New from Confer Books – Anne Power – 'Contented Couples'

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In 'Contented Couples: Magic, Logic or Luck?', Anne Power interviews eighteen couples in the USA and the UK to discuss how they found each other and what made it work. As well as couples brought together by family arrangement or random romance, we meet those introduced deliberately by friends, or through dating agencies and the internet.

Woven through the book are expert, jargon-free explanations from an experienced psychotherapist of how couples form a bond, how they fight and how they repair. Each chapter ends with questions which invite us to reflect on our own relationships and to benefit personally from this chance to eavesdrop on contented couples. Almost all the couples interviewed have faced major challenges along the way – but their attachment grew, and relationships survived. In this book they tell us why.

About the author:

Anne Power is a couples therapist. She trained with Relate, The Bowlby Centre and in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples after a previous career as a nurse. She also has an MA in History and has contributed to oral history projects. She sees her interviewing and story-collecting as borrowing from that tradition.

Further praise for 'Contented Couples: Magic, Logic or Luck?':

"The strength of Power’s work lies in the diversity of the population she has interviewed. With the multiple racial, ethnic, economic and lifestyles represented, she delivers on her commitment to illustrating how couples can arrive at contentment. This book is a guide for couples that desire to deepen and expand the fulfilment of their partnerships."

Linda Bloom, LCSW, co-author of '101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married: Simple Lessons to Make Love Last'

“Anne Power provides a diverse cross-cultural perspective on the elusive mixture of magic, logic and luck that is involved in the making of a happy marriage … Covering a range of marriage styles – from random romance to self-arranged marriages – this book shows how an initial spark of attraction can be transformed into an ever-glowing cosy fire that sustains a long-term relationship. A ‘must read’ for anyone who has ever wondered what makes a marriage work!”

Raksha Pande, author of 'Learning to Love: Arranged Marriages and the British Indian Diaspora'

"Anne Power is a sensitive and respectful guide in enabling eighteen couples to describe how they navigated the ordinary challenges of coming together and making a success of their relationships. Through the wisdom accrued as a therapist, she distils their stories into a treatise on the nature of love. This is a valuable resource for anyone considering commitment, anyone in a committed relationship wishing to understand more about their experience, and anyone whose role is to try and help them to do so."

Christopher Clulow, Ph.D., Consultant Couple Psychotherapist and Senior Fellow at the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology

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