Ray Rivers, LCPC
Free guide for couples

Why do two people who love each other keep having the same fight?

In this free guide, Ray Rivers, LCPC, a licensed psychotherapist and marriage coach, explains what is really happening inside you both when a fight starts, and what you can do to start turning it around.

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  • Written by Ray Rivers, LCPC, who has guided couples for over 30 years and has been married to his wife Maria for just as long
  • Works if you read it together, or if you are the only one ready to begin
  • About 25 minutes to read, with short reflections that turn it into your own plan
Does this sound like your home?

You are tired of the arguing, the miscommunication and the walking on eggshells.

  • You have had the same fight so many times that you could recite both sides from memory.
  • You have tried talking, tried not talking, tried counseling and tried reading everything you could find.
  • You keep hurting each other, even though that is the last thing either of you wants to do.
  • And quietly, you have started to wonder whether something between you is just broken.

It isn't. Ray has seen this pattern in thousands of couples, and it has a cause you can understand and change.

What this guide does

For couples who love each other but keep having the same fight, Ray's guide shows you what is really happening between you when a fight starts and the eight foundations to put in place, in about 25 minutes of reading, without needing your partner to agree first, so the love underneath it all has room to come back.

What is inside the guide

The eight foundations every couple needs before the tools can really work

Most couples jump straight to a technique for what to say when the fight starts, and it collapses the first time the stakes get high. Ray's guide builds the foundation first, so that what you learn next actually holds.

  1. 1
    Conflict is your chance to grow closerFrom "something's wrong with us" to "this is the path to love"
  2. 2
    Understand your automatic protection systemWhy a fight takes you over, and the False Fire Alarm practice that calms it
  3. 3
    Know your real needsWhy you are never really fighting about the dishes
  4. 4
    Own your goalsFrom lack of clarity to a shared purpose
  5. 5
    Resolve to succeedHow to prepare for the hard moments before they arrive
  6. 6
    Commit to yourself first: no more fightingFrom waiting on your partner to owning your power
  7. 7
    Embrace your partner's sideFrom seeing an opponent to seeing a mirror
  8. 8
    Love your partner, and heal each otherFrom surviving each other to healing each other
What couples say about working with Ray

Rated 4.9 stars from more than 80 Google reviews

"Ray was a last resort. When we first spoke with him, I expected to be filing for divorce within the year. We'd already seen two other marriage therapists. Ray spent nearly two hours on our consultation alone, and had a completely different approach to anyone we'd seen before. Ray gave us both hope for the future again."
Melissa Kelly, Google review
"His approach to counseling is unlike any we've had before. I felt heard and understood by him. He then taught me how to listen and hear my spouse."
Hannah Sandy, Google review
"His presence is calm, real, and grounded. Ray doesn't just offer techniques, he helps create true breakthroughs."
Noah Blackstone, Google review
Ray Rivers, LCPC
Why Ray wrote this guide
"The world is not always a safe place. But your home, your marriage, can be the one place where you can create total emotional safety, where you're loved for exactly who you are."

Ray Rivers is a licensed psychotherapist (LCPC), a marriage coach and the founder of Relationship Remedy. He has been married to Maria for over 30 years, and says that today they couldn't have a serious fight if they tried, not because they are special, but because they learned what was really happening between them and did the work. This guide is where he starts every couple.

1. Tell Ray where to send itEnter your first name and email, and the guide arrives in minutes.
2. Read it at your own paceAlone or together, whichever you can manage right now.
3. Do the short reflectionsRay says they matter more than they look, and they turn the reading into your own plan.
Who this guide is for

This guide is for you if…

  • You love each other, but the same fight keeps coming back
  • You have tried talking it out, or counseling, and it didn't stick
  • You are ready to start, even if your partner isn't yet
  • You want to understand why it keeps happening before you try another technique

Questions people ask first

Is the guide really free?

Yes. You enter your first name and email, and Ray sends you the full 33-page guide. There is no card and nothing to cancel.

Do we both have to read it?

No. Ray wrote it for couples, or for one partner who is ready to begin. Reading it together is wonderful, and reading it alone still changes how you show up.

Is this therapy?

No. It is an educational guide written by a licensed psychotherapist, built from the same foundations Ray uses with the couples he coaches.

What happens after I sign up?

The guide arrives in your inbox straight away, and Ray follows up with a few short emails to help you put it into practice. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Why start now

Most couples wait far too long to get help.

The Gottman Institute says couples wait an average of six years of being unhappy before they get help, and by then the same fight has had years to set in. You don't have to wait that long. The guide is free, it takes about 25 minutes to read, and you can start it tonight.

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