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Full Title: | Passages of Marriage Five Growth Stages That Will Take Your Marriage to Greater Intimacy and Fulfillment |
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| Author(s): | Dr. Frank Minirth; Mary Alice Minirth; Dr. Brian Newman; Dr. Deborah Newman; Dr. Robert Hemfelt; Susan Hemfelt | |
| Publishing / Edition: | Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1991 |
Dr. Frank Minirth is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Along with Dr. Paul Meier, he founded the Minirth-Meier Clinic in Dallas, Texas, one of the largest psychiatric clinics in the United States.Likening them to the developmental stages of a human being, the authors state that marriages follow a similar set of "passages". These five "passages" are summarized on the back of the book in the following way:
Mary Alice Minirth is a homemaker and the mother of four children.
Dr. Brian Newman is the clinical director of inpatient services at the Minirth-Meier Clinic in Richardson, Texas. He received his M.A. in counseling from Grace Theological Seminary and his Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford Graduate School.
Dr. Deborah Newman is a psychotherapist with the Minirth-Meier Clinic. She received her M.A. in counseling from Grace Theological Seminary and her Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford Graduate School.
Dr. Robert Hemfelt is a psychologist with the Minirth-Meier Clinic who specializes in the treatment of chemical dependencies and compulsivity disorders.
Susan Hemfelt is a homemaker and mother of three children.
| Name of Passage | Time of Appearance | Description |
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| Young Love | the first two years | overcoming the idealistic notions of marriage and molding two individuals into one unit, a family |
| Realistic Love | the 3rd through the 10th years | recognizing the subconscious reasons you married your spouse, the hidden agendas and secret contracts |
| Comfortable Love | the 11th through 20th years | establishing and maintaining individual identity along with your marriage identity |
| Renewing Love | the 21st through 30th years | grieving and accepting the inevitable losses of your marriage: financial stresses, lost youth, unrealized dreams, lack of sexual intimacy |
| Transcendent Love | 31 years and thereafter | unveiling new reasons for existing after the major life tasks of achieving financial security and nurturing the next generation have been completed |