While society provides training programs, degree majors, and a variety of standardised tests, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), the Graduation Record Exam (GRE), and the Medical College Admission test (MCAT), to prepare people for their career paths, there are no degree programs, internships, or required training for marriage. PMAT: The Perfect Marriage Aptitude Test contains two hundred multiple-choice questions, designed to prepare brides, grooms, and civil-union couples in their quest to building healthy marriages and partnerships. Part communication tool kit and part reference book, PMAT has everything you need to test your aptitude for a compatible relationship. Delving into everything from common pet peeves, like leaving clothes on the floor, to weightier issues, like money management, The Perfect Marriage Aptitude Test is a self-guided counselling course designed to get every couple past the small stuff to the truly enriching life of happily-ever after. The two sections of the book provide first, tests and answer sheets on subjects that range from home to fitness to finance; and the second section, 'Making Sense of Your Answers' offers analysis and means for every couple to productively collaborate to work out any issues of concern or conflict and enhance the areas in which they are already in harmony. AUTHOR: Mary Carty is a behaviourist who believes that even small changes can save a relationship or enhance one that is already perfectly good. With an educational background in psychology and counselling, she frequently writes on marriage, parenting, health, communication, and self esteem and is a regular contributor to Catholic Online. SELLING POINTS: Using over 100 multiple-choice questions that gauge each partner's personality and his or her typical responses to everyday dilemmas, relationship expert Mary Carty tackles the issues that plague every marriage and provides insightful wisdom and advice on how to successfully navigate tricky situations ILLUSTRATIONS: 25 colour
Mary Carty is a behaviourist who believes that even small changes can save a relationship or enhance one that is already perfectly good. With an educational background in psychology and counselling, she frequently writes on marriage, parenting, health, communication, and self esteem and is a regular contributor to Catholic Online. She lives with her husband of twenty-two years in Colchester, Vermont.
Contents: Introduction; Building a Marriage One Decision at a Time; Home and Harmony; Food, Fitness and Health; Togetherness; Family and Friends; Balancing Sex, Intimacy, and Personal Boundaries; Money, Money, Money; Helpful Hints or Attacks?; Communication; Response-Ability; Let's Talk; Taking Care of the Self; A Parting Gift; Resources.
