Books by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner's Brain and Attachment Style Can Help You Defuse Conflict and Build a Secure Relationship
by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
Drawn from neuroscience, attachment theory, and emotion regulation, this highly anticipated second edition of Wired for Love presents cutting-edge research on how and why love lasts. This bestseller guides you through the top ten guiding principles that can improve any relationship.
"Stan Tatkin is one of the world’s most brilliant couples therapists, making his classic, Wired for Love, essential: Not everyone can sit with him, but everyone can benefit from his wisdom."
- Elise Loehnen, New York Times bestselling author of On Our Best Behavior, and host of the Pulling the Thread podcast
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In Each Other’s Care: A Guide to the Most Common Relationship Conflicts and How to Work Through Them
by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
While conflict in any relationship is inevitable, healing is possible. With In Each Other's Care, Stan Tatkin shares a hands-on repair manual that will help you discover how dozens of arguments get triggered, why they keep happening, and what you can do to get better at communicating so you and your partner both can finally get the outcomes you want around your most challenging issues.
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We Do: Saying Yes to a Relationship of Depth, True Connection, and Enduring Love
by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
Committing fully to a loving partnership — a “we” — can be one of the most beautiful and fulfilling experiences you’ll ever have. Yet as anyone in a long-term relationship will tell you, it can also be one of the most challenging. In We Do, Tatkin provides a groundbreaking guide for couples. You’ll figure out whether you and your partner are right for each other in the long term, and if so, give your relationship a strong foundation so you can enjoy a secure and lasting love.
"Stan Tatkin has written the best manual on premarital preparation that we know. Everyone in a committed relationship or on their way to the altar should read this book before they go any further."
- Harville Hendrix, PhD, and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, authors of the New York Times bestseller, Getting the Love You Want and Making Marriage Simple
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Relationship Rx: Insights and Practices to Overcome Chronic Fighting and Return to Love
by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
Through targeted lessons, practical tools, and sample dialogues with Tatkin’s insightful commentary, couples will learn to heal past conflicts and navigate even the most contentious topics with understanding and respect. Whether you’re tired of little misunderstandings or are in full-on crisis mode, Relationship Rx will help you find relief — and real love — once again.
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Wired for Dating: How Understanding Neurobiology and Attachment Style Can Help You Find Your Ideal Mate
by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
In the age of online dating, finding a real connection can seem more daunting than ever! So, why not stack the odds of finding the right person in your favor? Wired for Dating is a jewel of a book that offers simple, proven-effective principles drawn from neuroscience and attachment theory to help you find the perfect mate and go on to create a fabulous relationship.
"Where was Stan Tatkin when I was dating? I highly recommend Wired for Dating to anyone who is ready for a secure-functioning relationship. Tatkin addresses the scientific, psychobiological, neurobiological, and intricate ways of the nervous system within the realm of dating, and does so in an utterly readable, practically applicable, wise, and entertaining way."
- Alanis Morissette, artist and activist
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Your Brain on Love: The Neurobiology of Healthy Relationships (6 CD set)
by Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
In this complete audio learning program, Stan Tatkin merges current insights from neurobiology and attachment theory to help you shift out of conflict and into deeper and more loving connections.You’ll first learn to identify attachment styles — patterns of intimacy both in yourself and in those around you, then learn proven principles and practices for building enduring security and commitment between partners and loved ones
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Baby Bomb: A Relationship Survival Guide for New Parents
by Kara Hoppe, MA, MFTÂ Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
Written by psychologists and relationship experts, Baby Bomb offers powerful tools based in psychology and neurobiology to help you and your partner co-parent as a solid and supportive team during the early months after a new baby — while also cultivating more love for each other! You’ll find more than mere tips for better parenting and partnering; you’ll discover how a secure-functioning relationship is essential for raising happy, healthy kids.
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Love and War in Intimate Relationships: Connection, Disconnection, and Mutual Regulation in Couple Therapy
by Marion Solomon and Stan Tatkin, PsyD, LMFT
Neuroscience and couple therapy come together to help couples break patterns of bad behavior. What happens between partners that makes love turn to war? How can couple therapists help deescalate the battles? Two leading therapists apply the latest neuroscience research on emotional arousal to help couples regulate each other’s emotions, maintain secure attachment, and foster positive, enduring relationships.
