The Relate Guide to Finding Love

Part of the bestselling Relate series, this easy-reading guide, packed with dating advice, will help you to find love and romance at any stage of life

a really useful new book I wholeheartedly recommend ... The Relate Guide to Finding Love might just be the best £9.99 you ever spend

advice about how to maximise chances of finding love

Barbara Bloomfield (Author) Barbara Bloomfield is a Relate couples and family counsellor and Clinical Supervisor with 14 years of experience in the counselling field. Prior to this, Barbara was a journalist, BBC radio reporter and writer specialising in relationships and she is the author of several books and booklets. She teaches creative writing part-time at Bath Spa University. Relate (Author) Relate is a national federated charity with 75 years' experience of supporting the nation’s relationships. 
 
Relate is governed by a Board of Trustees, all of them volunteers, who are deeply committed to realising our vision of a future in which healthy and happy relationships form the heart of a thriving society.

Why are you looking for love right now? What kind of relationship do you want? How will you know if you find 'The One'? The Relate Guide to Finding Love will answer all these questions, and more. 
 
From the UK's leading relationship counsellor, The Relate Guide to Finding Love offers common sense help and advice on all aspects of dating and relationships. Short, snappy chapters, each containing a thought-provoking exercise, plus personal case histories, combine to make this a fun and interesting read to help you to: 
- Discover your needs and what you expect from a relationship 
- Get yourself into the right frame of mind to meet someone new 
- Make the most of online dating and singles events 
- Identify whether your new love is really the one for you 
 
Whether you are looking for a long-term relationship or just a quick fling, this practical, accessible guide is perfect for you.

Your Relationship Survival Guide

Baby Shock!

A relationship guide from Relate for when children enter your lives

Baby Shock! is a great guide to seeing beyond your child and discovering your partner again.

For latest, up-to-date advice on becoming a new parent, see Baby Shock!

...a relationship survival guide for parents.

Do read Baby Shock!, a relationship survival guide for new parents.

Relate (Author) Relate is a national federated charity with 75 years' experience of supporting the nation’s relationships. 
 
Relate is governed by a Board of Trustees, all of them volunteers, who are deeply committed to realising our vision of a future in which healthy and happy relationships form the heart of a thriving society. Elizabeth Martyn (Author) Elizabeth Martyn is a relationships expert and author of Babyshock: Your Relationship Survival Guide, also part of the Relate series. She is agony aunt for mumsnet.com

Babyshock! is for any parents who have forgotten what it's like to be a couple because their children have taken over their lives. The experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and caring for children are wonderful, but also put a great deal of pressure on a relationship. This book identifies the pressures and provides excellent practical and emotional strategies so that you can enjoy parenthood while also nurturing your own relationship with each other. 
 
This immensely practical guide will help you: 
- Create time for yourself 
- Improve your sex life 
- Manage the demands of work and family 
- Work through disagreements and agree on how you will bring up the children 
 
Packed with questionnaires, check lists and anecdotes, Babyshock! will help you keep your relationship alive and get the very best out of family life, together.

From Crisis to Deeper Commitment

Relate Guide To Staying Together

A self-help book for couples who want to overcome their relationship problems and remain together, from the Relate relationship experts.

the only relationship book you'll ever need

Relate (Author) Relate is a national federated charity with 75 years' experience of supporting the nation’s relationships. 
 
Relate is governed by a Board of Trustees, all of them volunteers, who are deeply committed to realising our vision of a future in which healthy and happy relationships form the heart of a thriving society. Susan Quilliam (Author) Susan Quilliam is a relationships expert with over 35 years' experience in offering support through her work as a writer, coach, trainer, consultant and commentator. Susan works closely with Relate, is an Ambassador for Relate Cambridge and with them has written two books for Vermilion, The Relate Guide to Staying Together - which the Times described as "the only relationship book you'll ever need" and Stop Arguing Start Talking, which is currently Relate's best selling book. She sits on the Advisory Boards of the Sexual Advice Association and Women's Health Concern and is on the Council for Sexuality and Sexual Health for the Royal Society of Medicine. She is also one of the Family Planning Association's designated 21st Century Achievers, UK Dating Expert of the year 2015, and a Patron of the Outsiders charity which campaigns for sexual rights for the less-abled. Susan is an advice columnist for Fabulous magazine as well as broadcasting and presenting internationally on topics surrounding love and sexuality.

Packed with relationship advice from Relate, the marriage guidance experts, Staying Together offers guidelines to help couples survive and grow through their relationship problems so that they need not separate and may maintain their commitment to each other. Case histories, quizzes and questionnaires show how this is possible and even how to make a partnership stronger. The book covers how to: --confront difficulties --understand your partner --re-negotiate an improved relationship --develop skills to make improvements last --assess when problems first appeared and how they developed --face changes --communicate and meet a partner's needs --create good times --build on commitment and happiness.

Anjula Mutanda

Relate

A step-by-step guide to nurturing your relationship and making love last

The ultimate relationship guide from Relate - full of warm and friendly advice, case studies, exercises, questionnaires and key life moments to focus on. Your one stop shop to building, navigating and maintaining meaningful connections. 
 
'Something to learn in every chapter' -- ***** Reader review 
'Should be compulsory reading for everyone' -- ***** Reader review 
'This is a MUST HAVE book for anyone' -- ***** Reader review 
'A very insightful book full of common sense' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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The course of true love isn't always smooth, but rocky relationships needn't be a recurring pattern. 
 
Written in conjunction with Relate, this guide will help you learn what makes relationships work, where they can falter, and how you can maintain a lasting, meaningful and loving connection. 
 
- Discover how your personalities and past experiences affect you both 
- Break negative patterns to build a happier foundation 
- Navigate relationship choices, such as moving in together, marriage and starting a family 
- Overcome any relationship obstacle with problem-solving techniques 
 
With guidance and support on every aspect of loving relationships, from the moment you meet 'the one' to growing old together, this positive and accessible book is the ultimate relationship guide.

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