Finding the Hero in Your Husband: Surrendering the Way God Intended

Finding the Hero in Your Husband is an essential tool for understanding the Christian concept of submission-a frequently misunderstood and often contentious subject. Dr. Slattery combines Christian principles, her professional expertise as a psychologist, and personal experience as a wife in this indispensable book to help women improve their marriages.

When expectations of trust and intimacy go unfulfilled, a wife's anger and fear can result in unhealthy domination and control. The power of a woman's approval and perspective in a relationship cannot be underestimated; it must be directed in ways that promote intimacy instead of destroying it. Dr. Slattery advocates that the key to a successful Christian marriage is a wife's ability to encourage her husband to develop his leadership role in the marriage and her ability to avoid boredom in the bedroom. (The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that 43 percent of women and 31 percent of men are sexually dysfunctional.)

In Finding the Hero in Your Husband, Dr. Slattery uses illustrative case studies and scriptural guidelines to answer many essential questions and explain difficult and sometimes unpopular but relevant concepts to help Christian women improve their relationships. Each chapter concludes with questions for reflection and discussion, making it ideal for both individual reading and group study.

Dr. Julianna Slattery is a Christian psychologist and gifted speaker on psychological issues affecting families. She earned her Doctor of Psychology and Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Florida Institute of Technology where she received the Outstanding Clinical Student Award. Dr. Slattery graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wheaton College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and earned a Master of Arts in Psychology from Biola University's Rosemead School of Psychology. She lives in Acron, Ohio, with her husband and two sons.