No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried to Make It Better

Abstract

Reviews the book, No Cheating, No Dying: I Had a Good Marriage. Then I Tried to Make It Better by Elizabeth Weil (2013). This book is an amusingly written commentary on how Weil and her "great catch" husband of ten years briefly explored eight ways to improve their marriage. These first-hand accounts are edifying in terms of how the therapies function and how couples and individuals might experience them. The author describes a personally valuable experience with a "marriage education" instructor. The next several chapters follow the couple in their explorations of sex therapy, anger management, marriage education group workshops, and something called Mastering the Impulse of Love. The book does not delve deeply into the project's eight types of marriage therapy. Instead, one has a view into the joys and problems within the author's marriage and a brief look at how the various therapies function. This book is recommend for those who want to learn how one might experience various therapies and for those who just want a delightful read. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)