Five Arguments All Couples (Need To) Have: And Why the Washing-Up Matters

'Marvellous first aid for couples' - SUSIE ORBACH 'She knows her stuff' - LORRAINE CANDY 'Good advice on how to navigate those tricky arguments' - MARIELLA FROSTRUP If you feel like you have the same arguments with your partner over and over again ... you may be right. And you're not alone: Joanna Harrison believes there are five distinct issues that all couples have to work through if they are going to have a healthy, functioning relationship. Grounded in her experience as a couple therapist, she asks us to think about the difficulties we all have in our relationships - from how we communicate to what roles we take on and much more. Using sound advice and relatable case studies, she offers practical ideas and imaginative ways to think about ourselves and our partners. Kind, funny and rooted in real life, this is expert advice that anyone can use - and that everyone in a relationship needs.

About the Author :
Joanna Harrison is an experienced couple therapist, former divorce lawyer, wife and mother, all of which have led her to conclude that relationships are hard work, and that we all need all the help we can get. She is a senior clinician at Tavistock Relationships and also works as a consultant to parents and separating couples at Family Law in Partnership.

Review :
A lightbulb moment Drills down into the nitty gritty of domestic bliss Gives us good advice on how to navigate those tricky arguments There's no better way to be supported than to read this life-changing book A visionary book which shows you - in five different eloquent and convincing ways - that you need to break some eggs to create the best kind of relationship Jam packed with insight and wisdom ... I found this book a hugely rich and engaging read [Joanna Harrison] knows her stuff! Joanna Harrison's marvellous First Aid for couples shows how conflicts can become unstuck enough to be understood, accepted and even laughed about, so that each person can continue to develop and grow within their relationship Like a steady, reliable friend, Five Arguments guides us through critical conversations about making love last. I'm painfully divorced, but if I'd read and heeded Harrison's sage advice, I don't think I would be If I've learned anything from this book - it's that it's good to lean into arguments a little bit Vital Drawing from a number of case studies and her experience as a couples therapist, Joanna Harrison delivers an eye-opening, warm-hearted and immensely practicable read on five key issues that all couples have to work through to achieve a well-functioning relationship It wouldn't be a disaster to give this to your partner; in fact, it might prevent future clashes. Couples therapist Harrison is direct and practical about how to be contentedly married, in spite of the individual differences This is a helpful book that gives a fascinating insight into the couple relationship and how we fall down familiar, predictable holes, with equally fascinating and helpful ways we can learn to look at them with new eyes and thereby find new and improved outcomes Arguing is good for your relationship. I get more worried when couples say we never argue. So I applaud Harrison for normalising arguments, teaching skills, offering up ideas for reflection and sharing what worked for her clients. Practical, compassionate and thought provoking A wise and hopeful guide to the true work of love, and why it's worth the effort. [Five Arguments] is a revelatory look at what pulls us together and pushes us apart ... every couple will find something useful in its pages