A lightbulb moment -- Rosie Green - The Mail on Sunday

Drills down into the nitty gritty of domestic bliss -- Judith Woods - The Telegraph

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

There's no better way to be supported than to read this life-changing book. -- Rachel Kelly, author of Sunday Times bestseller Black Rainbow

Jam packed with insight and wisdom ... I found this book a hugely rich and engaging read. -- Susanna Abse, Senior Fellow of The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology and author of 'Tell Me the Truth about Love'

[Joanna Harrison] knows her stuff! -- Lorraine Candy - 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 - Susie Orbach

Like a steady, reliable friend, <i>Five Arguments</i> guides us through critical conversations about making love last I'm painfully divorced, but if I'd read and heeded Harrison's sage advice, I don't think I would be. -- Matthew Fray, author of 'This is How Your Marriage Ends'

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

Vital - Irish Independent

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

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, bestselling author of Every Family Has a Story - Julia Samuel

Arguing is good for your relationship. I get more worried when couples say we never argue. So I applaud Harrison for normalising arguments, teaching skills, offering up ideas for reflection and sharing what worked for her clients. Practical, compassionate and thought provoking -- Andrew G Marshall, Marital Therapist, author of 'I love you but I'm not in love with you' and host of 'The Meaningful Life' podcast

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This book is jam packed with insight and wisdom. Joanna Harrison encourages the most important thing for better relationships -reflection and curiosity. Easy to navigate and divided into key themes such as Sex, Parenting and Communication, I found this book a hugely rich and engaging read. -- Susanna Abse, Senior Fellow of The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology and author of 'Tell Me the Truth about Love'

Joanna Harrison leverages her expertise as a relationship therapist and former divorce lawyer to outline the five biggest problem areas in romantic couples' lives, and like a steady, reliable friend, guides us through each of them. Effective conversations about how we communicate, our families of origin, sharing domestic responsibilities including parenting, as well as sex and intimacy are all critical to making love last. As many know, I'm divorced. Painfully. But if I'd read and heeded Harrison's sage advice about how to discuss what actually matters in marriage and relationships? I don't think I would be. -- Matthew Fray, author of "This is How Your Marriage Ends"

'Harrison presents her insights with gentleness, wisdom and plenty of examples from real life - as well as delicious flashes of humour. There's no better way to be supported than to read this life-changing book' -- Rachel Kelly, author of Sunday Times bestseller Black Rainbow

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