Main description:

*Reveals the major problems facing couples in the twenty-first century and provides clinicians with practical insights and up-to-date information into relationship success.
*Uncovers how long-term relationships protect emotional and physical health and resilience, and protect against mental illness, loneliness and suicide in a changing society.
*Guides therapists on the modifiable dynamic and protective factors in relationships which lead to relationship longevity and reviews in the light of the evidence.

Contents:

Introduction Part I: The context 1. Resilient relationships versus hyper-individualism: selfish genes, altruism and attachment 2. Resilient relationships and mental health: attachment underlying both 3. Resilient relationships versus social isolation: effects of screen technology, atomization and distancing Part II: Our study 4. Survey findings: couples surviving COVID-19 5. Interview and survey findings: couples thriving 40+ years Part II: The techniques 6. Techniques to build pro-relational values 7. Techniques to build resilient relationships