Couple therapist Joanna Harrison's indispensable guide to rethinking our relationships

'Marvellous first aid for couples' Susie Orbach 'Good advice on how to navigate those tricky arguments' Mariella Frostrup If you feel like you have the same arguments with your partner over and over again ... you may be right. And you're not alone: Joanna Harrison believes there are five distinct issues that all couples have to work through if they are going to have a healthy, functioning relationship. Grounded in her experience as a couple therapist, she asks us to think about the difficulties we all have in our relationships - from how we communicate to what roles we take on and much more. Using sound advice and relatable case studies, she offers practical ideas and imaginative ways to think about ourselves and our partners. Kind, funny and rooted in real life, this is expert advice that anyone can use - and that everyone in a relationship needs.

"Gives us good advice on how to navigate those tricky arguments" - Times Radio

"She knows her stuff!" - Postcards from Midlife Podcast

"Joanna Harrison's marvellous First Aid for couples shows how conflicts can become unstuck enough to be understood, accepted and even laughed about, so that each person can continue to develop and grow within their relationship." - Susie Orbach

"A lightbulb moment" - The Mail on Sunday

"Drills down into the nitty gritty of domestic bliss" - Daily Telegraph

"If I've learned anything from this book - it's that it's good to lean into arguments a little bit." - Guardian

"Vital" - Irish Independent

"This is a helpful book that gives a fascinating insight into the couple relationship and how we fall down familiar, predictable holes, with equally fascinating and helpful ways we can learn to look at them with new eyes and thereby find new and improved outcomes" - Julia Samuel

"Drawing from a number of case studies and her experience as a couples therapist, Joanna Harrison delivers an eye-opening, warm-hearted and immensely practicable read on five key issues that all couples have to work through to achieve a well-functioning relationship" - Waterstones