fay and Foster Cline
How to Raise an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
Between Parent and Child by Haim Ginott
Soft-Spoken Parenting by Wallace Goddard
Parenting Isn’t for Cowards by James Dobson

Misc:

Wounded Heart by Dan Allender (Survivors of Sexual Abuse)
Desires in Conflict by Joe Dallas (Same-sex attraction)
The Smart Stepfamily by Ron Deal
How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk by John Van Epp
The Anatomy of Peace by Arbinger Institute
Boundaries by Henry Cloud
The Feeling Good Handbook by David Burns (Depression)
When Panic Attacks by David Burns (Anxiety/Panic Attacks)
Understanding Your Grief by Allen Wofelt

Web Resources

www.focusonthefamily.com  One of the largest Christian-based databases in providing resources to individuals and family’s for healthy living.

www.loveandlogic.com  Home of the love and logic model to parenting and discipline.   

www.familydynamics.net   A comprehensive marriage ministry resource that provides information and supportive services to individuals and churches.  There “A New Beginning” workshops have helped 75% of marriages in crisis remain married. 

http://www.arfamilies.org/family_life.htm  The Family Life Division of the Arkansas Cooperative Extension has created some excellent resources for personal, marital, and family enrichment that are free and available for download.

www.prepare-enrich.com  Scientifically based assessment tools used in pre-marital counseling and marriage enrichment.

www.gottmaninstitute.com  Preeminent marriage researcher and author John Gottman’s website that has information about his workshops, conferences, and marriage enrichment materials.

www.garythomas.com  Website of Gary Thomas, author of Sacred Marriage and many other notable books.

www.sucessfulstepfamilies.com  Website of Ron Deal, author of The Smart  Stepfamily.