Before A Bad Goodbye: How to Turn Your Marriage Around [Paperback]

Dr. Tim Clinton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 22, 1999

Tim Clinton has seen three outcomes through his marriage counseling practice-divorce, marriage in name only, and reconciliation. Reconciliation is, by far, the most difficult option. In Before a Bad Goodbye, he shows couples at the breaking point how to nurture forgiveness, develop mutual respect and demonstrate selfless love on a new path to reconciliation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 281 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (July 22, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849937434
• ISBN-13: 978-0849937439
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Tim Clinton is president of the 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. In addition, he is a publisher, professor, and executive director. Tim and his wife Julie have been married for twenty-four years; they have two children, Megan and Zachary, and live in Forest, Virginia.

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before a bad goodbye, November 25, 1999

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Luis Chapa (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Before A Bad Goodbye: How to Turn Your Marriage Around (Paperback)

Dr. Clinton seemed to be living with us as I read this book. He showed how we got to this stage and gave great Christian help and tools to try and save our marriage. A must read if your marriage is at the end of it's rope.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Replace a Bad Goodbye with Rekindled Love, March 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Before A Bad Goodbye: How to Turn Your Marriage Around (Paperback)

Tim Clinton's book "Before a Bad Goodbye" is easy to read, is full of stories, practical advice, and most importantly hope. The first part of the book explains how you got to where you are in your marriage (you will think he is writing about YOU) and the second half of the book is how to rekindle your love for one another, even when one spouse is doing most of the trying. Tim Clinton emphasizes that marriages are sacred and holy ground, but he provides hope so that you don't feel like you are "gutting it out" for the next 20 or 40 years, just because God says so. It will help you fall in love all over again, and with the person God has given you. God bless you, and never, never, give up, and never, never lose hope!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before a Bad Goodbye, April 30, 2001

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Gail Olson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Before A Bad Goodbye: How to Turn Your Marriage Around (Paperback)

I'm a therapist who does a lot of couples counseling. This is the best book I've read on understanding and healing your relationships. I wish every client and couple struggling with their relationship would read this! It offers a Christian perspective from a caring, yet straight-forward approach. If you're in doubt about your relationship, please read this!