Book Club for Couples
Couples Supporting Couples: A New Kind of Relationship Circle
Many couples today are seeking more than just advice—they’re longing for mentorship, accountability, and honest connection with others navigating similar relationship challenges. In the past, communities like churches or neighborhood gatherings naturally offered this—spaces where couples could grow alongside peers, learn from shared experiences, and find comfort in not being alone.
But in today’s fast-paced, digital world, those opportunities for real-life reflection, conversation, and shared wisdom have become harder to find.
Without a consistent space for connection and mutual learning, many couples are left trying to grow in isolation—and that often leads to burnout, disconnection, or feeling stuck.
Our Solution: A Guided Book Club for Couples
We designed our Couples Book Club to meet a growing need: a structured, supportive space where couples can experience mentorship, accountability, and a sense of community.
This isn’t group therapy—but it is intentionally therapeutic. Each week, couples join a small, guided group for research-based conversations around real relationship topics like trust, conflict, sex, and money.
Led by trained couples therapists, this experience provides a safe, encouraging environment where both partners can show up authentically—while learning from and with other couples navigating similar challenges. It’s about building connection through shared wisdom, honest dialogue, and the power of listening.
Next Cohort
Permission to Feel
By Marc Brackett, Ph.D
What if understanding your emotions could transform the way you communicate, connect, and navigate conflict as a couple?
In Permission to Feel, Yale emotion scientist Marc Brackett introduces a practical framework for recognizing, understanding, expressing, and regulating emotions. Through engaging stories and research-backed strategies, you’ll learn how emotions influence everything from everyday conversations to your closest relationships.
This book club is designed to help couples move beyond simply reacting to emotions and instead use them to build deeper understanding, empathy, and emotional safety. Together, we’ll discuss practical ways to apply these concepts to your relationship, strengthen communication, and create a more connected partnership.
Whether you’ve been together for two years or twenty, you’ll leave with tools you can begin using immediately to better understand yourself—and each other.
Facilitated By:
- Rachel Kloss, LCSWA
✨ One night only! Thursday, September 24, 2026
🕤 3:30-6 PM AZ / 6:30–9 PM EDT
💻 Live via Zoom – couples can log in from anywhere to join
💸 $100 total per couple (each couple is responsible for getting their own copy of a book either via Kindle, an audiobook, or physical copy)
*Limited to 3 couples per group
Cancellation policy – Cancellations made 1 week in advance will receive a 25% refund. Your spot is reserved for you and your partner upon registration.
Book Club Schedule
Join one, two, or all sessions based on your interest:
- January 8, 15, 22, 29, 2026 6-7:30pm ET
Eight Dates Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Drs. John & Julie Gottman
➤ Part 1: Trust, Conflict, & Sex
- February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2026 6-7:30pm ET
Eight Dates Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love by Drs. John & Julie Gottman
➤ Part 2: Money, Family, Fun, & Growth
- April & May 2026 6-7:30pm EDT Fair Play: A Game-changing solution for when you have too much to do by Eve Rodsky
- June 2026 6-7:30pm EDT Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love by Amir Levine, MD & Rachel Heller, MA
Future books, dates/times TBD:
- Hold Me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson
- In each other’s care – Dr. Stan Tatkin
- Us: Getting Past You & Me to Build a More Loving Relationship – Terrence Real
Book clubs provide benefits such as gaining insight into others’ experiences and life contexts, increasing empathy, understanding, and validation and feeling less alone.
You’ll Walk Away With
- Weekly, meaningful reflection
- Connection with couples in similar struggles
- Relatable examples from real life—not just theory
- Motivation and support to keep growing outside of the group
- A renewed sense of “we’re not alone in this”
How It Works
- Join other couples for rich conversations guided by licensed clinicians
- Couples must purchase their own copy of the book
- Couples must read the assigned chapter each week in advance (an email with the assigned chapter and prompt will be sent in advance)
- Engage in private mini breakout exercises with your partner during each meeting
- No therapy required—just a desire to grow together
Don’t see a time that works for you?
If these dates don’t fit your schedule, please complete our inquiry form with your availability or suggest a book you’d love to read together. We keep an ongoing waitlist, and if there’s enough interest, we may add another group.
Interested in a private book club for you and your friends?
If you and a group of friends would like to start your own private book club, reach out with the details—we’d be happy to explore facilitating a group just for you.