Secrets of Intimacy, bookdescription

SECRETS OF INTIMACY

BOOK DESCRIPTION

The average length of first marriages in this country is seven years. Second marriages do not last any longer. The single parent has become our social norm. The hidden epidemic in our country is the loss of our capacity for intimacy needed to sustain marriage.

How do couples who maintain a happy marriage make it work? This book unpacks and explores those desperately needed "secrets." It also offers a step by step guide for couples seeking to both understand and renew their relationship.

Based on research with happily married couples, four decades of listening to couples in conflict and the author's own marriage of 46 years, Dr. Baute guides the reader through a progressive understanding of the skills needed to sustain intimacy "for better or for worse."