The 72 Hour Rule focuses on helping adult individuals and couples to communicate more effectively. This book helps the reader identify their own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Then, the reader is guided through a series of topics, and real-time stories and exercises that will help them achieve successful communication with their partner. This book provides easy-to-use step-by-step exercises to help couples improve their relationship. This book examines substance abuse, violence, mental illness, unemployment, family dynamics, and affairs as topics of discussion, and is a breakthrough for all partners who avoid couples therapy or who have had a previous negative counseling experience. This book is based on both research and experience. Read this book as a couple together; integrate new communication tools into your relationship. The 72 Hour Rule is a simple and effective guideline to a more caring and connected partnership.

Margot E. Brown has a Doctorate in Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist in Private practice. Her early background started in high tech in Silicon Valley, California. More recently, she specializes in couples counseling, substance abuse counseling, EAP counseling, shot-term solution-based counseling, career counseling, and executive coaching. She is a member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapists.